The Yankees are monitoring talks between the Twins and catcher Joe Mauer on a long-term contract. Most teams around baseball are doing so, but the New York Daily News points out that the Yankees have the financial resources to make a play for Mauer should Minnesota stumble while looking to re-sign him. Many believe that Yankees catching prospect Jesus Montero will make it to the big leagues by next season. "But in my opinion," said one scout, "the next catcher for the Yankees will be Joe Mauer. Imagine if the Twins don't sign him and he goes out there on the market next winter with both the Yankees and Red Sox in need of a catcher? That will be the wildest bidding war in baseball history, and don't think his agent doesn't know it. And if they (Twins) decide to trade him, the Yankees have the better pieces to get him."