Cabrera inks one-year deal: The Indians signed SS Asdrubal Cabrera to a one-year deal worth $4.55 million on Friday, avoiding arbitration, according to CBSSports.com Baseball Insider Jon Heyman. Cabrera had requested $5.2 million, while the Indians' offer was set at $3.75 million. (Updated 02/10/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
Cabrera more than doubles his salary from the 2011 season, and he earned himself a sizable raise with a breakout season. It could be a long shot for him to post another 20-plus homer season, but Cabrera still ranks among the top six shortstops heading into the 2012 campaign. (Updated 02/10/2012).
02/10/2012 13:27 2012 Draft Prep: 12-team, mixed H2H draft
Which picks stood out in our initial 12-team Head-to-Head mock draft for 2012? Check out the results and read what Scott White has to say about some of the more interesting selections.
02/02/2012 12:21 2012 Draft Prep: Our 12-team, mixed Rotisserie draft
It's time for owners to start looking ahead to Draft Day. We get you off and running with our 12-team Rotisserie mock draft. Check out the results!
Raise your hand if you saw that one coming last year. Put it down, liar. You drafted Asdrubal Cabrera in the late rounds like the rest of us, hoping he might give you a handful of steals and enough doubles to keep his head above water at the weak shortstop position. And yup, he delivered in both areas. But what no one saw coming -- not even himself, probably -- was the 25 homers that more than quadrupled his previous career high. So was it a fluke? Well, Cabrera is just entering his prime at age 26, and doubles often become homers at that stage of a player's career. Then again, he did slow down in the second half and had an uncharacteristically high fly-ball rate throughout the season. The safe bet is to expect some drop-off in homers but to recognize that Cabrera still took a major step forward in his development. With a rise in batting average to the .290 range, where it has been before, 16-18 homers would be enough to make him a top Fantasy shortstop, so you wouldn't want to sell him short on Draft Day. He's no Troy Tulowitzki, Hanley Ramirez or Jose Reyes, but he might be the next-best player at the position and is well worth an early round pick. (Updated 1/4/12)
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