Less Weight Could Mean More Years, Cabrera Figures
--3B Miguel Cabrera isn't yet 30, but having to lose weight to play third base again is making him think a half-dozen years down the road. He has upped his workout program and changed his diet to limit his intake of fattening foods. "It's kind of helped me a little bit," he said of his new diet. "You know, you've got to sacrifice, you've got to do it, and you've got to work hard to get better. That's what I want, to get better every day and try to do my best." When you (get to) 30-something, you start to have problems with your knees, with your hamstrings, obliques, back. So you've got to see other players at 37, 36. They play for a long career and they don't have injuries, and you have to look to them. They're in good shape. So why don't you do it? Why don't you follow the right step? When you get to that age, if you're lucky, if you have a chance to play to 37, 38, you're still in your best shape." Cabrera is signed with Detroit through 2015.
