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  1. Doctor Gast
    I wouldn't wait for next year
  2. Doctor Gast
    Looks like Farmer really got screwed up this spring training. His stance is much different, his stance was more open & upright before. It's a pity because he's a great guy & would be trade bait if his #s were better. But the way thing sits he's taking up roster spot of a deserving younger player. There was no doubt that Julien had to be sent down to AAA to join Wallner to straighten out their swing. So (LH) Julien isn't a threat to (RH) Farmer but (RH) Martin is. 2B is Martin's natural position & should be there instead of Farmer sorry to say. I like Farmer but unfortunately, FO needs to swallow the money & DFA him.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Keaschall is no doubt a good hitter but there's a glut at 2B with pseudo-SSs, and INFers that don't have a great glove, but a good bat. Any with a good glove along with a good bat will have preference. Like Spencer he's expendable. Priority should be Gonzales, who is still ranked high but will drop hard & fast. With the addition of Santana & Margot, it's really difficult to evaluate what we have in the superior in-house players. With inconsistency in the BP, rotation & lineup, it's too early to see if all 3 areas will gel or not, to find out whether we need a top-end SP or stand pat.
  4. Doctor Gast
    When you look at what they accomplished/ upside depending how much you favor one over the other is very close. IMO Emma, Lee & Jenkins are untouchable.
  5. Doctor Gast
    Paddack is still coming off his 2nd TJ, we can't be surprised when he comes up with a down performance after an extended outing.
  6. Doctor Gast
    I felt sorry for the Rockies losing basically their only bright spot, Elias Diaz. Paddack had a good game & it was good to see the offense come alive, looks like we have overcome the aftermath of the NYY series. Lewis is back! "Christian Vazquez did the bare minimum hitting a sacrifice fly to get Margot home and the Twins on the board for a 1-0 lead." Bare minimum, come on! Vazquez got the job done by not striking out & putting us on the boards, period! I don't like the response Vazquez is getting. We need Vazquez! We don't have this great defensive catcher waiting in the wings to take Jeffers's spot . We have plenty of talent at 1B, OF & even utility that we can easily drop unproductive veterans but at the demanding & key position of backup catcher, we have nobody! This last week or so Vazquez has been hitting 4-10, 1 HR, 2 2B, 2 BB, 0 SO, .400 BA .500 OBP, you can figure out the slugging & OPS besides being a top-notch defensive catcher. We are stuck with Vazquez+ we owe Vazquez a salary & he's vital to the success of this club. We need to be cheering for Vazquez, not lambast or minimize what he does.
  7. Doctor Gast
    Now wouldn't that be something? Royce hitting a grand slam!
  8. Doctor Gast
    I remember when we drafted Carlos Silva, I have high hopes that he becomes the above average defensive catcher that can hit & desperately need. He is still far away from filling that need if he ever does. But I'll be rooting & following him.
  9. Doctor Gast
    If they wanted to economize, maybe this would have been a good place to start by ditching it. As far as the City Connect uniforms go the idea behind it is nice.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Again I'll say the worst thing we did was by getting costly, worthless veterans who took up playing time & space from our young players. We need to put Kiriloff & Miranda at 1B to protect their arms & let them have as much playing time as possible to see what they can really do. Kiriloff is a puzzle, IMO something is bothering his arm therefore his swing. Now that Julien is being reset at AAA, they need to bring up Keirsey to free up Castro to play 2B against RHPs. Please no more Farmer hitting against RHPs. Lee will come up sometime & that'll be a process to get him settled in MLB.
  11. Doctor Gast
    IMO The problem is not recognizing the inefficiency of the "all or nothing" approach until well into the season. If they reset the hitting program since spring training, we'd be in better shape. IMO the "all or nothing" approach is not Popvich's idea or fault. But that's not to say he'll not be blamed for it. The "all or nothing" approach thrives on FBs not on the outside. That's why all the non-FBs. Popvich helped Jeffers with breaking away from that approach last year. Somehow pitchers have adjusted & Jeffers is fine-tuning. Buxton is too streaky & not hot enough. Castro & Correa are dependable, Miranda, Kepler, & Larnach have been good. Kiriloff has been a puzzle (IMO his arm is overused in the OF) he's a great hitter. Even Santana, Margot, Vazquez & Farmer have improved. The problem they're not putting it together & hitting in the clutch. You can help teach not striking out but clutch hitting is hard to teach. Being gut punch again by NYY doesn't help either. Once "Mr Clutch" Lewis gets settled in again we can go on an extended winning streak.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Love the name, Zebulon, love the pitcher. He's showing great stuff & control. I was very optimistic with Julien the other day but the 3 Ks from him & Wallner yesterday makes me wonder.
  13. Doctor Gast
    Thanks, Longdistance for that reporting out there. Yes, we are rightfully a laughingstock to NYY fans, because of this record. Don't you think that the NYY players don't enter the game understanding the edge they have, that they own the Twins? You don't have to work anything up, the confidence is there & if you are the NYY organization wouldn't you want to cultivate that dominance over the Twins?
  14. Doctor Gast
    The Minnesota Twins have a record of 44-123 against the Yankees since 2002. I think this is a pretty astounding record. I don't think NYY is that great. When was the last time they won the WS? Or even gone there? & we have had pretty good teams during that time also. I think the biggest difference between us & them is money. When NYY is bad they can raise their floor to mediocre by spending. When NYY was great in the 60s we would beat them. Can't you see whenever we play NYY we freeze. IMO it goes beyond just facing a good team. It seems that worse teams than us throughout this period do better than us. Twins have been brought down into submission. How do you explain that? It's all in the organization's & player's mind? IMO w/o Soto NYY is a very beatable team. Soto has had a bad arm, why didn't NYY rest him against the lowly Twins & save him for LAD? You're maybe right & I'm reading too much into it, to try to make sense in all this.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I just saw that Julien was playing 1B. He looked very good there.
  16. Doctor Gast
    Now this is ridiculous. Why couldn't they do this when we need it?
  17. Doctor Gast
    Lot of fans like to complain about Vazquez hitting & overlook his defense. When he's hitting they are quiet. Here is the last 7 day trend Jeffers 0-11, 2 BB, 6 SO, 0.000 BA Vazquez 3-8, 1 HR, 1 2B, 2BB, 0 SO, .500 OBP. Vazquez faced 3 NYY RHPs
  18. Doctor Gast
    Is it that the Twins' players are psyched out? At least not in the beginning. This has been going on for decades w/o the players being aware of. So what is it? IMO NYY organization is ruthless. They know the advantage of owning a team especially one who they'll probably face in the post season. I imagine that they really psych up their players & fanbase before they face the Twins, to go all out to hold advantage over us. After that it affects Twins fans & then the players. Last season we took the season confrontation at NYY stadium even. So they were desperate & had to totally annilate the Twins with Soto this season to claim dominance. Soto has had a sore shoulder for some time now, NYY could have given Soto a rest after at least having advantage over the lowly Twins but no they show their priority of keeping dominance over the Twins over having Soto in the LAD series. But no they chose to hold over Soto & rest him for the LAD series. This shows how ruthless they are. What can we do about it? IMO it's a very difficult question. I have no direct solution except going all out to beat the NYY in every game & hold it as a proirity. At least not waving a white flag on our get away game. NYY never rested Soto, or Judge but the Twins rested both Buxton & Lewis, forcing Farmer to play 2B against a RHP. If the Twins tried to win our get away game with NYY, By winning NYY on our get away game we would have left NY, resuming our season & facing them again on a positive note. Like I said it's a difficult question, so I'd appreciate any feed back on what your opinion & solution could be.
  19. Doctor Gast
    I thought very highly of Francona (CLE), I thought his absense would demoralize this team. I've been amazed that I was very wrong. Also some have poo-pooed this team saying yes, they have a great RISP BA but are due to regression, Yet MN has a very poor RISP BA & is due for a rebound. It'll all average out. Team that have high RISP BA signifies "clutch" hitting, a desirable characteristic. A characteristic that a team has or doesn't have. CLE may have some regression but still they are clutch hitting team. Just like you have a great HR hitting team may have regression yet they are still a HR hitting team. CLE focuses on clutch hitting, MN have focused on HRs. I prefer clutch hitting. & prefer the Twins did too. There has been a lot of hope in "Mr. Clutch" Lewis. The gut punch from NYY has taken the wind from our sails. It's not going to be as easy as most anticipated but IMO we can still overcome the deficit & win the division.
  20. Doctor Gast
    SWR, 97.2 mph WOW! He keeps getting better! He deserves better. I thought that the Twins would blow Carmen Mlodzinski away from the start. They didn't & PIT's BP game got the best of the Twins. BP game is an option that the Twins should consider at times. IMO the most disappointing loss of the season. Are the Twins picking up old habits? Is FO telling Baldelli, "fans don't want wins they want HRs, stay with the "all or nothing" approach?"
  21. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Eric, for the time & info you put into this article. I love your article. giving credence to the fact that umps are human that lean towards bias, fan influence & just plan error. Baseball isn't a game of inches, it's a game of mms. Although I agree that balls & strike cannot be argued for the continuity of the game but that doesn't take away the importance of getting balls & strikes correct. There are teams that are heavily favored (NYY) which pitchers are forced to serve up meatballs. & teams that are heavily penalized (MN). It's bad enough that NYY has the money to sign & pay big name players. Steal away coaches from smaller markets & given "goldilocks" balls. Even all of this we believe if we play harder we can overcome these hinderances. But IMO the unfairness of the calling balls & strikes is the last straw. These miscalls are very disheartening to the teams & fans. IMO MLB don't want to change because it benefits some big teams & they want us to believe that accepting this umps imperfect favoritism leads to baseball romanticism. The adoption of the electronic balls & strikes doesn't take anything away from the game except biased unfairness. I advocate against challenging of the balls & strikes because challenging about 10+ legit incorrect miscalls & X amount of correct calls would take away from the game. The robo ump would be seamless. Plus it'd stop the demonization of human umpires, which IMO most umps would be in favor of. We still need umps.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Eeles, has been electrifying (sorry for this pun again). He has become one of my favorite MiLB players, if not my favorite. I'd love to see him play. He seems like a diamond in the rough. A complete player with a great attitude & leadership quality. IMO a keeper & is overdue for a promotion. Thanks Seth for presenting this guy to us. Miller, an elite SS who's just started to unlock his hitting potential.
  23. Doctor Gast
    What a disappointment, the pitching of PIT wasn't that great & the offense did almost nothing. Feel so sorry for SWR
  24. Doctor Gast
    The Twins had the chance to resign him on in some capacity & they whoofed at it.
  25. Doctor Gast
    You'd think that they'd know that when MN bring in Margot they'd bring in a RHP, producing a worse matchup
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