Joe Mauer has a terrific matchup against Mike Pelfrey and the Tigers tonight. Who else should you target for big-time fantasy value?

Joe Mauer has been scuffling at the plate since being moved to the leadoff spot in the Twins batting order last week. Mauer was hitless in five at bats on Monday, and has just four hits in his last 27 plate appearances. Twins management might deem the Mauer leadoff experiment a success so far, as th[...]

Twins veteran first baseman Joe Mauer is hitting leadoff on Tuesday for the first time in his career. Mauer was originally penciled in for the leadoff spot on Monday night, but the game was rained out. Mauer has reduced his K%, and drastically increased his BB% in 2016. Those adjustments have turned[...]

Joe Mauer has not sat out of a game all season long, but he will tonight against the Chicago [...]

After failing to reach base in four at bats on Friday, Joe Mauer saw his streak of consecutive games reaching base come to an end. The Twins first baseman had reached base in all 28 games this season. Mauer currently has a 17.3 BB%, 5.3% higher than his career average. He also has a 9.4 K%, which is[...]

Joe Mauer has played in 18 games this season, and he has reached base at least once in all of them. He is hitting .328/.450/.453 with one home run, six runs scored and six runs batted in over 64 AB. Mauer appears to be back in top form, and he holds a lot of fantasy value, even without much power or[...]

Mauer hasn't been himself in recent seasons, but some shifts in his early-season data indicate the Minnesota Twins may be getting back their star first baseman of old.

Joe Mauer collected two more hits on [...]

This article references Joe Mauer, Mark Canha, Pedro Alvarez, Steve Pearce, Yonder Alonso and more! There are some positions in fantasy baseball where one should avoid getting cute and creative as much as possible. First base is one of them. But drafts are a funny thing: one rarely knows how they will play out. That's before one mentions leagues with flex positions, such as UTIL or MI. Personally, I have made that mistake more than once in recent years, and ended up sifting through the first base clearance bin because of it. [...]Keep on reading: Five Deep Sleepers At First Base For 2016

This article references Joe Mauer and more! Joe Mauer had, by far, the worst season of his 12-year career in 2015, not just from a fantasy standpoint, but in real life, as well. The permanent move to first base has negated the defensive skills he showed behind the plate for so long, and his career batting average and on-base percentage dipped significantly. Over the last two years, really, his averages have not been in the same stratosphere as his numbers from even 2013. Recently, it has been reported that the concussion Mauer suffered in[...]Keep on reading: Concussion-Free, Joe Mauer Could Bounce Back in 2016