Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera to play one more season — in Venezuela

Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera is continuing his playing career.The 42-year-old who retired from his 21-year MLB career after the 2023 season will play for Tigres de Aragua in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 2025-26 season, which begins in late October 2025.Cabrera hasn't played in Venezuela since the 2007-08 season.Each of the eight teams in the LVBP regular season plays 55 games.The best five teams advance to a round-robin format with 16 games apiece.

The top two teams from the round robin compete in the best-of-seven final series at the end of January.MORE ABOUT HIM: Miguel Cabrera ends legendary MLB run with tales from friends, teammates: 'It was all him'.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}El buen hijo regresa a casa!En el marco del 60 Aniversario la organizacion Tigres de Aragua, y en nombre de su Pdte Victor Zambrano, nos llena de mucha emocion anunciar el ingreso oficial de Miguel Cabrera al roster activo, para la venidera temporada 2025-26 de la LVBP.

pic.twitter.com/V6y50aOoW1 Tigres de Aragua (@TigresOficiales) May 23, 2025Cabrera, who turned 42 this past April, spent nine winter seasons with Tigres de Aragua in the LVBP during his late teens and early 20s, from 2000-08.

He led Tigres de Aragua to six championship appearances and won four titles.Buy our book: The Epic History of the TigersHe played in Venezuela during MLB's offseason.Fellow Venezuelan star Bobby Abreu was one of his notable rivals in the LVBP.From 2000-08, Cabrera hit .305 with 20 home runs, 93 RBIs, 20 walks and 11 strikeouts in 170 games across nine regular seasons with Tigres de Aragua, spanning 617 plate appearances.

Cabrera stopped playing for Tigres de Aragua after signing an eight-year, $152.3 million contract extension with Detroit in March 2008, just three months after the Florida Marlins traded him and three weeks before his 25th birthday.

In March 2014, Cabrera signed another contract extension with Detroit, worth $248 million over eight years.It's been 17 years since Cabrera played a competitive baseball game on Venezuelan soil.That's about to change.Contact Evan Petzold at [email protected] or follow him @EvanPetzold.Listen to our weekly Tigers show "Days of Roar" every Monday afternoon on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at freep.com/podcasts..oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}Order your copy of Roar of 125: The Epic History of the Detroit Tigers! by the Free Press at Tigers125.PictorialBook.com.This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera to play one more season in Venezuela.

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