Kammala wannan jumla: Yayin da Giants suka samu gurbi a wasannin bayan kakar wasa, dakatarwar Cabrera a hukumance ta kare a lokacin wasan.
Gasar Zakarun Kasa ta 2012. Kodayake dakatarwar ta ƙare, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar rufe Cabrera don ragowar postseason kuma ta mayar da shi cikin jerin ƙuntatawa. Daga nan sai Giants za su ci gaba da lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2012 a kan Detroit Tigers. Duk da dakatarwar da aka yi masa, Cabrera ya sami zoben Wasannin Duniya na 2012 saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga kungiyar kafin dakatarwar sa.