Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland knows he has a tough decision to make. Does he insert Miguel Cabrera into the lineup for Wednesday's finale against the Royals, or does he sit the slugger, likely assuring his third baseman of the first Triple Crown in 45 years?
"I've not made the decision, but I will. I'm going to think about it tonight. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do," Leyland told reporters. "But I'm sure I'll be criticized, whatever it is."
With one game remaining in the regular season, Cabrera leads the American League in average (.331), home runs (44) and RBI (139), putting him on the brink of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
Did Leyland tip his hand Tuesday? John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press thinks Cabrera will be rested, or at least be lifted from the game early. "Leyland seems to be willing to take some criticism for removing Cabrera tonight and ensuring the Triple Crown," Lowe writes. "He'd rather do that than live the rest of his life knowing he cost Cabrera the Triple Crown."
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