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  1. Doctor Gast
    I guess I'm old school (I hate SOs) & I haven't come close to face what hitters have to face now. So nowadays with the pitchers they have now that hitters are at a great disadvantage & are at the whim of the pitcher & the umpire to call a good game (more reason to have robo umps). You're lucky if you get a hit. IMO it's easier not to SO when you shorten your swing than putting on your HR swing, especially with 2 strikes. It's hard for me to imagine not to be defensive at the plate, especially with 2 strikes.
  2. Doctor Gast
    A good hitter fouls off pitches that he doesn't like, he doesn't look at them, especially on 3rd strike.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Always thought that DH was a sore spot since Cruz. It seemed that Buxton had troubles w/ his body & DH mindset to excel at that position.
  4. Doctor Gast
    Except for the overall poor offense again, it was a good game. Great to see Buck making those plays out there. LAD got lucky with some scrub hits against Okert. Even though Okert didn't give up much LAD took what he gave them & not SO. More playing time Martin sees on the MLB level, quicker he'll get settled in & contribute more to the offense .
  5. Doctor Gast
    I am 100% in favor of an electronic strike zone calling. I don't think that too many hockey fans would like to go back to a human calling goals instead of the electronic goal indicator. What is most important is unbiased fairness. Pitcher & batter enter the box knowing exactly what the strike zone is, relieves the pressure from the ump so they focus on other things, speeds up the game by avoiding player/ coach confrontations. I don't want a game to be determined by blown calls.
  6. Doctor Gast
    I don't think it's a bad idea to bring up Headrick earlier as a long RP to help out the rotation & short relief
  7. Doctor Gast
    Pitchers have figured the Twins out, not only getting the SOs but also limiting HRs. From the beginning, I stated that pitchers will adjust to Kepler & that Kepler will have difficulty to readjust. I disagree with you Ted that the "all or nothing" has nothing to do with the slump. It has everything to do with it, Blaming Castro, Farmer & Martin for our problems is absurd because everyone but Kiriloff, to some extent Correa & a limited Lewis have been absolutely terrible. It's a team problem caused by a team-hitting approach that results in SOs especially in clutch situations instead of clutch hits. We lost 2 of our best clutch hitters. We have had this hitting approach taking priority for a long time. It'll take a little while to turn the ship but at least they are starting to turn.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Back in '21 & also again in '22, the Twins were accused of using a type of "all or nothing" approach. Falvey denied it because the stats were terrible. he then blamed the batting coachs & fired them. The 1st chance he had after the Twins finished a successful '23 season. he credited the "all or nothing" approach to the Twins' success. I couldn't help but laugh & shake my head.
  9. Doctor Gast
    To help out Julien's lack of range & improve his OAA, they have him cheat a lot. Which really hurts him & yield him vulnerable when batters don't get around on the pitches. It seems a lot of GBs got thru on the right side that a good 2Bman should get, especially with this series with CLE.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Yes this FO is enamored by Gallo-type of hitters so they draft, sign FAs & coach all hitters to obtain this of type of hitter while not putting importance on defense & contact hitting for many years. Change will not be quick. I like your analogy but I'd reverse it. Reducing baseball to an HR derby (how boring) thinking whoever hits the most HRs wins. But fortunately, baseball isn't an HR derby, defense is important up the middle, it's a game of constant adjusting, and nobody will purposely serve up a big meatball to hit in a clutch situation, they are up there to strike you out which they normal do with this mindset. Baldelli said during the offseason that SOs were a concern but they weren't going to change their approach. They tried to offset the team's SOs by picking up 2 mediocre contact hitters that haven't helped. Now Baldelli is stated that he wants his hitters to shorten up their swing in clutch situations not only with 2 strikes. It's too little too late. That idea should have been implemented during spring training. Hopefully the Twins will change their approach by putting more importance on defense by not putting emphasis on drafting big bat only & neglecting defense, evaluate all players & develop their strengths not trying to squeeze out every HR while disturbing their swing & causing SOs. And not trading away clutch line-drive hitters especially when their glove is elite.
  11. Doctor Gast
    I am just as frustrated as you are but IMO the problem isn't the hitting coach, he's just doing what he's told to do. It's the "all or nothing" approach that the Twins have adapted.
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    he missing a lot
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    Pretty funny but seriously before this problem, I thought he could have been a decent rental target, how well he had pitched in the past & this early season. We dodged a bullet, but the risk is getting higher trading for a SP with arm problems
  14. Doctor Gast
    What a shame! He's a great pitcher & he was having a pretty good season.
  15. Doctor Gast
    Thanks, I was wondering what happened to Jimmy Hall.
  16. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Ted for the update. I'm a little confused on why the Saints are starting Helman at CF? Isn't Keirsey more qualified? And Helman is more of a utility guy, especially when Martin is not there. It was great to see Cardenas, our best defensive catcher in the system, being able to bat in our 1st run. & I'm disappointed that the Twins aren't able to develop Olivar, who is very athletic & has a lot of raw defensive talent, very quickly.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Agreed, IMO we have modeled our approach after the Yankees, who as an whole have floundered even though they hit a lot of HRs. Unfortunately, the Yankees have waken up changed their approach, fired their batting coach, hired Rowson (who works individually w/ players to bring out their strong points) & traded for SOTO (who walks more than he SO that has carried the team even when Judge isn't hitting); yet the Twins remain basically unchanged. PS- IMO Popkins is a fine batting coach the problem is the approach.
  18. Doctor Gast
    I agree that Martin needs to play more often, the problem with the Twins isn't Martin. Martin has been mainly used as a pinch runner which he excels in. IMO bringing Martin up was the right call because #1 it gets Martin's feet wet and #2 Farmer is a much better 3Bman. I also agree that Miranda deserves to be called up but his chance is linked to Santana not at 3B. But IMO should have some opportunity there but not on a regular bases.
  19. Doctor Gast
    IMO it has been more than this year, Twins tend to target Gallo type hitters. Lewis improved tremendously our RISP BA last year. But now with our 2 best clutch hitters are gone, it'll be tough.
  20. Doctor Gast
    The way things look MIA might be selling off early. Most likely they'd like to trade off Arreaz especially if they are rebuilding. As of right now, they aren't looking to trade Alcantra and they are primarily looking for young players at the prime positions of SS & catcher for Lazardo. As much as I'd love to have Lazardo I wouldn't trade Lewis or Lee. If they'd take Gonzalez, De Andrade, Keaschall, Schobel, Winocur, and the like. I'd settle for Cabrera which would be less trade capital.
  21. Doctor Gast
    Very pleased with our BP. I too believe it's very sustainable. We still have some recruitments in AAA & those on the IL will be back. Sands have pitched well, he has pitched longer maybe they extend him a little more if need be. Canterino will come up eventually in the BP ranks this season.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Pablo wasn't perfect, BP did their job. CLE is better than we expected. Kiriloff is hitting the way we are expecting him to hit. The "all or nothing" approach more often than not, is nothing but SOs when we need hits. Buxton with the bases loaded, I knew when he came to the plate that he was trying to hit a HR. An HR would have been great but you take what the pitcher giving. We are missing our best clutch hitters.
  23. Doctor Gast
    Great job, Cody! I have stated before that I believe that they'll take Soto slow, Because like you said that HS arms are high risk, due to being pushed too fast and too hard, Their arms development can't keep up with the heavy pitching development load. Taking them slow IMO helps to limit the risk. Because Soto is bigger, his arm probably can take more than Raya but will be less than what some would like.
  24. Doctor Gast
    A very interesting question. I doubt that they are ditching the "all-or-nothing" approach (unfortunately) but they might be dialing back on it, to curb the SOs and players like Castro are overcompensating and eventually get back to hitting better. Which in this case is very encouraging to me. Jeffers has stated after last night's game, that he'd made a minor adjustment. Hopefully, he'll continue to rake.
  25. Doctor Gast
    I agree with you Hunter that Castro should work on his launch angle & get back to last season's success. Jeffers #s weren't that great in '21 & '22. Jeffers worked on his swing in '23 & had some success, I'm curious about what his average launch angle was in '23 compared to '21 & '22.
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