Joe Mauer a lot of little problems

[Windy City]

You better get used to hearing that diagnosis, we heard it the last three years here in the Windy City to describe Mr. Crede. Sounds like the Twinks better invest in a few more hot tubs!

[Gary Crichton]

Ok is it me or is a lot of big name players hurt this year. It seems to be a lot of this going around the league, not just here.

Yes we do have a sox reject with us now, but it seems to me, a lot more people hurt b-4 the season starts.

Oh by the way Happy SPRING, and go Twins.

G.C.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

I have low back pain and still punch the clock every day. If there's nothing wrong, take some tylenol, rub some dirt on it, see a chiropractor, pop a tough pill and get behind the plate. I have a feeling, being he is the hometown boy too, he will get a little favre-itis, anytime he has a bad game someone will ask him if its due to the back or the kidney or the knee or that his feelings are still hurt about what Torri said about him 2 years ago.

[Windy City]

Wow,

The piranaha's are out already. Chew him up and spit him out, my trade offer is still on the table guys! LOL

[Cicada]

Sit back and relax Windy, if we ever get sunshine around here, our attitudes will change. Baseball season will start, Mauer will be playing, probably not right away, and by the All-Star game will be in mid-season form and all this "B" as in "B", "S" as in "S" will settle down.

[Windy City]

Hey, I'm with you on that Cicada, I just see Twink fans freakin out a bit here and if I can add the little bit extra then where is the foul? LOL

[Gary Crichton]

Not everybody Windy, just a few non believers. We shall be ready when the time comes.

Windy I like your 2nd baseman. Will he survive.

G.C.

[Windy City]

Who Getz? He should make the trip north.

[Gary Crichton]

That is the guy. They are all high and mighty on this kid, from what I have heard. I understand he has a good bat.

G.C.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

What I was trying to say in my post was if there is nothing structurally wrong, then play through it. He's been checked over by 2 or 3 different specialists, all say its only inflammation, so get out there and play. I think was was Hunter's quote on him a couple years back, some guys will play through the pain, others like Joe need to feel 110% before stepping on the field.

[Dahitman44]

The "Chosen One" worries me a lot .. I think we will see him at 3B by the start of next season. This back deal should be the clincher.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

wouldn't that be something. I heard Gardy yesterday saying that they got some stud catcher in A ball or AA, not Butera but another kid.

[bassNspear]

mauer is there franchise, and they will find a spot for him if he cant catch everyday!

[DoubleLunger]

Is Joe related to Gaborik? I think so. Both stars that have nothing but little nagging injuries. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

[mnwild]

But doesn't Joe come back strong?? Didn't he win the AL batting title?? What has Gaborik showed, nothing so there is nothing to compare them to.

[Quackaddict9]

But doesn't Joe come back strong?? Didn't he win the AL batting title?? What has Gaborik showed, nothing so there is nothing to compare them to.

83 points after missing 1/2 of the 2006-2007 season.

[Dahitman44]

If you listen to Hartman and Rossie I think he is Gaborik -- the kid is the best football QB ever the best baseball player ever, best hoops player ever and obviously the best hockey player too.

[Scott M]

bump. The irony.

Redmond was released. Sid thinks we should bring back Red Dog, loosen up the club house for the big run we're gonna make.

[JBMasterAngler]

If he comes back, it better be as a bench coach and not a player.

[bassNspear]

how can you say his over rated?

[jwmiller33]

we have a plethora of catchers right now, there should be no talks of adding another. not only do we have mauer, arguably the best in the game, but we also have drew butera and wilson ramos as well as the rehabing jose morales all on our 40 man roster. thats four catchers, or 10% of our 40 man roster devoted to the position that we have arguably the best player in the game.

if there is any position we could use a wily vet at is a pitcher. remember when we decided to add carl pavano as the wily vet to mentor our other starting pitchers who were all really young? look how that turned out. we could use another pavano like SP right now.

[blue_healer_guy]

Comes with a 184 million dollar contract. Cant take every 5th day off and 4 hrs and make that kind of dough.

[bassNspear]

i think the expection of him hitting 350 every year is out of control. Should he do it, sure, can he, maybe, but highly unlikly

[MNice]

Lets face it, if he wasn't from St. Paul, he would just be another really, really good catcher.. that's it. Twins way overpaid for the next contract IMHO. Hope I'm wrong.

[Coach1310]

If he wasn't from St. Paul he would still be the BEST CATCHER IN BASEBALL by quite a ways! He is going to miss some time because of nagging dings, but at the same time, he will be a top 10 MLB hitter for the next 10 years....

Most professional athletes are paid for what they have done in the past. There are very few top notch veterans who are worth what they are paid at the end of their contract.

Even if Mauer was hitting .340 the Twins would still have terrible pitching and be in about the same place they are right now.