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No its not.
Any talk of best MLB catcher now or for the next decade officially ends right now
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No its not.
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Not arguable. Especially with the power he's displaying lately.
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Have you even seen Mauer play? Doubt they get Twins games in Cali. Mauer is a straight up stud.
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Yes I have seen him play. I get every single game of the season on tv. I dont disagree that Mauer is a stud. But he isnt top 5. Period.
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I know he isn't the best hitter, but you can't tell me Yadier Molina isn't in the discussion for the best defensive catcher, maybe not for 10years, but he has to be in there. Maybe it's my Puerto Rican bias talking, but I've seen too many games where he's just shown of that damn cannonand thrown someone out. Other than that, I'll take Mauer, MAYBE Wieters, he still has to prove he can hit Major League pitching.
Mauer isn't a power hitter, he's a pure hitter. Different things. It's always been said that once you start hitting, the home runs will come.
Mauer isn't a power hitter, he's a pure hitter. Different things. It's always been said that once you start hitting, the home runs will come.
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^ Don't you mean come home runs will?
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He's a Tiger killer lol Dude is a BEAST only struck out once in highschool ball. If the Yankees get him i'm done with baseball!
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Update: .431/.512/.873, 12 home runs, 35 runs batted in in 102 at-bats.
Absolutely mind-blowing.
Absolutely mind-blowing.
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hahahaha bengie!
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3 for 3 again last night with another jack
And he has now reached base 143 of his last 156 games he's started
And he has now reached base 143 of his last 156 games he's started
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Carlos Ruiz got a ring.
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I like how people are mentioning other catchers as if this were some kind of debate.
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He will win ANOTHER batting title this season; eligibility should begin sometime in July.
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Matt Wieters - AA Bowie 2008 - Age 22
.365 BA / .460 OBP / .625 SLG / 1.085 OPS with 12 HR, 14 2B, 38 BB, 29 K in 250 PA
Carlos Santana - AA Akron 2009 - Age 23
.284 BA / .417 OBP / .547 SLG / .964 OPS with 9 HR, 12 2B, 37 BB, 25 K in 192 PA
While Wieters numbers are a bit better, look at the HR, 2B, and BB/K rates of the two with Wieters having more plate appearances and know that Wieters BABIP in Bowie last year was .378 while Santana's in Akron this year is .293, which is obviously going to have some bearing on the BA and OBP numbers to date.
P.S. I completely missed the Ben Grieve mention. That was my guy.
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There is no debate right now, Mauer is playing out of his mind right now.
http://niketalk.com/topic/179438
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Still at it
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Originally Posted by RyGuy45
The only thing that's gonna suck is the Yankees offering him $300 million next year if the Twins don't lock him up early.
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I always laugh when people say no bias...it usually means there's a bias.
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yadier molina (or however u spell it) is a brick wall behind the plate...they had a whole s.i. issue on him too...
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Yadi is hands down the best defensive catcher in the show, but Mauer is the all around package. His hitting his straight
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Gee from the sounds of people in here earlier this summer, Weiters would have already surpased Mauer in terms of production
