Slugger's status uncertain after DUI arrest in Florida
LAKELAND, FL (AP) -- Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera has missed the Tigers' first day of a full-squad practice.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said Saturday that he didn't know when Cabrera would report, but said that the first baseman would see doctors this week for an assessment. He was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving in Fort Pierce, about 110 miles southeast of Lakeland.
Manager Jim Leyland reiterated that Cabrera is his first baseman and part of the team no matter what.
Dombroski said the decison to have Cabrera see doctors was made after conversations with the commissioner's office, the players' union and Cabrera's representative.
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