The Prince Fielder deal is official, press conference at 2pm today

By Craig CalcaterraJan 26, 2012, 11:05 AM EDT
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The Prince Fielder contract is now official. And the terms were pretty much what was reported:  $23 million in each of the next two seasons and $24 million per season over the final seven years of the contract. A total of $214 million over nine.

The real significance of this, however, is that this will be the last time we have cause to use this wonderful pic of Prince Fielder in a post.  At 2pm today, Prince will awkwardly put a Tigers jersey on over a button down shirt, smile and talk about how great it will be to play in Detroit.  Sad, really. I liked this pic.

Oh, and this is awesome.

José Abreu hospitalized due to thigh infection

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By Bill BaerSep 18, 2018, 6:16 PM EDT
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The Athletic’s James Fegan reports that White Sox first baseman José Abreu has been hospitalized due to an infection in his thigh. It is apparently unrelated for the emergency surgery Abreu underwent last month for testicular torsion. The White Sox expect Abreu to miss the entirety of the three-game series against the Indians, which begins tonight, but are calling him day-to-day.

Abreu, 31, missed three weeks between August 20 and September 10 due to testicular torsion. After going 3-for-4 in his first game back from the disabled list, Abreu went hitless over his next five games spanning 23 trips to the plate. That dropped his triple-slash line down to .265/.325/.473 with 22 home runs and 78 RBI in 553 plate appearances.

Abreu had hit at least 25 home runs and knocked in at least 100 runs in each of his first four seasons in the majors, but he will almost certainly not reach triple-digits in RBI this season. His hospital visits impacted that, unfortunately. Abreu will enter his third and final year of arbitration eligibility after the season.