Mauer not MVP caliber???

I just came in from listening to P.A. & Dubay during lunch. Dubay went on and on about how Justin should be the MVP and mentioned that Jeter was a good choice but Mauer should not even be in the consideration for MVP.

I don’t really know why. He basically was the same hitter as Jeter but better. Of course, he did not have as many RBIs as Jeter but still hit well in the clutch. The callers seemed to agree with him.


I don’t have a big problem with Morneau as MVP but to say that Mauer shouldn’t even be in the running is ridiculous. The comparative value of a Catcher, Shortstop and Firstbaseman is not equal. A great hitting catcher is more valuable than a great hitting shortstop who is more valuable than a great hitting firstbaseman.

As a hitter all of the players are fairly equal all 3 created about the same number of runs per game. Mauer was the best at getting on base while Morneau was the better power hitter. So if their offense was equal then the position they play is very important and Mauer played the most difficult position and he played it much better than the other 2 played their positions.

One caller when on to say, and Dubay agreed with him, that Morneau made the players around him better. How? He claimed that Cuddyer and Hunter saw better pitches. But of course he offered no proof of this. In fact, every study I have seen shows that the next batter has relatively minimal effects on how good a season a hitter has. Also, Cuddyer led the team in pitches per plate appearance. Isn't that some evidence that he wasn't actually "pitched to"?

Mauer was the MVP. The fact that he lost isn’t a big deal, it was and should have been very close. But to totally dismiss him as MVP is stupid, ignorant and embarrassing.

MVP!!! MVP!!!! MVP!!!!

Morneau won the MVP award. I am surprised because their generally is an east coast bias and I Jeter actually had a better year. I don’t think Justin is a bad choice for MVP but I don’t think he was the best choice. Also, I figured Jeter would win the award as a “lifetime achievement” award, much like when Al Pacino won the Oscar for “Scent of a Woman”. Al didn’t deserve the award that year but he won it on his body of work.

Jeter and Mauer both had better claims to the award. They both had outstanding offensive years, and did it a defensive position. Justin was a great player but does not rank much better than other players at his position while Jeter and Mauer were heads above the other players at their position.

If I was voting I would have had Mauer 1st and Jeter a close 2nd.

But it is nice to see a Twin win the MVP and the Cy Young awards. It really was a great season, no matter how it ended.


The bad news is that the Twins did sign Silva to the $4 option.