Joe Mauerhas made it to the big league with a contract for $33 million for staying in a Twins uniform till 2010 .

Mauer is the very first American League catcher to get the batting title, as well as the TWINS favorite in the draft. Even though his initial season and his rookie year was plagued with injuries he has bounced back to be the favorite of his team players as well the fans with his tremendous performance.

Mauer has an initial salary of $400,000 which exponentially increased to $3.75 million in 2007 jumped to $6.25 million in 2008, $10.5 million in 2009 and is an estimated to be a an overwhelming $12.5 million in 2010.