Reasons numerous for Mauer to stay put
Submitted by Theresa on February 20th, 2010
Looking for reasons why Joe Mauer won’t leave the Twins, and for reasons why the MVP catcher will sign a contract in the area of 10 years for $200 million with them in the near future? Here are a few.
First, Mauer doesn’t have Scott Boras for an agent. Boras runs the show in baseball. He tells his clients what to do, and they listen.
Mauer’s agent is Ron Shapiro, who has a history of keeping players with their original teams, two good examples being Kirby Puckett with the Twins and Cal Ripken Jr. with the Orioles.
Mauer has made it clear that he will decide where he will play and that his agent will do the financial planning.
Then you have the value of the franchise.