Mauer agrees to 8 year extension with the Twins
It took a lot longer then most expected, but the Twins have finally come to terms with Joe Mauer and his agent and Mauer will be extending his contract with the Twins for the next eight years.
The All-Star catcher agreed today to an eight-year, $184 million contract, that should keep him a Twin until 2018. The deal reportedly includes a full no-trade clause for Mauer.
The often stingy Twins organization has just agreed to the fourth largest deal in Major League history. The deal falls just short of the two Alex Rodriguez agreements and the Derek Jeter contract.
Mauer will be playing the 2010 season for $12.5MM which is the final season of his original $33MM four-year deal from the Twins.
Without the extension, Mauer would have become a free agent after the 2010 season.
At age 26, Mauer was named the 2009 American League MVP after winning the league batting title with 28 home runs and 96 RBI’s. He did all this in a year that saw him miss the entire first month of baseball because of an off season surgery.
J. Mauer
Mauer is a three-time All-Star, three-time league batting champion,two-time Gold Glove winner and the American League MVP.
Mauer was the number one overall pick for the Twins in the 2001 player draft. He is a native of St. Paul, MN. Since joining the Major Leagues, Mauer has kept a .327 career batting average, ranking him third behind Ichiro Suzuki (.335) and Albert Pujols (.334).
Both Mauer and the Twins have agreed not to comment further on the deal until the press conference on Monday evening.
A press conference, which can be seen live on MLB.TV, will be held to announce the deal on Monday night at 6 p.m. CT at the Twins Conference Center at the Lee County Sports Complex.
Source: http://twinsbaseball.com
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