Infielder Miguel Cabrera has announced that the 2023 season will be his last in major league baseball.
“It’s a little weird to say that,” he told the major league website. I thought I wasn’t going to say it someday, but I think it’s time to say goodbye to baseball.”
In 2023, the Detroit Tigers player will sign a lucrative deal that has allowed him to earn $31 million annually.
Cabrera has slowed down a lot in recent seasons, having been one of the best hitters in major league baseball from 2004 to 2016.
Last year, the 39-year-old batted .254 and hit just five homers in 112 games.
In his career, Cabrera won a Triple Crown (2012), two All-American MVP awards (2012 and 2013), he was selected for the All-Star Game 12 times and won the World Series (2003) .
The Venezuelan had 3,088 hits, including 507 home runs, in 10,022 major league plate appearances.