Mauer

[zamboni]

Prior only had like 1 maybe 2 good seasons and I am not even sure if he is in the bigs anymore......I am pretty sure he is not a starter anymore......I really doubt we would have made the WS with picking Prior, but who knows

Did he even have one good year? He was hurt all the time

[SledNeck]

Originally Posted By: SledNeck

Man, ellsbury would have looked good in the Twins CF instead of GOGO

True, but then you would have had to face Johan this week, and very possibly somewhere down the line in the playoffs...

Yeah but we'd have ellsbury EVERY day, hes better across the board than go go

[KMR85]

Well what do you know? Another HR to the opposite field for Joe. Followed by a Morneau single.

[DHanson]

That was sick, didn't even look like he hit that ball real well either, but it still went out. I'm convinced Mauer is the best hitter in baseball right now. Let's hope he can stay healthy.

[ranger20]

he's is proving him self for the lost time

[CodyDawg]

OK, I will pull back on my "trade the bum" stance for one day at least!

He has roughly 100 at bats. If he hits .190 for the next hundred at bats, he will still be hitting .310 for the season. that is unbelieveable.

[nofishfisherman]

That is unbelievable, .190 would be an epic slump for Mauer. He'd probably have to hit right handed and blind folded to hit below .200.

[pegleg]

I was wondering last night when he hit the homerun if the new ballpark to left field will be about the same distance. Hopefully, it will be that distance or less because he barely clears the left field fence when he hits them that way. Also, hopefully the fence isn't higher than 6' because they don't clear by much.

[Getanet]

Sorry if this has been covered, but it seems to me Mauer has the best chance at approaching .400 at some point in his career than any other player in the game right now. Ichiro seemed like the best bet a few years back, but so many of his are infield hits he legs out, which drop as you get older. Mauer just rakes line drive after line drive.

While I don't think we'll see another .400 hitter anytime soon, watching Mauer attempt to reach it should give us something to look forward to each year, even the years the Twins aren't in playoff contention.

[Gary Crichton]

Question as I don't see it in the stats. When will Mauer have enough at bats to qualify for the stats board.

[blue_healer_guy]

By the end of the year yes.

[pegleg]

Crichton - Mauer has a long way to go to qualify for the stats board... If my numbers are correct, he has played in only 29 out of the 53 games so far this year. In order to qualify, he needs 3.1 at bats per games played by the team so he would need 164 at bats and he only has 102. After 100 games, if he bats in every game 4 times he still would only have 290 but need 310. He needs to stay healthy the rest of the year and continue on the hitting tear.

[luckyworm]

Wow that would be amazing if he could bat .400! I told my dad after his first week off the disabled list, that I wouldn't be suprised if he hit .400 this year. I truly believe this guy is the best pure hitter I have seen in my lifetime. Hopefully, he can stay healthy.

[DHanson]

I'm not sure, but I think to qualify it goes by plate appearances. According to the stats on ESPN, he has at least a 125 plate appearances but less than 150. Everyone else that is qualified has at least 150 plate appearances. So, maybe he's only 25 plate appearances off of qualifying. Walks and sacrifices don't count as at bats as most of you know.

[pegleg]

Hanson, you are probably correct on plate appearances rather than at bats. When I was doing the math I thought it looked weird being he still would not qualify at 100 games without adding walks/sacrifices into the formula. He probably now only needs to play in 20 to 30 more games to qualify on the batting average board.

[Gary Crichton]

Pegleg, Mr Hansons response sounds right. I didn't think it would take all year. Now going forward, if he does keep hitting like this, he will receive a lot more walks therfore taking a little longer. I do not see to many Sac bunts, but I am sure a few Sac Flys.

[PierBridge]

Walks and sacrifices DO count as plate appearances...just not as official at-bats.

Basically anytime you come to the plate its a plate appearance. Except if you are pinch hit for during an at bat or you're in the batters box when the 3rd out is made elsewhere.

[zepman]

Pier is correct. He'll make up the plate appearances about half-way thru the season or shorly thereafter.

[CodyDawg]

The formula is 3.1 plate appearances per game your TEAM has played. That comes out to 503 for the season. Yep, there is a lot of confusion between plate appearances and at bats. it goes by plate appearances and from my math, roughly by early July he should have enough to be on the leader board.

[PierBridge]

If he stays healthy!...

[Quackaddict9]

If he stays healthy!...

is that crossed fingers or the sign for "R" in sign language??

[Craigums]

The guy is a bum he was hitting .441 only a couple weeks ago now he's barely hitting .435

[bassNspear]

mauer and mornoe went 0-7 together today. dont see that happen often!~

[DHanson]

Mauer is only 6 plate appearances off to be elgible for leading the league in batting average. He has 252 plate appearances and he needs 258 plate appearances to be elgible. Lets hope he can stay on this healthy streak.

[Barony]

Twins should just offer him 10 years, $170 M and see what happens. M and M boys are going to be awfully expensive to keep around in the future.

[SledNeck]

With a new stadium there is no excuse not lock Morneau and Mauer up for life.

Losing either of them will be more expensive (in revenue loss) for the twins than keeping them

[luckyworm]

Twins managment said they would spend more money with a new stadium. They better stay true to their words and lock up Morneau and Mauer.

[Barony]

They are averaging 3,000 per game this year vrs. last. I can bet it's M and M for that reason. At an average ticket price of $25, the math is pretty easy to do at 81 games.

[PierBridge]

If they have to trade them "M&M" I hope they get some young prospects in exchnge!.....

10 years and 170 million for Mauer?...LOL....

[Scott K]

More like 5-7 years 170-200 million!