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  1. Doctor Gast
    The switch-hitting Lee won't be playing 2X a week, he can play every day if he wants to. Eeles has been doing well at FM. FM hasn't been very successful even with Eeles. FM will miss him. I was expecting Eeles to do well at CR but I'm impressed with him to contribute so soon.
  2. Doctor Gast
    I believe for each batter you have to choose which hand you can pitch with & can't switch while pitching to the same batter. He has a glove that fits both hands.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Kjerstad is a big name, one you'll pay through the nose for & who's not worth it. If Kjerstad is the bait, a big SP or Mason Miller (if they want a closer) is the fish they're going after.
  4. Doctor Gast
    IMO that Athletic article was ridiculous. An article based on a very limited survey to drive down Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s trade value & Correa was collateral damage. If you are evaluating Arraez's hitting, I'm afraid you are barking up the wrong tree. OPS is OK but it isn't an end-all stat. Getting on base, moving players up, getting a clutch hit are important, not striking out in clutch situations is important. What's not important is hitting a bunch of HRs when you don't need them that drive up OPS & striking out in clutch situations, is not important. I'd rather have a lineup filled with Arraez type hitters than with line-up filled with higher OPS Santana type hitters. Arraez is fine for a 1Bman but if you are talking about 2B defense, Arraez is terrible. And I'd agree with you that people tend to over-look that because of his hitting. Marte is by far a better 2Bman than Arraez & should get the nod over him.
  5. Doctor Gast
    What a big clutch hit grand-slam from Lee, to grasp away a win from the jaws of defeat! Farmer's days are numbered. Eeles, what a find! He debut for CR in time to help them pull out a win. While low A FM is suffering w/o him.
  6. Doctor Gast
    I love the photo of Martin, he's not afraid to go airborne. The offense & BP got the job done, They need to bring Varland up & keep him up. They are finally using Alcala right, it's about time to do the same with Varland. Lopez will get it right, I'm not concerned (unless there's an injury). Either way, the ship needs to be corrected. Agreed Farmer's days are numbered, Lee will force him out. My condolences to the Willie Mays family. IMO Mays was the all-time great.
  7. Doctor Gast
    Nice sell job Ted! Maybe you can use your talents to sell Santana to another team. We already have Miranda to hit LHPs & it's too bad we need to use Miranda against RHPs because switch-hitter Santana can't hit RHPs. Once Kiriloff & Julien come back we'll have the best against RHPs.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Thanks DJL, I had imagined that Kiriloff was hurting where it affecting his swing but it didn't show on the tests. Alex needed to communicate his ailment right away.
  9. Doctor Gast
    What I discovered about the limited challenge system is #1) the umps don't like to be challenged, inadvertently they tend to get even (human nature.) #2) it takes up time #3) It's up to the batter to quickly call it & they tend to blow the team's chances too quickly. To repeal the full ABS & sticking with the limited challenge isn't much better than full non-ABS. If the big teams benefitted from the ABS system, it'd be approved a long time ago. But they benefitted from human error therefore dragging of their feet & try to convince us it's more romantic to have umps call balls & strikes then demonize them.
  10. Doctor Gast
    I agree with what you said, but the remark was related to Farmer, Margot & Santana, not to Topa & DeSclavani because their salary has already been sunk.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Steve Garvey would have been a pretty good addition. I really liked him.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Congratulations, to Dobbie. IMO he should be a SP depth piece inside him somewhere. Did aliens abduct Canterino & Kiriloff? They have disappeared from the planet w/o a clue. Congratulations to Eels for his promotion. Hope he continues his hitting.
  13. Doctor Gast
    I've thought I've thought the same thing. Obsvr. At least have friends who are.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Twins are an analytically-minded team. In the 5-tool grading system, power takes the lion's share of the grading. So it's logical that if the Twins don't have a clear-cut 5-tool guy like Jenkins, Lee & Lewis they lean towards the big college bat that lacks the speed, defense, hit & sometimes arm. IMO you 1st develop the defense, base-running & hit tools after that you develop the power tool but the Twins focus on the power & IMO ignore the defense, base-running & hitting. MY priority is defense (that includes fielding, speed, & arm) at a premium position then getting on base (hitting), power is last. I was against the Sabato & Cavaco as 1st round selection. I've been apprehensive about Larnach, if he hadn't totally changed his approach & turned around his hitting this year, he could have made the 1st round bust. Although Canterino's dream is to be a SP, he should have been transferred to the BP prior to his last injury, He still has a chance excel in the BP but his SP days are over. I can't understand how Prielipp is constantly ranked so high! When he has practically no pro history. Twins have been taking their young SP prospects slowly because of the frailty of young arms.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I'm really sorry for him but he had an uphill battle with the large glut of big bat-no-glove players that the Twins focus upon competing for the 1B/DH position. Another waste of a 1st round pick, which is no fault of his, maybe he had the pressure of performing being the 1st round pick. Wish him luck & hope he finds his dream no matter what it is.
  16. Doctor Gast
    I'm in favor of bringing up Wallner. But what we have to focus on isn't how many HRs he hits in AAA but how many SOs will he accumulate in MLB? The question doesn't only lie with Wallner but also Lee, Julien, Kiriloff & Keirsey (all LH hitters) who have the potential to be darn good players. far superior players to their predominate RH-hitting counterpart Farmer, Margot & Santana. Wasted money with DeSclavani, and Topa, we need to trade if we can or eat the rest of the money due & DFA them. Kiriloff had difficulty hitting LHPs or RHPs which makes perfect sense to swap out with Martin who can hit either.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Bowman is crazy, very rarely do I agree with his trade ideas. For a rental I wouldn't trade any of them. Beyond that I don't think the owner would want to pay for his added salary besides paying for Santana's
  18. Doctor Gast
    From the beginning, I advocated that Julien, Miranda & Kiriloff will drastically raise our 1B stock. Lee & Martin will drastically raise our 2B stock & Castro, Keirsey, along with Wallner will raise our LF stock. Along with voiding out Farmer, Margot & Santana's playing time will raise our stock in all these positions plus it won't cost us anything in added salary or prospects except the money we already wasted. If we want to challenge any top team we need postseason caliber SP. I definitely would trade Gonzales as the primary trade piece.
  19. Doctor Gast
    We had a great combination of position players vets & youngsters that helped us to advance in the postseason. The addition of Margot & Santana (even with their recent success) has blocked & taken away precious playing time of our younger superior players (Martin, Miranda & Kiriloff) to improve, IMO subtracted from the chemistry & delayed Keirsey from getting his feet wet. Our vets (Buxton, Kepler & Vazquez) led by Correa & youngsters (Jeffers, Larnach, Castro, Miranda) led by Lewis with the addition of Julien, Wallner & Kiriloff when they get things right. & impact rookies Martin & Lee. IMO a very formidable force that can do some damage come postseason time.
  20. Doctor Gast
    In our recent tear we have gained a little against CLE. We'll gain a little more ground in our next 2 series before hit a little more completion with AZ & more yet with a hotter SEA, that'll be a good test. I like where we sit.
  21. Doctor Gast
    Eels should be promoted to high A, but the Mussels would be lost w/o him. Kiriloff has yet played a AAA game, Canterino 60 days IL stint has long been up. What's up on these 2? We all know that Wallner & Julien can crank out HRs in AAA. But have they shown that they have mastered not striking out at AAA enough that'll translate on the MLB level? That's what we have to look at.
  22. Doctor Gast
    The offense showed up. Varland not knowing how long he was going to pitch, pitched his heart out until the 7th. Martin progresses in the CF & at the plate, once he really settles in, especially on the basepaths, he'll become an all-round impact lead-off hitter. These guys are life-savers & need to stay up. Even when Wallner, Julien, and Kiriloff are ready to come up. The rotation, Thielbar & Duran are sometimes wavering. Varland is much needed in long relief on a long-term basis. Fortunately, we had him up last night.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I prefer the old pinstripes. These City Connect uniforms are better than I expected, other City Connect uniforms have been pretty bad. I like them just as well as any non-stripe uniform.
  24. Doctor Gast
    I preferred Lewis back then on paper, being a 5-tool player over a volatile pitcher. But quickly knowing his character, baseball savvy & leadership, I never doubted him & knew we had something. He's a game changer, an MVP, a person to build a team around. His injuries are due to his naive excitement as he matures & properly managed, his injuries will be less of a problem.
  25. Doctor Gast
    Wallner 4-4, 1 HR & 0 Ks, he looks ready to return. But where do you put him? I'd like Martin to stay up. Hope Dobbie can keep it up. Looks like the main focus with Kiriloff is to rest his arm which I agree.
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