On Dec. 4, 2007, the Detroit Tigers made a little deal that changed the face of the franchise. General manager Dave Dombrowski sent top prospects Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin, along with catcher Mike Rabelo, to the (then-Florida) Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. The move didn’t immediately turn the Tigers into a perennial powerhouse, but it set the keystone in place for one of the great stretches of Tigers baseball in the team’s long and storied history.
Ten years later, and it’s clear that the Cabrera deal was one of the greatest trades of all time.