Article: 2015 Projections and Rankings: Joe Mauer

[bird]

 

Makes me feel old, since I've seen Carew and Oliva, so maybe it's just a point of reference.

 

 

Don't feel bad. I babysat them.

[tobi0040]

 

Don't feel bad. I babysat them.

 

Good stuff

[Hrbowski]

.338/.398/.434 (.832) with 30 doubles and 5 home runs.

[mikelink45]

 

Three years?

 

His 2013 was very good until the concussion (which is out of his control), his 2012 was also very good. So not sure what you were hoping for or how you think he hadn't rebounded. The people telling you he'd rebound must not have known his mean either.

 

2014 was an off year for him for sure, but he was showing good signs in the 2nd half as he gets further from his concussion.

You make a good quote and I have to back off some, but the quotes I have read - many in this TD site have really been the continuing thread of frustration over power.  His peak year with 28 has turned everyone's head.  He is a modern incarnation of Wade Boggs who also frustrated with one big power year. 

 

You win this round (I am quite neutral about Mauer).  11 years 1540 hits - what is your odds he will get to 3000.  I say no chance, he would have to stay on the field more than his body will let him.

 

[jimmer]

 

You make a good quote and I have to back off some, but the quotes I have read - many in this TD site have really been the continuing thread of frustration over power.  His peak year with 28 has turned everyone's head.  He is a modern incarnation of Wade Boggs who also frustrated with one big power year. 

 

You win this round (I am quite neutral about Mauer).  11 years 1540 hits - what is your odds he will get to 3000.  I say no chance, he would have to stay on the field more than his body will let him.

Hey there!

 

I don't think he reaches 3000. either. If he somehow could, he'd be the first guy who was primarily a catcher to get over 2637 hits.  There are only 7 guys in history who were primarily catchers to reach 2000. He could exceed the 2637 though.

 

And yes, I get the frustration over seeing him have that big year in power and then not ever do it again, but I also get players have years that are just so out of whack in some areas in relation to the rest of their careers that what I do is enjoy that year for what it was.  An extreme outlier. And that's what Mauer's HR power was that year.  Some of those doubles/outs went a bit further than normal in a climate neutral environment we no longer play in.

Edited April 3, 2015 by jimmer