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Miguel Cabrera is closing in on a long extension with Tigers

Miguel Cabrera may be willing to take less cash to remain in Detroit. (USATSI) MORE: Spring Training | Scoreboard | Team previews

Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers are closing in on an extension for the superstar slugger that will likely keep him with Detroit the remainder of his career, sources told CBSSports.com.


There will still need to be a physical before anything is finalized, but Cabrera has a remarkable record for durability.


The two-time defending AL MVP and the Tigers have been working on the deal in the last few days, and word is they are close to finalizing the agreement.


Cabrera, 30, has been playing on a $152 million, eight-year contract that would expire after the 2015 season. People close to him say he loves being a Tiger, and suggested he's willing to take less than top free-agent dollar to stay in Detroit.


The terms of a new deal aren't known yet.


The Tigers traded Prince Fielder in the winter partly to free up money to sign Cabrera and Cy Young-winner Max Scherzer to longterm deals. The Tigers recently announced they were unable to extend Scherzer. They offered the right-hander $144 million over six years, as Foxsports.com originally reported.


Cabrera is the best offensive player in baseball, but he also has a major allegiance to the Tigers and their people, including president and GM Dave Dombrowski and his assistants, Al Avila and John Westhoff, plus much more of the staff that was in Miami when Cabrera was signed by Dombrowski/Avila as a 16-year-old prodigy.


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