Thread: Neal: More on Mauer wanting to catch more....

Mauer feels great. And he wants to catch more. Fortunately, I think Gardy is maintaining his cool...

"I liked how it worked out last year, and I think he did too," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of Mauer. "But I also know that Joe likes to catch. More than anything else, we had a unique situation with Mourny last year where I wanted to give Mourny some more DH days and give Joe the opportunity to play first base and DH and not kill him behind the plate.

"But the season is going to dictate how we do that. I do know this: We have to keep him in the lineup, and whatever it takes to keep him in our lineup that is what we are going to do."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/191756651.html

as you can see, there's loads of intelligent comments in the comment section of that article already :-)

Mauer catching more than 90 games for one or two years and more than 75 for two or more other years would be ideal.