Kansas City, Mo. – It’s Lloyd McClendon’s job now to answer questions about Miguel Cabrera’s “struggles.” They used to drive Ron Gardenhire a little nuts.
“Look,” he’d say. “There are a lot of things I worry about with this club. Miguel Cabrera isn’t one of them. The guy is one of the greatest hitters of his generation.”
McClendon goes back even farther with Cabrera, back to when Cabrera was winning the Triple Crown, doing unthinkable damage at the plate despite playing on a broken foot and all sorts of heroic things. So, excuse McClendon if he doesn’t panic if Cabrera goes cold for a stretch.