Mauer's approach has clearly been better this year. He's swinging at first-pitch cookies now and then, keeping pitchers honest. He's been pulling the ball more. As he's consistently being defended with a dead-left, left-center, and dead-right shift... there's a ton of open space out there in center & right-center. If he keeps pulling the ball - with even mild authority, defenses will have no choice but to play him straight up. Once that happens, more hits will fall in for him in left & left-center. Would love to see him have a big year.