More Gold Gloves, more head-scratching
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | November 10, 2009Twins overspend on veteran, again
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Craig Monroe and Livan Hernandez. And if they're not able to keep Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer in the long term, their money mismanagement is simply going to drop them from contention
Blog | November 07, 2009Chewing on Cuzzi's call
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotOf course it's history now, but umpire Phil Cuzzi's bizarrely blown call in Game 2 of the Twins-Yankees series will be remembered by Twins fan...
Blog | October 12, 2009Who will pass the Zorilla test?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...peaked in Cap Anson's prime, everyone's ready to hand the hardware to Joe Mauer. Mauer led the AL in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. He'...
Blog | October 08, 2009A good year for first basemen
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...first basemen. That's why they call them first basemen. And that's why Joe Mauer (No. 2 in the majors in OPS) deserves a long look as MVP, as do Hanley...
Blog | September 25, 2009With Greinke, why stop at Cy Young?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...worth exactly as much as Albert Pujols; Zack Greinke is worth every bit as much as Joe Mauer. And this isn't a freak season. Last year, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were...
Blog | September 18, 2009If I can't have Pujols ...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the eight panelists, no consensus emerged, with votes going to David Wright, Evan Longoria, Hanley Ramirez, Joe Mauer, Ryan Zimmerman, Miguel Cabrera, and Braves prospect Jason Heyward. Heyward might be the game's...
Blog | September 18, 2009Groupthink, sabermetrics, and Joe Mauer
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotKen Rosenthal on what might become the latest raging debate: Joe Mauer is the American League Most Valuable Player. How do I know? The sabermetric community, through web...
Blog | September 17, 2009Rating NL's top rookies
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...candidates, really. But we've discussed them plenty already. You know how I feel about Joe Mauer, and you know I think that Chase Utley and Hanley Ramirez have been just as good...
Blog | September 08, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...in as many runs as he's allowed: one apiece (freak stat via Cazzball). • Joe Mauer for MVP? Well, yeah. And yes, respectable people are talking about Zack Greinke as a legitimate...
Blog | September 02, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of Fame, I would nominate Janet Marie Smith, whose work in Boston is done. • Would Joe Mauer's batting average be even higher if he weren't a catcher? As Tim...
Blog | August 31, 2009One MVP voter down, 27 to go
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWell, now we know one guy to yell at about Joe Mauer: Pete Abraham is an American League MVP voter this year: Being a member of the Baseball...
Blog | August 21, 2009Captain Jetes instead of Tex?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of the MVP candidates. Joe thinks and I think and (most of) you probably think that Joe Mauer is the best player in the American League and thus, by definition, the most valuable. But...
Blog | August 19, 2009Why do we care about awards?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...There were dozens and dozens of comments under my two blog posts about Mark Teixeira and Joe Mauer, so I'm not going to start ignoring such things now. Granted, I'm...
Blog | August 19, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Perry writes a devastating critique of the Mark Teixeira-for-MVP arguments ... and that was before Joe Mauer hit two more home runs Tuesday night. • Every so often, we get to read another...
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