Miguel Cabrera Likely To Get More Counseling Following DUI Arrest

Miguel Cabrera has battled with alcohol problems before, famously getting into a drunken fight with his wife during a critical season-ending series in 2009. He spent much of the offseason in outpatient counseling and swore that he’d turned things around last spring, saying:

The 26-year-old Cabrera spent much of the winter undergoing counseling. He said he has quit drinking and doesn’t miss it.

“When you want something and you know what you’re doing is bad, you say this thing is not right, this thing is not going to help me in my work,” he said. “So first you’ve got to think about yourself. First you help yourself and then you can help everybody.”
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“It’s there, so I have to be a man and say the truth, and say I made a mistake and I’ll work in the season to be better. It’s part of life to be a man and don’t try to hide something if it’s broken.”

Cabrera went on to have an excellent year in 2010, leading the league in OBP and posting a career-best 1.042 OPS while finishing second to Josh Hamilton for the AL MVP. He seemed to be an excellent turnaround success story, and everything appeared all peaches until the events of last night. Now, the Tigers again face an off-field distraction from their big money slugger.

Their response? The team has yet to give an official statement, but according to Jon Heyman, they’ll look to get Cabrera more counseling and a doctor. There are problems here - deep problems - that cannot be resolved with ease or haste.