The Padres just signed Jon Garland to a one year deal. I think he'll be a 15 game winner again in San Diego.
Sources tell WCCO-TV's Mark Rosen that American League MVP Joe Mauer has come to a preliminary agreement with the Minnesota Twins for a 10-year contract extension. Mauer, 26, and the Twins had been pretty quiet about contract negotiations, while fans were eager to find out if their hometown hero would be staying put at last weekend's annual fan festival. This is Mauer's final year of his current contract and manager Ron Gardenhire said Friday he was confident that both sides would come together and strike a deal. Mauer's current salary this season is $12.5 million. Contract details about his new salary were not immediately released. Mauer became only the second catcher in 33 years to win the coveted AL MVP award, finishing first in an almost unanimous vote in November. Mauer set a major league record for highest batting average by a catcher and won his third batting title, becoming the first repeat batting champion since Nomar Garciaparra in 1999-00. He's been voted to the All-Star team three times and won his second straight AL Gold Glove award. Mauer was born in St. Paul and would've been a free agent after the 2010 season. http://wcco.com/sports/twins/joe.mauer.minnesota.2.1462891.html
Depends what he signed for, anyway he gets the money now, gets to play for his hometown team for his whole career and I'm sure makes at least 150-200 million off the deal. Why would he risk injury and moving away from home for a possible 50-100 million, he's not going to need it, he's already going to be obscenely rich. Plus he's a local hero in Minny why screw that up to move to Boston or New York. Especially since his agent is Shapiro, i bet that gets done
I'm just bitter the Red Sox didn't get a chance at making public/blowing negotiations with him, as they usually do with marque free agents.
The Braves offered Johnny Damon a 1 year deal... Apparently there is no market for him if this is the only offer he's recieved. I'm still not usre why a team like Detroit or the White Sox won't make a move where could DH and fill a void.
