American League MVP, Joe Mauer, is set to be a free agent at this time next year, and Sam Borden thinks it would be a good idea for the Yanks to make a run at him. So do I. Here's some more from Sam:What would Mauer mean to the Yankees? Plenty. Pitching is forever the holy grail for success in major-league baseball, but a catcher — especially one who hits as well as he fields — comes right behind. The Yankees have had a distinct advantage over their competition for more than a decade with Jorge Posada’s well-above-average production, and Mauer is one of the few players in the league who could actually surpass that.Posada’s contract expires after the 2011 season, but it is hard to imagine he will finish it playing the same number of games at catcher as he has for most of his career. Already the Yankees seem to be angling to give Posada more games at DH in 2010; assuming Hideki Matsui does not return, there will be no “regular DH” on a day-to-day basis, freeing it up for use by Po...
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