lastingsgriller wrote:NikkiSixx wrote:lastingsgriller wrote:I don't think that is quite on this list, but the cash strapped Twins gave 8 years, $184 million to a first-baseman that can't hit more than 15 home runs.
Mauer is one of the greatest hitters of our time. Nobody seemed to care that Wade Boggs didn't hit homers.
Yeah, I don't for sure think that Mauer is overpaid. I just think the team that paid it to him was the stupid part.
I mean, what's worse.. The dodgers taking on Carl Crawfords enormous salary and him being a complete waste, but still having the money to sign Hanley Ramirez and give kershaw the biggest deal ever.. Or, the twins paying that money to a powerless 1st baseman and being completely handicapped when it comes to trying to surround him with anything at all.
Most players that sign these types of deals go to teams with limitless pockets and so their contracts don't have nearly the same negative impact on the team they play for.
The Twins have 20-30M/yr left to spend so Mauer's contract isn't a problem. At all. Their problem is that a decade of drafting netted a few role players and almost no impact talent (or even above average talent).