Joe Mauer easing into full recovery
The Minnesota Twins are gearing up for the upcoming spring training period.
However, there are still players out on the disabled list, who are looking for a way to return to the 25-man roster, as soon as possible. The target for some of these players happens to be spring training but one man in particular is stressing on the bigger
pitcher.
Catcher Joe Mauer is greatly followed by the fans and there is a clear reason for that. The fame he’s availed for his club, speaks volume of his contribution to the squad’s desire to break the top crop of teams in the American League.
The Twins currently have the powerful hitter on the injury list and that has Mauer aiming high for a complete recovery to his left knee.
The player believes the opening day of the season should be a likely target for the injured players as he advised Joe Nathan, who missed the 2010 season due to a Tommy John surgery, for the same thing.
He believes that there is no need to hurry as the Major League is the real contest to be concerned about.
"Last year, I got beat up pretty early, and when you have injuries, stuff like that early in the season, you deal with it the whole year", Mauer said.
"Playing baseball we don't have six days to get healthy, we're playing seven days a week. You start compensating, and that just leads to another thing, so coming into this year, you try to take care of yourself as much as you can. I'm still trying to strengthen
my legs, and just get in shape," he added.
"With camp this year, I'm trying to take it like I'm getting ready for April 1. So I'm doing good; I'm on track".
Manager, Ron Gardenhire, was able to comment on Mauer and he specifically said that there wouldn’t be much to do in order to prevent the catcher from sustaining injuries along the way.
"Injuries happen in the game and catchers get beat up more than others", Gardenhire said. "For him to get that inflammation in his knee, there is no way to stop it. We're going to catch him. He's an All-Star, he's our go-to guy. He's going to do most of
the catching. ... Obviously as a manager you try to do the best you can with resting a guy and giving him as many days. You rely on the players to tell me when and when not to. Normally Joe is pretty good at that".
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