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Eight years and $184 million can do a lot of things, but prying inexpensive, top-tier closing talent away from a small-market club is a gargantuan task, regardless of the resources available. Yet if the Minnesota Twins have any designs on persuading the San Diego Padres to part with their All-Star closer, Heath Bell, they took the first and most important step on Sunday. That is when they agreed to a mega-deal with catcher Joe Mauer, extending him through the 2018 season and solidifying their catcher situation for the majority of the new decade.  That newfound certainty about their future at the position puts them in position to deal minor-league catcher, and one of the organization's top prospects, Wilson Ramos to San Diego. Ramos, 22, is a poor man's Mauer, having shown a very cons ...

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