Skirl | Dan Dickinson (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
I’m still trying to get some work done — brilliance often strikes around midnight, right? — so no interesting blog topics tonight. This week has been bad for imagination and insight. Too much happening at work, not enough brain downtime at home, let alone time to get non-work stuff done. We haven’t had groceries in [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, who batted .146 over the final 16 games of the regular season, finished second to Boston's Dustin Pedroia in voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, which was announced on Tuesday.Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis was third and Twins catcher Joe Mauer was fourth. Whether such a poor finish after five-plus months of consistency should cost...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Is Matt Wieters Joe Mauer, but with power? Peter asks.
MLB (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Morneau, Mauer honored by NLBM
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Courtesy of Joe C. at the Strib online : Joe Mauer won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award today, becoming the first Twins catcher to win the award since Earl Battey in 1962. That's a long time coming, but it's hard to find a reason why Mauer doesn't deserve this award. There have been some complaints about the number of passed balls he allows, but there's no doubt he's a talented force...
Pinstripe Alley (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
American League P, Mike Mussina, NYY C, Joe Mauer, MIN 1B, Carlos Pena, TB 2B, Dustin Pedroia, BOS 3B, Adrian Beltre, SEA SS, Michael Young, TEX OF, Torii Hunter, LAA OF, Grady Sizemore, CLE OF, Ichiro Suzuki, SEA The Comedy Season is upon us.
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
The Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer is the among the Rawlings Gold Glove winners from the American league announced today.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Joe Mauer joined Earl Battey as Twins catchers to win a Gold Glove.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Joe Mauer joined Earl Battey as Twins catchers to win a Gold Glove.
http://redsox.wordpress.com/feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
... bargain for the Red Sox, and Pedey can just focus on baseball for the next six years, at least.Joe Mauer was a somewhat comparable hitter by talent level at age 24, and his annual salaries looked like this in years 3-5:Y3: $400kY4: $3.75MY5: $6.25MAnd that’s on the cost-conscious Twins. Epstein has gone on record saying that there are . Jon Lester is one name who comes to mind, though as...
MLB (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Four Twins players -- Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer, Joe Nathan and Michael Cuddyer -- along with Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire, are up for TYIB Award honors. Voting ends on Monday.
Rain Delay (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... Heap led all catchers in wOBA in 2008 with a .387, the closest to him was the Minnesota Twins’ Joe Mauer with a .371. Though Mauer smoked him when it came to WPA/LI (click the link if you’re not sure what WPA/LI is), 3.40 to 2.14, but hey that’s nothing to take away from McCann who was second in the Majors at catcher, third place went to the Dodgers Russel Martin who had a 1.51. So...
RandBall (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The pecking order right now is fairly well established when it comes to superstar players playing for local sports teams. Adrian Peterson. Joe Mauer. Justin Morneau. Marian Gaborik (kind of, at least when he’s healthy). Then there is the next tier that is already established enough to the point that you could at least consider [...]
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Nick and Nick wonder why Justin Morneau gets so much more MVP respect than Joe Mauer....
Baseball America (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... Defensive OutfielderAaron HicksBest Outfield ArmAaron HicksPROJECTED 2012LINEUPCatcherJoe MauerFirst BaseJustin MorneauSecond BaseAlexi CasillaThird BaseDanny ValenciaShortstopTrevor PlouffeLeft FieldBen RevereCenter FieldAaron HicksRight FieldDelmon YoungDesignated HitterJason KubelNo. 1 StarterFrancisco LirianoNo. 2 StarterScott BakerNo. 3 StarterKevin SloweyNo. 4 StarterNick BlackburnNo....
