Tigers' aching Miguel Cabrera mulls future: 'Right now, we don't know'

Detroit — For the first time, aging Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera just doesn't know.

Ahead of Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Cabrera, 39, said that he's not sure if the chronic pain in his knee will force him to retire after this season.

Previously, Cabrera had said that he hopes to finish out the entirety of his eight-year, $248 million contract.

"We gotta talk to my agent. We gotta talk to the GM, we gotta talk to everybody, see what's gonna be the plan for next year," Cabrera said. "So right now, we don't know. We focus about today. We're gonna go day-by-day and see what happens.

"But it's nothing like — I don't think about next year right now. I think about trying to…