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  1. Doctor Gast
    The offense has no brakes
  2. Doctor Gast
    That's what I was thinking.
  3. Doctor Gast
    2nd look at Festa. Not bad.
  4. Doctor Gast
    WOW! tuned into the 2nd inning, big inning!
  5. Doctor Gast
    Decent line-up, they should do well. Lately with Farmer, Margot & Santana fixed against LHPs, (RH) Martin & Vazquez rarely if ever hit against LHPs.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Wish Festa well today! I'll be watching & cheering. Hope Baldelli doesn't put together his getaway roster which handicaps the team.
  7. Doctor Gast
    '19 Twins broke the record for the most HRs in the season because of the "juiced ball". Ever since MN has made it their goal to hit HRs. Forget about small ball- defense, hitting the other way, hit & run, bunting, hitting to contact, stealing & taking an extra base etc. Everything was focused on squeezing extra HRs out of everybody. Thus the "all or nothing" philosophy was born. After the "juiced ball" went away the next year, many of those HRs turned into FOs. The SPs started to find clinks in the armor & SOs started to pile up. Last season the FO falsely credited the "all or nothing" approach for the teams' success. That gave them the green light to double down & to h*** with the SOs. This season the SOs piled up but the HRs didn't, the league had the book out on them & every team that followed the same creed. HRs were down across the league so it was no wonder that CLE ranked high in slugging because they at least made contact. CLE has always put value on pitching, small ball, player's evaluation & development & giving their young players a chance to play. IMO the smaller teams that want to compete will have to evolve away from the "all or nothing" approach to be more like CLE. I hope it's not too late for us.
  8. Doctor Gast
    I am 100% behind how the Twins develop their pitchers. IMO they are tired of getting pitchers like Canterino & Prielipp shot even before they start pitching in the organization. To achieve a top pitching prospect they need to start from the ground up & manage correctly their young arms to maximize their health & outcomes. Raya is slight and has shown signs of future injuries. Therefore the limiting of his pitches yet still advancing him through the system. Twins are slowly increasing his innings, Raya has some problems with control so I wouldn't recommend increasing his pitch count either until he rectifies this. When the time for him to be added to the 40-man due to either need or time & still hasn't reached the adequate pitch count of a SP then bring him up by all means as an opener or RP. I would not abandon the plan. Raya is too valuable. They are following the same plan with Soto, He'll get more innings because he's bigger & stronger than Raya. But the idea of managing his young arm is the same.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I like Castro from the beginning, but knowing the Twins I doubted he make the team & flounder at AAA. Fortunate for injuries (strange to hear that) it gave him the opportunity to prove himself & shine. He has been valuable for the Twins with his flexibility, glove & bat and IMO he is still not done rising. The offense shone led by clutch hitting by Miranda & Castro. SWR gave us the chance for our offense to win the game. Great throw out by Vazquez to squelch a AZ rally.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Never in my mind had I doubted Miranda's bat. He's a pure hitter that can hit anybody, There will come a day when his time at 3B will be limited. Can he become our full-time 1Bman? IMO yes. Great observation on SWR, JM. The difference between this game & the game before is the prior game the Snakes struck 1st. SWR held them early & gave our offense the chance to have the advantage,
  11. Doctor Gast
    I think there is still some MN fans who are waiting for SWR wheels to fall off, based on last season stats. But SWR is one step ahead of the league who are trying to figure him out. With his new arm slot, he is constantly working on his pitches thrown from that angle & improving. His attitude is what has impressed me the most about Simmy. His constant desire to compete & improve. Also his teamwork mentality that appreciates what everybody is doing behind him but takes full responsibility for his actions. Gil is a great pitcher but IMO SWR has the greatest opportunity to stay up pitching in the MLB than Gil. Good fortune to SWR. The greatest thing that happened for the Twins was DeSclavani going down rather than limping around the mound blocking the way of our prospects. That way we know early that Varland is better suited for the BP than starting (at least at this point), we discovered that SWR is a pretty darn good SP and Festa is given a chance to show what he has. All are very positive outcomes (but it'd have been better not to spend the cost of obtaining Desclavani)
  12. Doctor Gast
    It's great to see Buck in CF. Everything else is icing. I'm waiting for that Buck Truck to make a lot more deliveries before his time is up.
  13. Doctor Gast
    My condolences!
  14. Doctor Gast
    If it's an evening game, I'll miss it. But if it's not, I sure won't.
  15. Doctor Gast
    In Portuguese it is Festa (party), I guess it's time for Festa (party)
  16. Doctor Gast
    It's exciting to see our young players like SWR & Festa get the chance to shine. If DeSclavani had limped around the mound this season neither would have had a chance. Or probably much delayed like Lee & Keirsey.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Festa is a promising young pitcher, I wish him well.
  18. Doctor Gast
    I didn't see any of game because I was in bed before the game started. To say the least I was diappointed.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Last year when Correa had a bad year hitting & Castro was hitting well. I didn't hear anyone say that Castro should be playing more often at SS. Vazquez is a much better catcher than Jeffers, Vazquez should play at least 50% at catching. Jeffers is a much better bat than Vazquez that's why Jeffers has so many more ABs than Vazquez. Jeffers gets worn down & it affects his playing. They started to limit his DH duties, & after a while, his hitting has returned. Catching is a very demanding position, I wouldn't start advocating more innings for Jeffers to catch. I'd say Jeffers is very fortunate that we have Vazquez to limit his innings otherwise Jeffers would tank if he had to catch any more innings on a steady basis. Now Vazquez is hitting better, I'd suggest Vazquez catching more to keep Jeffers fresh so he can keep hitting at the capacity we know he can.
  20. Doctor Gast
    I agree Boushley is probably the next man up to cover for Paddack until he can return. If Varland was used to help limit Paddack's innings, he would still be up in the rotation pitching. Varland has been great 1st time through the order. My philosophy is to keep him dominating up in the MLB as long relief & have him slowly work on what he needs to work on to get him to his goal of SP & have him spot start in 5 inning appearance. Because of his injury history, I'd have started Canterino in the BP. He has great stuff, we need him healthy & pitching in the MLB. I can see everybody else having a shot sometime or another. I like Dobby but he has to be more consistent for the Twins take a chance to put him back on the 40-man. I hope he can.
  21. Doctor Gast
    We know Lee has the glove, and now his bat is exploding so by all means bring him up. Wallner's trouble in the MLB is SOs. Has he mastered that in AAA? Camargo can hit well enough in AAA for a catcher & has the arm. But in his short stint in the MLB, Twins didn't even give him 1 inning for a try behind the plate. What should be his ticket to the MLB is his defense not his bat, I don't think he's there yet. IMO Camargo is only in case of an emergency & muddle through until the other returns. Fortunately, we haven't had any injuries to really test where he's at. (LH) Keirsey is the one I'd really like to have the opportunity to shine but he's not on the 40 man.
  22. Doctor Gast
    I'm afraid that our opinion of good is a lot different than management and theirs is the one that counts.
  23. Doctor Gast
    Even on the roster we have Castro, Farmer, Martin, Lewis, with Lee & Julien ready to come up at the MLB level that can play 2B (that's the meaning of a 2Bman besides being able to have good range & turn a smooth DP). & the list is great throughout AAA, AA & high A. The glut is throughout the system. Forgive me if I don't make an exhaustive list. They are expanding Salas to the OF from the INF, because there is so many 2Bmen.
  24. Doctor Gast
    That too
  25. Doctor Gast
    OK you have made it clear that you have the same player evaluation as this FO. The Twins didn't give away a good glove they traded away an elite glove equipped to be a GG in the MLB. He's also not a no hit SS he's just not the slugging SS that they wanted. Out of H.S. Miller was projected to be a high contact & OB hitter, the Twins didn't develop that, LAD figures they can unlock a hitter in Miller. Because they figure that Doncon will develop strength & is pull-happy he is projected to move off SS & be a 25 HR slugging 2Bman (this organization has a high glut of) that he will have to adjust his hitting when he'll face a higher caliber of pitching. Both prospects are young nearly the same age at the same level. Miller hasn't hit his full potential in hitting, Doncon hasn't come close to hitting those 25 HRs. either. Miller's defense is MLB ready that will only improve with experience. Doncon's defense will only digress. Time will tell who won this trade. After a few years, if Miller doesn't change there are many MLB teams happy to have a GG caliber SS. If Doncon doesn't change he doesn't make it out of high A.
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