blue_healer_guy Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Its all water under the bridge now, but some stat guy says with mauers current stats vs all players in the league, his salary should be at 650,000 vs 23 million. ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersofmen Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Did he just get his 16th RBI and we are almost at the half way point in the season.... This guy is a disaster right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwild Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 My opinion, this guy is a bum and its got to be the worst investment the Twins organization has ever made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugonian1 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Back on the DL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Charmin Tissue man.What a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuKiddingMe Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Hey look at this, Mauer is now playing at the right level, the MINORS, right where he belongs...http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_26275402/twins-star-joe-mauer-reports-cedar-rapids-new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey lee Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I know this is hindsight but this was the biggest joke of a contract maybe ever in baseball.Mauer is done and we still have millions to pay him.Too bad we could not get rid of him for a little just to eliminate his contract but I see no one wanting anything to do with Joe.very sad that he is such a injury prone player and if he stubs his toe, he has to have so much time off to rest his ouie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 With Suzuki catching now, it's too bad we didn't hold onto Morneau. Post concussion Morneau is still way better (and cheaper) than "glass joe"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Joe Mauer does not belong anywhere but the minor leagues. He is terrible.I have said it from day one that his contract was absurd and the Twins were incredibly foolish for allowing themselves to be held hostage by a mediocre,injury prone and lazy player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrklean Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 We were gonna lose no matter what happened with Mauer, if we let him walk he would be hitting 345 with the yanks or sox and everyone would be saying the Twins never spend any money, instead we signed him to a horrible contract he is horribly underperforming and the Twins suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey lee Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Boy you got that right. Seems when players leave they do so much better, must be something with the environment with the Twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I think Mauer would be the exception to that rule. No other team would rub his belly like Gardy and the twins do. He's too soft to respond positively to criticism or a coach/teammate getting in his face. Not to mention sox or yanks fans would be calling for his head! Worst contract in sports history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_healer_guy Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Big time, might be the softest player ever, physically and emotionally. For people to really think he was gonna test the open market, yankees, sox, etc, he fooled you just like he did the twinkies. wont call them the twins cuz they too are a bunch of softies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Sounds like he's coming back for the Houston series. What's the over/under he goes on the DL again before the season is over?I predict he'll sit out the rest of the season for a stomach ache or stubbed toe around the beginning of september. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerminator Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Geez. I don't even want all-star #s. Just a guy who can be a leader, play like heck when it matters and help his team win. If he could be a Kent Hrbek, it might even justify paying him what they are. The Twins haven't had a leader, period, in a loooooong time. Those guys in 87 and 91 just did what it took to win. They had the brains, heart and physical ability needed to pull it out when it was needed. Mauer and the rest of the team these days show up. Don't get me wrong, some of them are very good and much better than me. But there just isn't the chemistry and leadership needed to win. That's not Gardy's fault. He's just the manager. The GM and front office need to do some work or just accept losing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartmanMN Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Taking the family to their first and only game of the year on Sunday. I hope softy is back by in the line up by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnguy152 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I think he be a good player in the beer league softball thats about it. or he needs to to be shacking up with another player. he seems to play better back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartmanMN Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It was nice to see him swing at a first pitch strike and take it deep yesterday. Lots of home runs yesterday, which made it a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagfinder Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Lets all just be thankful we got Joe instead Justin. I mean who would've wanted the current NL batting champ on our team again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Or last year's batting champ, Michael Cuddyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagfinder Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I forgot about that. Imagine how many more games we could have lost with those two.But hey on the bright side at least we all have our home town hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Good news for Joe! He's not the owner of the worst contract in sports history anymore! That dubious title now belongs to Giancarlo Stanton. Something along the lines of 13 years and $315 million. Wow! Just wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofishfisherman Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The Stanton deal could still end up being alright for the Marlins or it could become the worst contract in the history of sports. The contract is extremely back loaded and Stanton has an opt out option after I think 6 years. For the next 6 years they'll probably be paying him below market rate giving them more financial flexibility to add talent around him. If Stanton is fed up with the Marlins in a few years he can opt out after 6 years and probably sign another large dollar contract and letting the Marlins off the hook for the bulk of the $325 million. If that happens its a great deal for the Marlins.Although Stanton could also opt to stay with the Marlins, then they'll be on the hook for the full $325 million and they'll be paying a 39 year old something like $31 million a year. If that happens then there will be talk of the worst contract in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Amish Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 how many mega deals are "good deals" for the duration of the contract? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.T.C. Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I agree B.Amish, but I bet Minnesotan's figured this one can't miss, quality guy, quality catcher, lefty bat, hometown boy, heck Molitor and Winfield and Jack Morris were still doing quality damage late in their careers but...............like many fine athletes a female got in his life and good for Joe that he cares more about her, his kids, his health than being the stud baseball player he once was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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