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  1. Doctor Gast
    Love the idea of the pitcher usage. Just like any fundamental practice (like bunting), piggybacking needs to be practiced in the MiLB. Throw pitchers in that situation on the MLB level & they fail; fans say "you see piggybacking doesn't work". No, piggybacking does work, but it needs to be practiced on the MiLB level 1st. IMO, it's best for the catcher calling the game, for they normally have a greater feel for the game. But not all catchers can, & coach feeding info to the catcher can't hurt. With this philosophy, the catcher should be encouraged to override any call if they deem fit.
  2. Doctor Gast
    I think we should send Wallner and Lewis to AAA & Fedco brought up. Also, Lee be raised in the line-up & Martin lowered to 9th (in front of Buck) against RHPs. Another good game for Bradley. Low-leverage Banda & Garcia were ok in their mop-up duties,
  3. Doctor Gast
    I am not a fan, either. IMO, he can't break into the left-side INF, so his path is 1B. All the big bat corner fielders drafted, Twins can't field a 1Bman. We need a 1Bman that can really slug. What happened to them?
  4. Doctor Gast
    Ryan's injury is a gut punch. Many fans were overjoyed when Shelton extended the young rotation's innings. But this action has its setbacks. Injuries & inefficiencies only snowball the situation; the earlier this vicious cycle starts, the harder it is to get out of it. High-leverage RPs should have been obtained right away. If you don't have the money, you trade for them & go in-house with long relief/spot SPs & high-leverage, to solve this grave problem we have. Not getting rejects & expecting miracles. The top of the order is getting the job done, but the middle of the order usually isn't getting the job done, hitting them in. Too often, no one is on base when Buxton hits his bombs. INF defense is still a problem..
  5. Doctor Gast
    I don't know if it's encouraging or discouraging that most of the top hitters on this list aren't our top prospects & the top 2 top prospects on the list are hurt. After high-leverage RPs, Twins really need a RH OFer & Fedco has been on a tear, after starting cold. Bring him up & let him prove himself on the MLB level.
  6. Doctor Gast
    I have preached long relief for years. Long relief helps to save the rotation, especially with a bad BP. Morris saved the day, which started with a gut punch of learning Ryan's injury. I have to admit that when low-leverage Topa came into a high-leverage situation, I had doubts about the Twins' ability to win the game. They won but barely.
  7. Doctor Gast
    We knew that the INF defense was bad & the BP was ugly at the beginning of the offseason & very little was done to change our situation. I'm not asking to spend big money in FA, Trades & bringing up from within the ranks could have made us into a competitor. Bringing in rejects & sticking with them well too long has cost us. Like was said, it's malpractice.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Thank you, Cody, for your interesting article. I don't understand some of the talk, saying that by defensive stats, Buck is over the hill & we should move on from him. I still don't trust defensive stats. Too many analysts spin the stats, saying terrible defensive players are really good, when your eyes say they are not & good players are really not. I only trust my eyes, & my eyes say that we are fortunate to have Buck in CF.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Hello, David!
  10. Doctor Gast
    I was one of the few who could see Martin's potential. We can see some regression, but now that he's settled in the OF (he's still learning), he can sustain a high OBP. If the past administration hadn't had its hearts set on very inferior Julien & Keaschal's defense & forced Martin into someone he isn't, Martin could have excelled both defensively & offensively sooner. The top of the order has been good. Jeffers is putting together an all-star season, Larnach has stepped it up, Buxton hasn't met his standard yet, but he's been good. There's a big drop-off after them. Bell has faded a bit, Caratini & Lee have shown some life, but everybody else has been disappointing. Although Twins' hitting with RISP has improved, their clutch hitting has not. Twins can turn it around if they can only improve in this area.
  11. Doctor Gast
    From '20 until recently, the Twins screwed up many of their players' swings by over-tweaking them to max out the HRs. I agree with many that Martin was always a contact hitting 2Bman. To increase his value, they tried to make him into a slugging SS, then later an OFer. We've needed a good 2Bman for a long time. If the Twins had left him alone, he could have been up a lot sooner, & making an impact on the Twins. IMO, he could have changed the outcome of the team the last few years.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Ryan Jeffers is a very good tandem catcher & he's having a very good beginning of the season, as usual. He has his good points & warts. I'm fine with keeping Jeffers around in this capacity. But Boras will want him to test the deep waters & demand top dollar for a primary catcher. I don't think the Twins will pay that kind of money & have better ways to spend that kind of money. Looking at the odds, prep catchers very often don't pan out as catchers. Twins haven't developed any catchers since Tanner Swanson left, almost 7 years ago. So, putting all your eggs in one basket with Tait is being very irresponsible & having a very pie-in-the-sky attitude.
  13. Doctor Gast
    Varland's dream was to pitch for his Twins. His heart was to win games for them. It broke my heart to see him crushed after he was surprised that he was traded. Heart isn't on the spreadsheet, so it's not appreciated.
  14. Doctor Gast
    I'm a big Louie Varland fan, even when everyone was down on him. I knew he'd be very good in the pen & didn't understand the Twins keeping him in AAA wasting his bullets trying to force him to be a starter (starting out in the pen doesn't mean you can't graduate from there). Being a Minnesotan added to his fan value, so why alienate the fan base? I didn't get the trade because Varland was so valuable to the Twins for the center of the trade Rodon (like we really needed another LH cOFer) & unproven Rojas. Just on face value, IMO, we lost the trade. You could debate & say it was a fair trade but for an impact arm at the deadline, you need to kill the trade. We didn't come close. They wanted to hold on to Jax instead, but he wanted out, so they got Bradley (IMO, the best sell-off trade). Our greatest need is a RH closer; Varland would have been the difference in lost games. His presence could have staved off many of our steady slumps.
  15. Doctor Gast
    Prielipp pitched a great game in cold weather (how dangerous), he pitched 5 innings with 84 pitches. Twins have to take good care of our young pitchers. Twins did good with hitting in RISP. I'd love for them to spread out those hits & win more games. But with this BP, you can't have enough runs :(.
  16. Doctor Gast
    There were 3 glaring needs when the Twins came into the offseason: #1 high-leverage arms in the BP, #2 INF defense, and #3 clutch hitting. Putting Band-Aids, thinking you solved the problem or completely ignoring the problem is a typical Twins' approach. '26 was no different. Yet, the Twins have been in almost every game. A serious approach could have made such a difference, especially in the pen. I'd like to give Shelton some slack because he's new, but I wish he were quicker to adjust to evaluating the pen. You don't use your worst RPs more; put them in higher leverage or when there is a runner on base. When your BP is so bad, you tend to over-extend your SP & Morris. Which results in injuries, blowout innings & inefficient arms. The sooner you can obtain higher-leverage RPs & more long relief the better. With a good BP, we can turn things around. Otherwise, things will only snowball. Gray & Kreider have helped, but they & Lee are not permanent solutions. Martin has been a great table setter, but too often the Twins haven't hit in the clutch. To some extent, Jeffers, Larnach, & Bell have come through to win some games. So has Buxton, but he's capable of much more. Wallner, Lewis, Clemens & Outman have been disappointing. Wallner & Lewis are capable of much more. In our losing streak, Lee has finally gotten some hits to no avail. We have the potential to be a better team if they were administered better.
  17. Doctor Gast
    It is long overdue to bring up some of those AAA arms up to help out a pitiful BP.
  18. Doctor Gast
    We need high-leverage RPs rather than relying on low- to medium-leverage RPs. After causing this humongous hole, they created, had all off-season to find them & bring them in via in-house, trade & even FA. But again, they put a bandage on a gaping wound. Thinking they solved the problem.
  19. Doctor Gast
    It's not the large amount of $ you have to spend; it's more about how you spend it & smart trades to cover your needs.
  20. Doctor Gast
    For $1M
  21. Doctor Gast
    Christian Vazquez could hit before he came to MN. He's on a tear now with HOU. But with MN he could hardly hit a lick. Strange
  22. Doctor Gast
    It's too bad that Rodon got hurt while he was doing so well (IMO, he deserved to be on the active roster). But in his absence, he won't make a dent in OF depth, especially LH cOF. This redundancy (which has existed for years but became worse since the selloff) is strange with sooooooooo many holes in the roster.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I can't believe that Martin wasn't really mentioned in the game summary. Martin has been benched against RHPs, last night was an exception. He got on base 4X with an RBI. The assumption that he should sit against them is wrong. Praise to Jeffers & Gray for their timely HRs. I thought we had a good chance of winning with Ryan on the mound. Ryan didn't have his A game & putting Banda in that situation was giving up. Having Morris up for long relief was one of the best moves the Twins have made this season so far.
  24. Doctor Gast
    I agree with you, howeda. Our BP is pitiful; there are too many that you can't use in high-leverage situations, Banda is one of them. We desperately need a few who can come in that situation. I don't really trust anyone in our pen.
  25. Doctor Gast
    Outman should be DFAed but I don't think Emma is the answer to replace him. With Larnach & Wallner on the active roster Emma won't get enough ABs. They should bring (RH) Fedko up to replace Outman, give Fedko a chance. have him hit against LHPs. IMO, he can serve a greater purpose than Outman. If they love Outman, he'll pass through waivers.
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