Joe Mauer Is "Much Stronger" Than Past Seasons

[ewen21]

If that's "much stronger" I hate to see what weaker looks like.

 

He looks absolutely horrendous

[big dog]

 

If that's "much stronger" I hate to see what weaker looks like.

 

He looks absolutely horrendous

Yeah, I was hoping for huge squats, and a body like Vasiley Alexeyev.  That's a good baseball plan...

  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2885402109_97683bd579_m.jpg

[BrianTrottier]

 

The league average is up about 12%, Mauer's is up about 70% so the correlation to the league is not close.

That's a bit of a disingenuous statement. The disproportionate growth in Mauer's K rate is because his started so low. He was still beneath the league average last year.

[KGB]

That's a bit of a disingenuous statement. The disproportionate growth in Mauer's K rate is because his started so low. He was still beneath the league average last year.

Going from 50% league average to 90% league average doesn't correlate to the league average strike outs increasing. That's like saying Mauer`s BA decrease is similar to the drop in MLB`s

[old nurse]

 

Yeah, I was hoping for huge squats, and a body like Vasiley Alexeyev.  That's a good baseball plan...

  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2885402109_97683bd579_m.jpg

That guy looks smaller than Sano. I wonder if he could play right field?

[DrNeau]

Yeah, I was hoping for huge squats, and a body like Vasiley Alexeyev. That's a good baseball plan...

 

No one demands he looks like the Incredible Hulk. Some noticeable strength at all should be evident, though. We don't see that. 55-lb. squats are typically done at the end of a "burnout" session. Two spotters on each side; taking off the 45s first, then 35s, then 25s, then 10s, then 5s. Not the case here. Joe's legitimately working out 55 lb. squats. That's 10-year-old kid weight.

[nytwinsfan]

 

The latest article put out by PP entitled;

"Finally healthy, Joe Mauer prepped for what Twins hope is ‘a bounce-back year’"

http://www.twincities.com/2016/02/17/finally-healthy-joe-mauer-twins-hope-bounce-back-year/

 

I know these articles are designed to promote optimism, but as soon as I get to reading and look at those pictures of Joe working out I just shook my head in disgust.

 

Is that him squatting 65lbs wearings gloves?

Yeah, because what Joe Mauer has been lacking the last few years is sufficiently bulky quads and gluts. SMDH.

[jokin]

 

Yeah, I was hoping for huge squats, and a body like Vasiley Alexeyev.  That's a good baseball plan...

  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2885402109_97683bd579_m.jpg

 

Photographic Strawman Argument duly noted.

[jokin]

 

 

 

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[jokin]

 

Mauer, 32, says he feels stronger and healthier than he has in six years. He expects to report to spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., next week at about 230 pounds, slightly heavier but less bulky than he has been.

 

 

 

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