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In the off season, the Detroit Tigers made a big move sending Maybin and Andrew Miller to the Marlins for 3B Miguel Cabrera and SP Dontrelle Willis. Today, Miguel Cabrera and his fellow teammates celebrate a very special easter Sunday.

The Tigers and Miguel Cabrera have agreed to terms on an 8 year, $152.3 million contract. The contract includes the initial $11.3 million 1-year deal for 2008, adding an additional $141 million over the following 7 years ending in 2015.

After tearing up spring training and even homering in his first at-bat, this Detroit Tigers baseball club felt the pressure to sign Miguel to show him that he is in their immediate plans as well as future. In 2007, Cabrera batted .320 with 34 HRs and 119 RBIs in the NL as a Florida Marlin. He will be moving back from OF to 3B, starting at the hot corner for the Tigers in ‘08.

On Thursday, closer Jonathan Papelbon and the Boston Red Sox agreed to terms for a new contract worth $775,000. Papelbon was the last Red Sox 40 man player not under contract yet. When asked about his new contract, Papelbon explained that he felt “a certain obligation not only to [himself] and [his] family to make the money that [he] deserves but for the game of baseball.”

Last year, Jonathan Pabelbon earned just over $425K, making his new contract nearly a double raise. He will soon see another raise, being eligible for arbitration trials next year. Experts expect Papelbon’s looming contract to include a hefty multi-million dollar salary. He finished the ‘07 season with a 1.85 ERA, converting 37 of 40 save opportunities to saves.

The Boston Red Sox have broken the curse, twice. Perhaps the recent success of this ball club is largely in part due to manager Terry Francona. On Sunday, Red Sox management decided to reward him with a three year extension averaging $4 million per year through ‘11. There are also two club options for ‘12 and ‘13.

“Terry Francona has done an outstanding job in managing the Red Sox over the last four seasons,”GM Theo Epstein explains. Francona is the only manager in Bo’ Sox history to take the team to three postseasons. The Boston Red Sox pulled off a 4-game World Series sweep versus the St. Louis Cardinals in ‘04 and the Colorado Rockies in ‘07 with Terry Francona as manager.

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