UPDATE: According to our own Craig Calcaterra, Cabrera has a Grade 3 calf strain and is expected to miss around six weeks. Terrible news for the Tigers.
9:42 p.m. ET: After straining his left calf in last night’s game against the Blue Jays, Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list this morning for the first time in his 13-year major league career.
Cabrera suffered the injury when he broke for second base on an attempted hit-and-run. You can watch the play here. According to the Associated Press, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he was immediately concerned “because Miggy plays through everything.” No word yet on how much time he’ll need to miss, but it’s obviously a challenging blow to the Tigers’ offense. They also have no obvious alternative for first base.
Coming back from offseason foot and ankle surgery, Cabrera leads the American League in batting average (.350), on-base percentage (.456) and OPS (1.034) while putting up 15 home runs and 54 RBI over 77 games.
