Joe Mauer 3B?

**Riverbrian** · 05-23-2012, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by tpb8

We have a hole at 3B so to fill it we're going to move our Gold Glove catcher there, and in his place we're going to put a guy that hits .200 with no XB power whatsoever. Tell me what this solves again?

Doumit hits .200 with no XB power whatsoever? My Bad... I thought Doumit hits better than that. I got my stat sheets from Twinsnorth. I forgot it was in the metric system.

**Ultima Ratio** · 05-23-2012, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Riverbrian

Doumit hits .200 with no XB power whatsoever? My Bad... I thought Doumit hits better than that. I got my stat sheets from Twinsnorth. I forgot it was in the metric system.

I think this poster is referring to Drew Butera, blessed be his name, with Doumit at DH.

**USAFChief** · 05-23-2012, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by tpb8

We have a hole at 3B so to fill it we're going to move our Gold Glove catcher there, and in his place we're going to put a guy that hits .200 with no XB power whatsoever. Tell me what this solves again?

Try to think in terms longer than thru the end of the month. This is not about 2012. This is about trying to get the best value out of the $138m still owed to Mauer. Butera doesn't have to be the catcher for that time frame, believe it or not.

**tpb8** · 05-24-2012, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by USAFChief

Try to think in terms longer than thru the end of the month. This is not about 2012. This is about trying to get the best value out of the $138m still owed to Mauer. Butera doesn't have to be the catcher for that time frame, believe it or not.

Sorry, I forgot the stud cather we have coming up through the minors. What's his name again?

The best way to get the most value out of Mauer is to leave him at catcher. If we can sign a FA catcher, why can't we sign a FA 3B? Why do we need to resort to teaching a 28-29 year old lifetime catcher how to play 3B? 3B is much harder than 1B, sees a lot more hard chances and requires more movement and diving attempts. It hardly sounds like a solution to keeping Mauer healthy.

**twinsnorth49** · 05-24-2012, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Riverbrian

Doumit hits .200 with no XB power whatsoever? My Bad... I thought Doumit hits better than that. I got my stat sheets from Twinsnorth. I forgot it was in the metric system.

According to my math Ryan Doumit is actually hitting .423 using the standard 1.609 km to mile conversion. That's how we do math in Canada, it's a clever trick by the government to convince us we're getting more for less, i.e. 1 gallon of beer= 3.78 litres, 3 is bigger than 1, therefore I should pay 3 times what an American pays for a case of beer.

Stay away from metric.