Next to 3000 hits? Maybe no one?

[JustinD]

I am in the boat that there is not a current player I see doing it. The discussion about all the money available to players is a decent reason as to why for many it’s not an important item.

If you have hundreds of millions in your mid thirties, where is the incentive to miss family time, risk health and possibly do an ugly fade into obscurity by playing too long? The security was once a good reason to do it, now unless you have a huge money situation or an ugly divorce you can call it at a decent time and walk away secure for life.

Cabrera broke 3k, however the contract albatross he was for the money and the consistent injuries and poor hitting streaks from 2018 on made him a divisive player with the fan base here in Detroit. I personally think it hurt his reputation pushing it a few years too far. The local sports radio jocks basically had a daily discussion on cutting him for the exemption on the regular.