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Originally Posted by Davey Eckstein
Why? We have Redmond who is a great hitting and defensive catcher (and strangley, despite his mere 97 PA's, is 5th on the team in VORP). He's about as good as Mauer with the glove, and with Joe at third we could DH Punto and finally keep Lew Ford (and Ruben Sierra) out of the lineup, who happens to be one of the main reason's the Twins are barely above .500. Mauer would also be able to be more consistent and keep his hitting up if he plays third, a far less demanding position than catcher.
I don't see why we wouldn't.
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I wouldn't make the switch right now, I think the last thing you want to do is make a player hitting .392 switch positions in the middle of a red-hot streak. Maybe if he starts to cool down and show fatigue.