ESPN's picks: AL Most Valuable Player

Check out the top candidates for AL Most Valuable Player award, and who ESPN experts would have picked.

A-Rod is first-rounder but Mauer is not

Tristan H. Cockcroft explains some of the more difficult decisions he made when coming up with his 2010 top 200 for fantasy baseball.

Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

New ballpark sparks questions for Twins in 2010

...stars from Bert Blyleven to Frank Viola, Kirby Puckett to Kent Hrbek to Justin Morneau to Joe Mauer. Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire have taught and managed a particular Twins way, and the front...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The free agent do-call list

The free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Perhaps the offseason bar set too high, too soon

So much for the general managers meetings, which began five days after the World Series and 10 days before the free-agency period opens. They're reall...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

My 2009 awards picks

...Hurdle improvement as much as anything. Even putting him fourth is probably aggressive. AL MVP 1. Joe Mauer 2. Derek Jeter 3. Ben Zobrist 4. Zack Greinke 5. Roy Halladay 6. Evan Longoria 7...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

July 3, 2009 Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer #7 at bat in the 9th inning of the Detroit Tigers 16 inning 11-9 victory...

The significance of the Mauer market

The agent for Joe Mauer wouldn't characterize the state of the catcher's negotiations with the Twins on Thursday, or...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Jeter, Bay, Utley among Silver Sluggers

Cardinals star Albert Pujols and Yankees infielder Mark Teixeira were among those chosen Thursday to receive Silver Slugger awards.

Bay named to Silver Slugger team

...Evan Longoria (Rays), shortstop Derek Jeter (Yankees), outfielders Torii Hunter (Angels) and Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners), catcher Joe Mauer (Twins), and DH Adam Lind (Blue Jays

Buster Olney: A strategic retreat for Red Sox?

...they'll be much more aggressive next year." Among the guys who might hit the market: Joe Mauer, Carl Crawford, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee

The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings

Executives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

More Gold Gloves, more head-scratching

...source, we've got your 2009 American League Gold Glovers. Shockingly, the voters selected MVP candidates Joe Mauer, Mark Teixeira, and Derek Jeter, all of whom were probably solid defensively but might not have...

No Gold Gloves for the Rangers in 2009

...2009 Gold Glove winners, with career wins in parenthesis: Pitcher: Mark Buehrle, White Sox (1) Catcher: Joe Mauer, Twins (2) First base: Mark Teixeira, Yankees (3) Second base: Placido Polanco, Tigers (2) Third base...