[Miguel Cabrera broke a tendon and will not play more in 2018]

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Venezuelan slugger Miguel Cabrera will miss the rest of the season and for the first time in his career will be twice on the disabled list in the same campaign, after leaving Tuesday's match with broken left biceps tendon, which will force to be operated and follow a long process of rehabilitation in the coming months.

Cabrera noticed what happened when he did swing before pitching down and out at the Detroit Tigers' game against the Minnesota Twins. Without waiting for more, he walked to the dugout with his right hand holding the painful region and retreated directly to the clubhouse.

The manager Ron Gardenhire declared after the duel that the aragüeño was "devastated" by the unexpected situation.

Cabrera sought in that turn the hit that would allow him to match the 2,677 rockets of Luis Aparicio, owner of the second place of all time in the national expedition in the Major Leagues.

"It's a very sad day for our team," Gardenhire said, quoted by the Michigan Live site. "He is a special player and a special person. It is a tremendous blow. I feel terrible for him. "

Cabrera went to the cave with a missed turn and a ticket on the day, his last in 2018. He leaves good averages, with .301 / .397 / .451, but could only play 38 of the 67 matches of the Bengalis due to pains in various parts of the body, including the hamstring, hip and lower back.

"He feels bad, really devastated, as if he's defrauding people," Gardenhire added. "He is a warrior. I have all the respect for that man. "

The Detroit News newspaper reported that the initialist was immediately subjected to an MRI at Comerica Park to determine the extent of the discomfort. The portal The Athletic said that it was a strain on the tendon of the left biceps. It turned out to be something much worse.

"He already knew what was happening when he released the bat and started walking towards the cave," Gardenhire said. "He felt a 'pop' when swinging."

At the end of April he was affected in the biceps and was under observation of the medical body of the Tigers. At that time he lost three games while undergoing treatment, but already Michigan Live anticipated that this looked more serious. It turned out to be.

Analysts, players and fans immediately filled the networks with comments and messages of solidarity.

The patrolman Nicholas Castellanos confessed to MLB.com that everyone in the clubhouse felt overwhelmed by the novelty, until the pilot asked them to shake off the stupor, place music and think about the next matches, to continue battling in the standings.

The felines march in the second position in the Central Division of the American League, behind the Cleveland Indians.

It will be the first time since 2003 that Cabrera does not complete more than 100 matches in a harvest. His totals of 3 homers and 22 RBIs also mark minimums in his career, including his rookie year.

The bad news came Cabrera the same day he learned of the presence of his name among the first five first base in the voting for the All-Star Game to be played on July 17 in Washington.

But the injury will deprive him for the second consecutive year of attending his twelfth mid-season classic, which would have placed him as the second Venezuelan with more appearances in that event, surpassed only by the 13 that had the member of the Hall of Fame , Luis Aparicio.