I really like Mauer this year, if you can't think of him as an under $12 million player you'll never be capable of evaluating him from this point forward. When he needs to get you an RBI he's been getting you it. He's also seems to be hitting more long fly balls. He's settled in to being basically Gene Larkin with a lot more double power, I wanted him to still be willing to be the emergency catcher and move around in the field a little that would be huge for his value, but he's settled into being an above average defensive first basemen with room for improvement I expect to see, with a very competent bat and no matter how bad it gets nobody will be shocked if he hit's .430 for a month. He's helping us win games, I wanted to Vargas or Sano get all his at bats after the 1-6 start when it looked like this would be nothing more then a development year but he belongs in the everyday lineup.