joe mauer

Three players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Cooperstown is getting more crowded this summer.

I've changed how I vote for the Hall of Fame — here's what that meant for my 2024 ballot

I have tried to find a middle ground between generations that were looking for reasons not to elect people and a generation more willing to open the doors in Cooperstown...

Baseball Hall of Fame set for first multi-member class in years

Adrian Beltre and Joe Mauer are practically locks to get in on their first year on the ballot and Todd Helton and Billy Wagner are also closing in on induction.

It's MLB hot stove time and Mets, Yankees are right in the middle

If the form of this 2018 season holds through the Hot Stove League, then the Red Sox will win every award, sign every big free agent and maybe even capture...

Yankees' wild-card danger grows by the day

MINNEAPOLIS — From the middle of July, the Red Sox have been a double-edge razor blade in the Yankees’ cleats because they seemingly won three games a night and left...

Remember Phil Hughes? Twins, Yankees share complex history

There’s no shortage of overlap between the Yankees and Twins, including players and coaches who have been in both organizations — even if some stints were as brief as a...

The only Twin left who can recall being pounded by Yankees

In 2009, the Twins faced the Yankees in the ALDS and were swept 3-0, getting outscored 15-6. The chance for revenge came quickly the following season. In the ALDS rematch,...

Breaking down Yankees' matchup: Do Twins have single edge?

After 162 games, the Yankees will face the Twins on Tuesday in The Bronx in a wild-card game with the winner going on to face the Indians in the ALDS....

Severino's takeaway from excruciating battle with Mauer

In a battle of veteran hitter and young ace, Joe Mauer won out. Luis Severino, on the wrong end of the duel, hopes he can tuck the lesson away for...

We've seen Joe Mauer's Hall of Fame case before

The last time the Twins reached the postseason, 2009-10, eliminated both years in the division series by the Yankees, Joe Mauer was not only their best player, but on the...

Joe Mauer's future in flux after Twins win bid for Korean slugger

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Twins won the exclusive negotiating rights for Korean slugger Byung-ho Park, raising the question of what is to become of their highest-paid player, Joe Mauer....