Joe Mauer’s Contract Had To Be Done, But Will Turn Out Badly in the End

Posted: 22nd March 2010 by Jimmy Weinland in MLB
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Let me be the first to say congratulations to the Minnesota Twins for locking up Joe Mauer for the next eight years. His monstrous $184 million deal is good for their fans, good for the city, and good for baseball in general. It’s too bad it's going to be bad for the Twins in the long run. It's too bad because pretty much everything about the deal is a slam dunk. It had to be done and it's wonderful on so many levels... They locked up their home town hero. Mauer was the only player ever to receive USA TODAY’s High School Player of the Year in two different sports, football and baseball, out of Cretin-Derham Hall High in Saint Paul. He was the Twins No. 1 draft pick in 2001, and now is their best player. As a Cleveland sports fan, I would love to see this idea o ...

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