Yardbarker: Joe Mauer

Athletes Over For Thanksgiving

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:49:00 -0500

After being invited to partake in Steady Burn’s Thanksgiving Menu live draft this morning, it occurred to me that I honestly would’nt mind wrapping Joe Mauer in some bacon and having him for Thanksgiving supper. Then that idea snowballed into this post you’re suffering through right now! Who would I really want to invite over for the big meal if I had the opportunity to choose from some athletes? Um, still Joe Mauer.Then I asked my buddies who they would choose, and this is that they came up ...

Hey Konishi, Go Fukudome

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:14 -0500

Despite winning his second straight batting title and having a season for the ages, Joe Mauer still has haters. The Minnesota Twin fell one vote shy of becoming the first catcher to win the Most Valuable Player Award by a unanimous vote, thanks to a Japanese writer who either needs Lasik corrective eye surgery or [...]

Twins hopeful about extension for MVP Mauer

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:42:17 -0500

Sporting News staff reports After winning the AL MVP award on Monday, Twins catcher Joe Mauer quickly was peppered with questions about his future. The three-time AL batting champion will be a free agent after the 2010 season unless the two sides can reach an agreement on a contract extension. According to the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, there are indications that the Twins hope to have a new deal in place by Christmas. However, it isn't a done deal. The newspaper spe...

Tuesday 11/24 Quickie: Notre Dame, Meyer, VY, Mauer, Pujols, Purdue, Jennings

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:59:00 -0500

One of the things I enjoy most about writing the SN column is that I can take the various theories I'm working on here or over at the Teblog and take them "mainstream."The Notre Dame coaching story remains the hot topic of the week. If yesterday morning was about Weis, by the afternoon we had moved on to "Who's next at ND?"Notre Dame fans continue to insist that Meyer is an option -- Meyer shut that down personally yesterday. But then Tebow said something that gibe...

Borden: Replace Posada With Mauer

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:23:00 -0500

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...

Joe Mauer Wins AL MVP While 17 Voters Forget Who Ben Zobrist Is

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:58 -0500

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 a 1.031 OPS while playing Gold Glove catcher for the Twins. Mauer beats out two Yankees in Mark Teixeira and ...

After locking up of AL MVP, it's time for Twins to lock up Mauer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:16:10 -0500

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 with a back injury, Mauer won the AL batting title (.365) for the third time in the last four years while also...

After locking up AL MVP, it's time for Twins to lock up Joe Mauer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:16:10 -0500

Mauer Near Unanimous MVP

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:49:58 -0500

Joe Mauer is just the 2nd catcher in the last 33 years to win the AL MVP, and he did so in unanimous fashion. The Minnesota native hit .365/.444/.587 to lead the American League in all three categories. He also won the gold glove, and it was richly deserved. Mauer had a career high in HRs [...]

Your AL MVP Is Joe Mauer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:22:00 -0500

The MLB awards train has moved on to the MVP awards. Today, Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer was named AL MVP. Joe Mauer, who won an unprecedented third batting championship for a catcher and helped propel the Minnesota Twins to the American League Central title, was elected the AL Most Valuable Player for 2009 in balloting by the BBWAA. Mauer, the first catcher to lead his league in batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.444) and slugging (.587) in the same season, was listed fir...

Joe Mauer named A.L. MVP

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:11:23 -0500

Joe Mauer has been named the A.L. MVP for 2009. Back in August, there seemed to be some sentiment that Mark Teixeira was the favorite and that Mauer would be on the outside looking in, but by the time the season ended that seemed to have shifted, and the question was whether Mauer would be a unanimous pick or not. Mauer was not a unanimous pick -- he got 27 of 28 first place votes, and while Teixeira and Derek Jeter finished second and third, neither of them got the stray first pla...

AL MVP: Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:01:00 -0500

by Andrew JohnsonFiled under: Twins, MLB AwardsTwins catcher Joe Mauer was a nearly unanimous selection for 2009 American League MVP by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes to win the award in a landslide Monday. He beat out Yankee teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter, who finished second and third, respectively, to win the award for the first time in his career. Mauer hit .365 to win the batting title for the second straight season and thi...

Joe Mauer Will Be Very Expensive

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:25:00 -0500

In his latest must read column, ESPN's Buster Olney outlines what the future holds for the soon to be AL MVP Joe Mauer:"And I'd say that my best guess is yes, the Twins will open the checkbook and spend big dollars to keep the superstar catcher, who will be told today, officially, that he is the winner of the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He and Albert Pujols are baseball's best hitters now, and in time, he might be regarded as the greatest catcher ever. He is, of course, a ...

Mauer Takes Another Step Toward Cooperstown

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:10 -0500

Virtually limitless are the adjectives one could utilize to properly describe Joe Mauer — unbelievable, incredible, marvelous, unprecedented. One in particular, however, may hold credence above all others — historically significant. In just six seasons, Mauer has already cemented his name alongside fellow catchers Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Piazza, Johnny Bench, Roy Campanella, Yogi Berra and Mickey Cochrane as one of the greats of the game. Mauer should now add the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player award to his growing list of accolades. No American League catcher had ever won a batting title before Mauer captured the crown in 2006, and now the St. Paul native owns three (’08 & ‘09). The best single-season batting average posted by a catcher had been .362, posted by Hall...