AL batting champ Joe Mauer signs 4 year deal to remain with Twins

Wrigley · Feb 11, 2007

Great news for Twins fans !!!!!!!!!!!

Mauer, Twins agree to contract TheStar.com - Sports - Mauer, Twins agree to contract
February 11, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Twins catcher and AL batting champion Joe Mauer avoided salary arbitration and agreed to a four-year contract on Sunday with the Twins.

Mauer, 23, batted .347 with 84 RBIs in 2006 to help the Twins rally from a 12 1/2-game deficit to win the AL Central on the final day of the regular season.

Mauer, the first pick in the 2001 draft out of Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn., was eligible for arbitration this winter for the first time.

Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

The deal will keep Mauer with the Twins through at least 2010, the year the team is scheduled to begin playing in a new ballpark.

GameBreaker · Feb 11, 2007

arty: :toast:

Journeyman · Feb 11, 2007

nice...seems like along time ago now 'Dud' Selig wanted to strip Minnesota oftheir team.

Fishhead · Feb 11, 2007

The TWINS are awesome!!!!!!

One of my all-time favorite sports franchises!

GO TWINKIES!!

GameBreaker · Feb 11, 2007

Fishhead said:
The TWINS are awesome!!!!!!

One of my all-time favorite sports franchises!

GO TWINKIES!!

Love these kinds of posts.

Fishhead · Feb 11, 2007

GameBreaker said:
Love these kinds of posts.

I miss the old MET STADIUM in Minneapolis.

Wrigley · Feb 11, 2007

Fishhead said:
I miss the old MET STADIUM in Minneapolis.

Outdoor basbeall on real grass and dirt returns to Minnesota in 2010
can't wait! With the Minneapolis skyline in the background.

knicknut · Feb 11, 2007

Surprised they're not going retractable there.

Baseball in Minnesota in April and September (and October)?

Wrigley · Feb 11, 2007

knicknut said:
Surprised they're not going retractable there.

Baseball in Minnesota in April and September (and October)?

Would have added another 100 million to the cost and the county tax that was passed to pay for the stadium was capped at a certain amount if Twins want a roof they were told they would have to pay for it.

So no roof I think they will regret it.

trytrytry · Feb 11, 2007

Love this news. Saw this kid hit a ball the first time when he was about 3 years old, knew the Mauer family growing up, all the Mauer boys were great young athletes but this one always stood out.....

trytrytry · Feb 11, 2007

no roof will be a killer. I do know a guy in the Twins sales group who says a roof is still a possibility but would need some public support and financing. never say never.

dr03 · Feb 11, 2007

there's still a good chance the stadium doesn't even get built. they are running into problems with the land.

quantumleap · Feb 11, 2007

I wonder if he'll slack off like Kirby Puckett did after signing his long-term contract.

Other teams have been able to build stadiums by selling luxury boxes in addition to the public money.

Journeyman · Feb 11, 2007

When did Kirby ever slack?

quantumleap · Feb 11, 2007

Journeyman said:
When did Kirby ever slack?

The season after he signed his contract.

Wrigley · Feb 11, 2007

Terms of Mauer deal now out 4 year deal worth 33 million. 8.25 million a year

Shub · Apr 19, 2013

Happy 30th birthday joe Mauer. Dude is on fire as of late.

5teamparlay · Apr 19, 2015

happy 32ND!!!

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