OFFICIAL: Joe Mauer is a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

I liked Joe Mauer and glad to see another Twins player in the Hall of Fame. But, I always thought that at 6’5” and 225 lbs. he would have hit for more power. In his 15 years on the Twins, he never had a season with 100 RBI’s. In his contract year, he hit 28 home runs. But, the most home runs he ever hit in the following nine seasons was 11. For the playoffs, Mauer played in four postseason series and the Twins lost all 10 games. Mauer only had one RBI in those ten games.