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Scott Baker pitches for the Minnesota Twins in a starting role, and probably is the ace of their staff. The Twins took the Verducci Effect very seriously with Baker, as over the last three seasons his innings came in at 143.2, 172.1 and 200.0. As he goes into [...]
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Via Big League Stew
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November 23, 2009
Great success! After a few months of the intangibles crowd being threatened with severe online mockery by the rest of us, Minnesota's Joe Mauer(notes) was rightly awarded with the first American League MVP of his career on Monday afternoon.The stud Twin Cities catcher received 27 of 28 first-place votes and it isn't hard to see why. Despite missing the beginning of the season...
Via SI.com
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November 24, 2009
In winning the MVP Award this season, Twins catcher Joe Mauer not only validated his importance in the American League, but as the best player in the majors, writes Joe Posnanski.
Via The Sporting Blog
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November 23, 2009
Joe Mauer started his season on the DL and ended it as the American League Most Valuable Player. There really was no other choice, as Mauer got 27 of the 28 first-place votes. It seems one of the BWAA members must be related to Miguel Cabrera, as that's the only way you can make a case that Cabrera should get the other first-place vote.
Mauer hit .365 with 94 runs, 96 RBI and...
Via CBSSports.com
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November 23, 2009
Joe Mauer became only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, finishing first in a near-unanimous vote Monday.
Via Fox Sports
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November 23, 2009
Joe Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points. Yankees teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter were second and third.
Mauer topped...
Via Seattle Times
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November 23, 2009
Joe Mauer became the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, finishing first in a near-unanimous vote Monday.
Via Star Tribune
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November 23, 2009
Twins catcher Joe Mauer speaks about his American League Most Valuable Player award.
Via Sliding Into Home
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November 23, 2009
Like everyone pretty much expected, Joe Mauer was named AL MVP today. Mauer clearly had the best year out of anyone in the the league, finishing the year hitting .365/.444/.587 with 28 HR and 96 RBI. He nearly won a unanimous vote, taking 27 of 28 first-place votes and finishing with 387 point.Mark Teixeira finished second in the voting with 225 point, Derek Jeter finished third...
Via STLtoday.com
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November 23, 2009
Joe Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American
League Most Valuable Player Award.
The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced Monday
by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, rece...
Via Miami Herald
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November 23, 2009
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Via Bleacher Report
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November 23, 2009
The 2009 AL Most Valuable Player Award is being announced today at 2 p.m. Anthony DiComa of MLB.com wrote an article yesterday that implied Derek Jeter has the best chance to win the award besides the heavy favorite Joe Mauer...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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November 23, 2009
Links for Monday...
ESPN's Buster Olney compares a potential Joe Mauer extension to Todd Helton's contract, in that it'd make up such a large percentage of the Twins' payroll.
Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel discovered that a handful of teams have avoided four-year commitments to pitchers in recent years.
Blue Jays GM Alex...
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