Cabrera set to sign mammoth extension

The Detroit Tigers have agreed to pay Miguel Cabrera a baseball record $292 million over the next 10 years, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.

The source, who said the contract is subject to Cabrera passing a physical, spoke to Associated Press on Thursday night on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced.

Cabrera is due $44 million over the final two years of his current eight-year contract - worth $152.3 million - which runs through 2015, and the source said the slugging first baseman will make $248 million over eight seasons in the new extension.