As I write this, in only 79 at bats this season (he missed almost a month to start due to a back injury) 79 ABs 23 Runs 35 Hits 10 Home runs 29 RBIs .443 avg Projecting that out to 553 ABs (He had 536 last season) 161 Runs 245 Hits 70 Home runs 203 RBIs Note: He has never had more than 13 Home runs in a season.
Shhhhhhhhh...You get him investigated for juicing. I got great tickets to the White Sox/Twins game last Wednesday (Row 17 behind Home Plate). Mauer was the main reason I wanted to catch the game.
Beautiful swing Power was bound to show up at some point, although he won't be able to sustain this kind of production. I could see 35 homers.
he sits today then proceeds to come off the bench to hit a 2 run homer off papelbon in the 9th but twins still lost
If we set the +/- at 40, I'm still taking the under. He'll cool off (his power at least) at some point. Hopefully he can make a run at .400 through the summer to keep everyone interested.
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Well I beg to differ. Yes he is a catcher and won't catch more than about 130-135 games, but they DH him regularly (Personally, I would put him in the lineup every day he isn't behind the plate). So he could easily get to the 145-150 range, more than any other catcher in the league. Not this season of course with the injury. He will probably end up with just about 25 homers. He sure can't keep up that pace.
