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    • Latest Baseball News:Joe Mauer Will Win the AL MVP

    by admin in Baseball News | Posted on November 26th, 2009 |

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    Find the latest news and comments on your favorite baseball team and baseball players. Also find reviews on baseball equipment and fan gear.The American League Most Valuable Player Award hasn’t been handed out but we already know the winner. The New York area will try to hype up Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira for the award but the catcher in up in Minnesota is by far the most deserving player in the league.
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    The American League Most Valuable Player Award hasn’t been handed out but we already know the winner. The New York area will try to hype up Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira for the award but the catcher in up in Minnesota is by far the most deserving player in the league.

    Joe Mauer, the catcher for the Twins, didn’t catch a whole bunch of attention in 2009 but he had one of the best seasons ever for a player at his position. He hit .365, had an on-base percentage of .444, a slugging percentage of .587 and an OPS of 1.031. His more tradition stats were stout as well — 28 homers, 96 RBIs, 94 runs and 30 doubles.

    The 26-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota set career-highs in homers, RBIs, batting average, on-base percentage and OPS. The only possible case you can make against him is the fact that he missed the first month of the season due to a back injury. But game for game, there’s no one in the American League that can sniff his production.

    We’ll find out if the attention that Jeter and Teixeira got this season will beat out Mauer’s true value. Hopefully not, for baseball’s sake.

    Here's the 2009 AL MVP in Action (Image: Zuma Press)

    Here’s the 2009 AL MVP in Action (Image: Zuma Press)

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