// Joe Mauer

Lester and Bullpen Peter Out in Eighth; Twins Avoid Sweep

By ⋅ August 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It wasn’t one bad inning that did in Jon Lester Wednesday night in Minnesota: it was three mediocre innings, and a Red Sox bullpen that didn’t help. The Twins scored in three separate innings off Lester, and Alfredo Aceves struggled in eighth-inning relief to give the Twins a 5-2 victory.

Fantasy News Flash: Joe Mauer Hits DL With ‘Bilateral Leg Weakness’

By ⋅ April 15, 2011 ⋅ One comment

No, Joe Mauer doesn’t have a sore hamstring, or a seperated shoulder, or broken ribs. The Twins catcher has been placed on the disabled list with “bilateral leg weakness.” Say what? Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said the weakness in Mauer’s legs “is causing all kind of soreness in his hips, and he’s compensating because of [...]

Liriano Dominates Red Sox in 8-0 Win

By ⋅ April 15, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In the first two games of the Twins-Red Sox series, reigning MVP catcher Joe Mauer went 4-9 with two doubles and three RBI. Tim Wakefield and the Sox finally managed to hold Mauer hitless (0-4, BB, R) in the rubber game of the series on Thursday afternoon at beautiful Target Field, but all the other [...]

Pavano Slows Down Sox Bats, Helps Twins Win in Target Field Opener

By ⋅ April 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

No one can really predict the weather, but for the Minnesota Twins it couldn’t have been any sunnier Monday afternoon. It was their first home game in their new ballpark, Target Field, and the Red Sox were the unlucky ones to stop by to see the unveiling. The Sox just couldn’t get things going and [...]

Attention V-Mart Shoppers: Catchers In Stock

By ⋅ February 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The first signs of spring have arrived: Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball registration opened, the “Truck” left and pitchers and catchers reported, my copy of Baseball Prospectus 2010 arrived, and speculation has started on another pending free agent who doesn’t want to negotiate during the season but wants to stay in Boston. Victor Martinez recently discussed the [...]

The Present And Future Of Red Sox Catching

By ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Over the past week, the Red Sox have moved forward with their plans for 2010 and beyond. Just before the deadline, the Red Sox picked up their option on Victor Martinez and declined their option on long-time catcher and team captain Jason Varitek. However, Varitek responded and exercised his player option to stay with the [...]

TGIF: Fantasy Baseball Draft, 2010

By ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

With the end of the 2009 season, it is never too early to look ahead to 2010. To me, baseball season never ends and I am already thinking about my strategy for next season (most notably because I finished 9th in one league). Believe it or not, before the year is out, some fantasy guru’s [...]

Red Sox Playoff Run Could Go Any Way

By ⋅ September 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There are only a handful of games left (12 and counting to be exact) and the Red Sox are right in the midst of another run to the postseason. Boston doesn’t have another night off as they roll through Kansas City and New York before ending on a home stand against Toronto and Cleveland. Winning seven [...]

TGIF: Is Joe Mauer a First Round Pick in 2010?

By ⋅ September 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Up until this point in the history of fantasy baseball, no matter what format your league was, no matter what the stat categories were, you would never even comprehend the idea of drafting a catcher in the first round. However, the fantasy baseball world in recent years has decided to open its doors to players [...]

Handicapping the AL MVP Race

By ⋅ September 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Seeing as there’s less than a month left to the season, we can begin to predict what the award winners are going to look like. The one I’d like to take a look at is the AL MVP race, and this is because it will divide old school baseball fans and more sabermetrically-inclined fans for [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 20 (8-17 – 8-23)

By ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

In last week’s wrap-up, I mentioned how I wanted Henry Rowengartner from the film “Rookie of the Year” as my fantasy closer. Now, if I had to choose the best fictitious hitter to have on my roster, it would probably have to be Pedro Cerrano from “Major League”. Oh, and I don’t mean the Buddhist [...]

Troy Tulowitzki a Top SS in 2010?

By ⋅ August 24, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

With the playoffs around the corner and the trade deadline passed it is about that time to take a look back at the 2009 season as a whole. It has been a season full of injuries to top players (Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Brandon Webb, Jake Peavy just to name a few). So I decided [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 14 (7-6 – 7-12)

By ⋅ July 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’d like to talk about Joe Mauer for a moment. With 15 HR, Mauer is currently tied for the 24th most HR in the American League. He hit 11 of his 15 home runs in the month of May, which is the only reason his home run total looks decent. With 15 on the season, [...]

My 2009 MLB All-Star Ballot

By ⋅ June 30, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

It’s the time of year again when somehow ESPN believes John Kruk, Steve Phillips, and many other wannabe experts can tell you who should be on the MLB All-Star team. The other night I was trying to catch highlights of an Albert Pujols home run and Baseball Tonight was trying to push the meme of [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 7 (5-18 – 5-24)

By ⋅ May 26, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It is my personal opinion that Boston’s David Ortiz used steroids. I also believe that he is no longer taking any performance enhancers as evident by his lack of power this season. So, I speak for all of the Ortiz owners out there when I ask David Ortiz to please, start juicing again! There was a [...]

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