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Twins Sign Mauer for 8 years at $184 million

There was a collective sigh of relief from the Minnesota Twins and their fan base as they signed MVP and All-Star catcher Joe Mauer to an 8 year $184 million dollar contract with a full no-trade clause. The deal covers the 2011-18 seasons and is the fourth largest — both in total value and average [...]

Orlando Hudson Finds a Home in the Twin Cities

Orlando Hudson signed with the Minnesota Twins at 1 year $5 million. Hudson is a four time Gold Glove winner and hit .283 with 9 homers, 8 stolen bases and 35 doubles last year for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hudson will be taking over for Nick Punto allow him to move over and share time [...]

Free Agent Roundup: One Year Deals Are King

It’s that time in free agency where the unsigned are left scrambling to find a new team in time for Spring Training or have to settle for a one-year deal with the hopes of establishing value for a bigger payday next off season. Over the past few days some quality free agents have found new [...]

Top 9 Catchers of the Decade

As the 2009 comes to a close, now is a great time to start reflecting on not only the past year that was but the decade that was as well. For those of you that have the MLB Network, you may be aware of a show called Prime 9. Prime 9 ranks a variety of baseball [...]

Mauer and Pujols are MVPs

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) selected Minnesota Twins’ catcher Joe Mauer the AL MVP yesterday and just announced St. Louis Cardinals’  first basemen Albert Pujols as the NL MVP. Mauer posted a major league best .365 BA, to go along with 28 HRs and 96 RBIs–both career best.  He also boasted an AL best OPS of [...]