BOSTON RED SOX: THIS IS OUR ****ING CITY
03-22-2010
, 03:55 PM
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The inevitable bidding war for Mauer is going to be massive, especially considering both the Red Sox and Yankees have aging catchers (Varitek is 37, Posada turns 38 in August). Mauer just might be able to approach ARod's contract.
Mauer signed a four-year, $33 million contract prior to the 2007 season. So, he won't be a free agent until after the 2010 season. Though, the Twins are certainly the type of team to trade away a big star in exchange for multiple prospects.
In 2011 season, Mauer will be 28 years old (turns 28 on 4/19/11).
Theo had better be preparing to fight for this guy.
Mauer signed a four-year, $33 million contract prior to the 2007 season. So, he won't be a free agent until after the 2010 season. Though, the Twins are certainly the type of team to trade away a big star in exchange for multiple prospects.
In 2011 season, Mauer will be 28 years old (turns 28 on 4/19/11).
Theo had better be preparing to fight for this guy.
Like I said, let's just focus on signing Victor Martinez.
Mauer got $184 million over 8 years from the Twins. That's $23 million per year. My gut says the Yankees, Red Sox, and others would have added quite a bit on top of that if Mauer had hit the free agent market.
03-23-2010
, 10:43 PM
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and i agree 100% with Kevin's post.
03-26-2010
, 10:51 AM
04-01-2010
, 05:08 PM
04-01-2010
, 07:12 PM
pretty cool that we're gonna have beckett/lester/lackey/buchholz all long term. might be harder to find that cool in 3 years though 
if daisuke is ****ed (and i can't tell if i should expect like 1.7 WAR the rest of his career or 3 WAR for this season) the depth is pretty ugly. the days of justin masterson as the #11 starter are long gone. i'll be pretty sad when michael bowden gets 17 starts this year. nobody in the minors looks like they can be a #6 starter by the end of 2011 except casey kelly, and he has work to do.
i guess this means we'll be linked to every SP on the trade market for the foreseeable future.
if daisuke is ****ed (and i can't tell if i should expect like 1.7 WAR the rest of his career or 3 WAR for this season) the depth is pretty ugly. the days of justin masterson as the #11 starter are long gone. i'll be pretty sad when michael bowden gets 17 starts this year. nobody in the minors looks like they can be a #6 starter by the end of 2011 except casey kelly, and he has work to do.
i guess this means we'll be linked to every SP on the trade market for the foreseeable future.