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  1. Doctor Gast
    I don't think I've ever seen an opposition runner stop running when a Twin got hurt. It's part of the game, Of course, we feel bad about the hurt person
  2. Doctor Gast
    Wind Surge is televised free on Twins site now
  3. Doctor Gast
    Is that you, Falvey?
  4. Doctor Gast
    I don't understand that we had plenty of in-house options that we went for a player that LAD wanted to dump for our MiLB best fielding SS? A great player evaluator like LAD that wanted to dump Margot & could see the potential in Noah Miller, would send a lot of red flags for me & put a lot of doubt in the Twins' player evaluation.
  5. Doctor Gast
    What's going on with Kiriloff? He's a better hitter than this.
  6. Doctor Gast
    The marching order has always been "Showcase my boys as much as possible, even when it hurts the team"
  7. Doctor Gast
    They have taken the sausage out of the garbage & trying for new life! But I reiterate that they can ride this sausage as long as they want as long as they don't lose sight what actually brought them success. The sausage without the hitting approach change would be just a piece of dead meat.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Keirsey is pretty impressive & deserves a call-up to see what he can do on the MLB level. Great to see the hitting floodgates opened last nite, looks like E Rod took a breather. Are they changing their hitting approach throughout the organization? Hope Soto has a good day pitching today.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I've caught some, that play is extremely difficult, although to some it looks easy. I marvel that catchers do make that play as often as they do.
  10. Doctor Gast
    I didn't know that. IMO bad rule. I wasn't faulting Jeffers.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Great article, Cody. Super-utility is a very valuable asset for any team. Many use the term, super-utility very loosely but Castro is a legit one, But what really sets Castro apart is his hitting. I've been a big fan of Castro since spring training '23. Twins pay no attention to spring training performances, if it weren't for early injuries, Castro would been stuck at AAA & later option out of the Twins. But fortunate for those injuries, the Twins were forced to keep him on. Castro is for real & should have significant playing time in the utility role.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Ober pitched a good game. Looks like the hitting problem is solved, basically. The outcome & the BP wasn't what the doctor ordered. I was also thinking even before the Jeffers's misplay, that in a game like this it'd be a good idea to put Vazquez in at catcher & leave Jeffers in at DH as a defensive move.
  13. Doctor Gast
    I wouldn't trust Jackson or Okert much either other than low leverage. They sent Alcala down because they were concerned about his usage, just coming off a long injury time off. But they still used him plenty in AAA. I have faith in Alcala but I'd ease him in the super high-leverage situations & limit him to 1 inning which they obviously didn't do. They used all their high-leverage RPs the night before, I'd save at least one for tonight. Here I'll advocate our need for long relief again. Long relief helps us from over using our short relief RPs especially high leverage.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Arraez is a generational contact hitter a great all-around great guy. He is well-loved wherever he goes. Although many argued that he was a super utility guy, he wasn't. It was hard to find a place for him to play, but his bat found a place in the line-up. IMO Lopez/ Arraez trade was a no-brainer that helped both teams. I believe FO didn't want to trade him but not being able to extend him much like MIA was the last nail. If there was a winner it was us. MIA did a 160 degree from wanting an MLB-ready SS & catcher to be a contender to a rebuild. Since they didn't get those players they wanted they didn't even try to be a contender which gave them the excuse to blow things up. Most everybody will be on the block.
  15. Doctor Gast
    Yeah, Karbo, bran is very important for fans our age. You gave me a good laugh, thanks
  16. Doctor Gast
    I'm with you Nick in your concern over the future of the Twins or even baseball in general in MN. It's heart-wrenching to see what's happening. The Twins need to attract & make available the Twins to the public. I'd love the Pohlads to give Bally the boot & walk away. Since I'm not experienced on the business level so it's hard for me to blame the Pohlads, especially growing up with the Griffiths. I love them going out, extending Buxton & signing Correa. What is done is done, is there anything that can be done now to resolve the problem? Besides the maybe stadium promotions & promote Bally alternatives. Pohlads are invested in the Twins, I don't think they'll sell. Would they be open to bring in partners? To forego the Bally's black-outs & incompetence.
  17. Doctor Gast
    It is imperative that we really see the actual cause of the big slump & the turnaround with the 12-game winning streak result. It wasn't the sausage or players it was the change of the team's hitting "all or nothing" approach. If we lose sight of this, we'll fall back on old habits & limit our success.
  18. Doctor Gast
    A great pitching duel. SWR stepped up & showed us what he's capable of. Jax didn't deserve the win, SWR did. SEA & MN are very similar. Great pitching, line-up focused on HRs w/ by-product of tons of SOs. They both stuck w/ the "all or nothing" approach & tried to curb the SOs by letting the greatest SO contributors go. Both lineups went through big offensive slumps. The main difference is MN woke up while SEA has not. Watch out when they do. MN also has to be careful that they don't fall into old habits. It was so strange to see Polanco on the field. Not only him in a different uniform but Polanco was different, quiet, no fire, no celebrating. It had been also strange not seeing Polanco in the middle of the Twins celebrating their winning streak & having Santana & Margot there instead.
  19. Doctor Gast
    It's going to be a tough series. I wish SEA & Polanco well but hope for us to take the series. It'll be a very interesting one. Wish I could watch them.
  20. Doctor Gast
    You often get to listen to TonyO at least the few times that I listened
  21. Doctor Gast
    Yeah, I know defense isn't very sexy in Twinsland but it's necessary for a competitive team. Also, I agree his hitting is great, especially for a catcher that it's probably not sustainable & it's a small sample size but under his new conditions, I expect him to put up some respectable #s & hit a few HRs in time.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Scott Boras is Jeffers's agent. Twins had difficulty extending Arraez because of Boras before the salary crunch. I'm afraid that Jeffers is going down the same road.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I like Jeffers, he's very valuable to the team, one of the best-hitting catchers out there. He's definitely not underrated by the Twins who value bat over glove. The marvelous play at home plate that Jeffers mirrored from Vazquez was rightfully well-praised. The Correa/ Vazquez play, Correa got most of the praise. The problem w/ Jeffers is that he's at best average defensively & the league puts (rightfully so) more importance on the defensive side for catching. I hated the Twins' move that disturbed our great catching chain of Garver/ Jeffers/ Rortvedt. The phasing out of Garver with Rortvedt. Rortvedt is a much better defensive catcher (Gerrit Cole's preferred catcher) IMO with the potential of good LH hitting. Away from MN & NYY hitting approach, at TB Rortvedt is flourishin. 351 .439 .843 My opinion of Jeffers has vastly improved. Though not popular, I'd still prefer Rortvedt.
  24. Doctor Gast
    IMO the point of sending Wallner down to AAA, shouldn't be to see how many HRs he can hit there. It's to change his swing so that he doesn't SO so much in the MLB. If he does that then it'll be a success. It's so easy to get distracted from that.
  25. Doctor Gast
    Arraez's trade value took a huge dip. Many believe that MIA got the best end of the deal. I personally believe SD did. MIA should have had someone in the top 100 for Arraez. Arraez got 4 hits in his debut w/ SD. Always thought Arraez for SD (resurrection of Tony Gwynn) would be a good idea. SD has a much better line up to help out Arraez. Arraez was well loved in MIA. Feel sorry for the fans. Since there's fire sale in MIA (much like MN advertized this offseason) so players trade value are down we need to take advantage of the deals. Luzardo is attainable, sooner the better for MN get into it.
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