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Tigers made blockbuster Miguel Cabrera trade 10 years ago today

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The rebuilding Detroit Tigers are sitting on the sidelines as teams make pitches for Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani or prepare bids for reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton.

But a decade ago, with one of the game's brightest young talents on the market, the Tigers made a franchise-altering move.

Detroit sent six players to the Florida Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and pitcher Dontrelle Willis.

Most of the other seven players involved in the trade quickly faded into obscurity, but in his ten seasons with the Tigers, Cabrera has made seven All-Star games, won two MVP awards (and finished in the top-five in balloting three other times) and been a part of four playoff appearances.