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ESPN.com reports that Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera is scheduled to have surgery on his strained groin Tuesday in Philadelphia. Cabrera said he agreed to have the surgery, as it would be the best option for his career and for the team.

Cabrera also added, "I don't know anything about the operation, I don't want to know the details, I just hope it heals fast. I am trusting that the doctors can fix the problem. I have a lot left in me."

Struggling with the injury late in the season as well as during the playoffs, Cabrera hit .262 with two home runs in 42 postseason at-bats.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera will visit a doctor this week before deciding whether or not to have surgery on his strained groin, CBSSports.com baseball insider Danny Knobler reports.

On Sunday, Cabrera addressed the idea that he could have performed better in the playoffs with additional regular-season rest.

"We checked with doctors," Cabrera said. "We got a lot of different opinions. If somebody had told me that if I rested 15 days, I'd be OK, I'd have rested 15 days. They didn't tell me that."

Cabrera hit .262/.311/.405 with two home runs and seven RBI in 42 post-season at-bats.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has won the 2013 Hank Aaron Award for the American League, given to each league's best hitter. Cabrera was in St. Louis to receive the award prior to Game 4 of the World Series.

Cabrera led the majors in all three slash statistics, hitting .348/.442/.636 with 44 home runs and 137 RBI in 555 at-bats. He wins the Hank Aaron Award for the second consecutive season after last year's Triple Crown campaign.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski told reporters Monday that third baseman Miguel Cabrera may end up needing surgery on his injured groin. For the most part, Cabrera played through a Grade 2-3 strain, sitting out just two of the team's final nine regular season games. Coming off a third straight batting title, he wasn't quite himself in the postseason, batting .262 (11 for 42) with two homers in two playoff series.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera found himself hitting second Wednesday after manager Jim Leyland shuffled the starting lineup for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, and Cabrera came through with two hits and two RBI in four at-bats as the Tigers evened the series with a 7-3 win.

Cabrera bounced back from his first hitless game of the postseason Tuesday to contribute to the team's seven-run outburst over the first four innings of the Game 4 win. After hit first multi-hit performance of the playoffs, Cabrera owns a .257/.297/.429 line with two home runs in 35 at-bats. He also stole second base uncontested in the win.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera hit his second home run of the postseason in Sunday's loss to Boston in Game 2 of the ALCS.

Cabrera is now hitting .259/.310/.481 in the postseason and his home runs in two of his past three games. Perhaps he's still injured, but either way he has shown he can still produce through the adversity.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera shook off a recent power outage to hit a two-run home run Thursday as his team advanced to the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 Game 5 win over the A's.

Cabrera's fourth-inning home run was his first extra-base hit since Sept. 17, when he hit his only home run in the month of September. He enters a matchup with the Red Sox in the ALCS with a hit in seven straight postseason games, dating back to the 2012 World Series.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced Wednesday that third baseman Miguel Cabrera will draw the start at third base in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the A's Thursday, MLB.com reports.

Cabrera appeared to be limited defensively by a lingering groin injury in Game 4, causing speculation that he could be shifted to designated hitter in order to improve the team's defense. He has received four at-bats in each of the first four games of the ALDS, managing just one single in each game and no extra-base hits.

Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes placed his injury issue behind him as he went deep against the Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Division Series Friday night.

Cespedes took Detroit starter Max Scherzer deep for a two-run shot in the seventh inning to cut the lead to one run. He finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBI in a 3-2 defeat.

Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes will start in left field for Game 1 of the ALDS against Detroit, MLB.com reports. Cespedes had been limited to designated hitter due to a shoulder injury down the stretch of the regular season, but he appears to be over it.