Wow, Mauer got paid!!!

[Zeeck]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5016230

8 years, $184 million ($23 mil./year), and a no-trade clause :shock:, and, most shocking of all, it's the Twins that are paying it.

 

[lumm0x]

I should be worth 10% of that. I'm sure I could achieve 10% of his stats.

 

[redandpewter55]

I should be worth 10% of that. I'm sure I could achieve 10% of his stats.

Stats aren't the only reason he got the contract. He is a Minnesota kid that puts people in the seats. If he wasn't resigned then the new stadium would be burnt to the ground.

 

[lumm0x]

I know squat about baseball. Just saying I want 10% of that money.

 

[redandpewter55]

I know squat about baseball. Just saying I want 10% of that money.

that makes two of us...

 

[northcutt_fan]

If he wouldn't have re-signed, the Pohlad family would've been lynched.

 

[DNoz29]

I'm actually thrilled to see him stay in Minnesota. I couldn't imagine him in a Yankee or Red Boston uniform.

Nice to see the little guy get over for once.

 

[Brad]

I'm actually thrilled to see him stay in Minnesota. I couldn't imagine him in a Yankee or Red Boston uniform.

Nice to see the little guy get over for once.

I kind of wanted him to go to NY just so the prospectors of Jesus Montero would flip ****