February 12, 2007
Less Festive
FishStripes notes Miguel Cabrera's absence from the Marlins' Fan Fest last week:
Do the players really want to show up and sign autographs all day? I doubt it and most would opt out if given the chance. But in order to get them to attend the event all teams use either a contractual obligation or moral suasion.
Which makes Cabrera pulling a No Show Jones troubling to me. Miguel has displayed the tendencies towards a Prima Donna attitude in the past and I would hate to see that resurface again. It isn't good for him and it's a detriment to the team. Hopefully, that isn't the case and he or his agent just did a poor job of articulating the reason for his absence.
Maybe Miguel wanted to be involved in his arbitration case. The Marlins haven't exactly treated Cabrera contractually as well as some other young stars in the game. For someone who's one of the best hitters in baseball, he's been paid pretty close to the minimum the last three seasons. The Marlins just took him to arbitration. Did the Marlins try to settle? Did they try to offer him a long term contract? I understand this is how baseball operates, and the Marlins are within their rights to pay Miguel as little as possible. But it might be worth their while to attempt to make him a bit happy so these fan fest dust ups don't happen.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Can't wait until he's traded to the Red Sox.