Ding ding ding, best post I've seen so far. Why waste this rebuilding years with him behind the plate? Especially when moving him to 1st/DH gives young guys like Pinto PA's as a catcher. Spot on.
I don't see any reason why not move Mauer to first. We are in need of a first baseman and it would surely lower his risk to injury. Then we could go about picking up a free agent like McCann or Navarro, plus about 4/5 2014 mock drafts have us picking up a solid catcher in Alex Jackson.