Twins sign Mauer

The Minnesota Twins and stud catcher Joe Mauer have agreed on an eight-year, $184 million contract that will pay Mauer a ton of money.

“Mauer’s deal will pay him $23 million each year from 2011 to 2018. #stribtwins,” Joe Christensen tweets.

Holy hell that’s a lot of dough. One would have to think that catchers who hit .365 are a rarity or something. The deal, which includes a full no-trade clause, is very similar to the eight-year $180 million deal Mark Teixeira got from the New York Yankees.

Minnesota Twins fans can now be elated and know that they’ll never be able to pay anyone else to surround Mauer with. At some point, we anticipate some complaints from Mauer about the team just not being competitive every year.