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  1. Doctor Gast
    As long as he's not striking out I'm encouraged. He has the power potential that should return in time. We need a strong RH bat to platoon at 1B/DH he could be it. Also, there are teams like MIA that'd like some offense at those positions.
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    Varland, deserves to be the 5th SP. But my guess the Twins will start with 4 SPs for the 1st month & then make the decision on Desclafani. Any chance he can pitch he'll pitch.
  3. Doctor Gast
    That was my thoughts also, Besides not having total trust in Santana, we need to look at the future & to raise Kiriloff's stock, stuck at DH won't do it. Kiriloff being rusty needs a lot of time at 1B that he won't get. In the long run signing Satana was a mistake. When Kiriloff & Miranda proves themselves there's a market for their services, MIA being one.
  4. Doctor Gast
    We made off pretty well on the deal. But we could have done better. Maeda was disgruntled with LAD and they wanted to unload him. I was all in on Maeda but I was against trading Graterol & I advocated trading our #2 Balazovik plus another big bat.
  5. Doctor Gast
    He can't help what directly or indirectly happened in '22 that affected '23.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Congratulations! @jharaldson@Cory Engelhardt@chpettit19 @Supfin99
  7. Doctor Gast
    I love Lewis, but no one excites me like Buck running the bases or after a fly ball. Pray he puts in the games this year. For years Cave was our CF sub, he was terrible yet no one seemed to care. This offseason we had Castro, Gordon & Martin IMO ready to sub Buck each many times better than Cave. With very little competition in the Central, I saw no need to trade for Margot. I'd like to have another look at Larnach on the MLB level before making a decision on him. Before calling up Martin. In '22 they should have shut Buxton down right away & fixed him instead of playing him hurt, Much what they did with Polanco compromising their health. Now with Paparesta policing, I feel much better about the team's health. Coming postseason my hope is everyone is healthy.
  8. Doctor Gast
    I like Kepler, & I hope he has a great season. After '19 pitchers adjusted to the HR mentality which produced more FOs & SOs, '20-'23, Kepler had a tough time readjusting. '23 Kepler decided to totally commit to the moonshot philosophy with great results. The pitchers will adjust, Twins are banking they won't. Hope I'm wrong.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Seems like the Twins don't care about defense unless it's 1B, go figure. Kiriloff needs more time at 1B to get better which he won't get. We need Kiriloff's bat in the lineup as much as possible once he gets rolling, limit his time at 1B during ST isn't going to do it. IMO it's poor judgement on the Twins.
  10. Doctor Gast
    You might have something there, Elliot. With less importance put on defense & Ks are sexier than pitch-to-contact. Teams trended away from it. I'm also interested on what the stats show
  11. Doctor Gast
    Had all those cards growing up plus they had pitching & hitting leaders which all 3 were on. But like I've said before, after I left home & came back all my late 50s, 60s & early '70s cards were gone. I had all the big names.
  12. Doctor Gast
    This off-season we had only 1 primary need & that was another postseason SP. IMO Snell & Montgomery weren't the answer even if we had another 30MM lying around. IMO Luzardo was our best bet via trade. But the Twins opt-out on quality that we needed for quantity we didn't need. You might say we still have the deadline. IMO deadline trades are more expensive & with more unknowns & our history isn't that great. BAL will be a force to deal with and unlike the Twins, SEA revamped & filled their main holes which IMO is a better team. HOU is still a force to deal with, NYY fired their hitting coach & hired Rowson, if the Yanks abandon their hitting philosophy & let Rowson work individually with his hitters plus the addition of Soto NYY offense will be awesome. But if Cole is out they are beatable. We have a great core that could dominate for years but we are missing a couple of major pieces.
  13. Doctor Gast
    I'd love the Twins to get off the HR bandwagon & teach their players how to hit & not strike out. Then Wallner will really shine w/o regression. I have lot of faith that Martin will shine once he's called up. Castro had a great ST last year, (but would have been passed over if not for injuries) and is still doing well as a switch hitter he'll be valuable.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Miranda had the best chance until they signed Santana, although his 3B days should be behind him. But now his only hope is that Santana gets hurt because they'll stick with Santana even when he falters. Kiriloff is a great hitter, we need his bat in the lineup and hope his injuries are behind him. I'm rooting for Alcala. Right now injuries isn't Larnach's biggest problem, it's the curve. Once he figures it out he'll have to wait if Wallner or Kepler falters.
  15. Doctor Gast
    Nick, you mentioned Canterino as a long-relief candidate. Do you believe he's ready to come up on the opening roster? Maybe bring 2 long relief pitchers to start with. After a couple of short starts at AAA bring up Varland to fill the #5 spot to start Apr.8.
  16. Doctor Gast
    SEA didn't really care about Topa because they figured they could create another one, like we always did. We'd take our guys 1st then taking guys through signing minor league FAs & through the waiver wire & make good relievers out of them. Cheap & efficient way of meeting our needs. Topa wasn't cheap & now the new additions will have preference over our guys. IMO Caterino will go the same route as Paddack & take the relief route to the MLB adding to our BP depth.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Right you are. So what has he been doing to combat LHPs? Has he developed a new pitch? He has looked pretty good this ST,
  18. Doctor Gast
    I expect good things from Soto. Since his arm is still developing I expect the Twins will take him slow, like they have with Raja. I trust the Twins pitching development & the extra patience will pay dividends.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Agreed, but the need isn't 2B but OF where, unfortunately, he hasn't had much playing time. Martin has the tools to be a very good CF & has had a pretty good ST but he could use as much time as possible to familiarize himself more there.
  20. Doctor Gast
    They need to focus on Martin in the OF, not at 2B and if he focuses only on the OF better he'll be able to play there. So far he's been doing well. Margot is a distraction for Martin to get his playing time out there.
  21. Doctor Gast
    IMO health has been the big problem in Alcala's career & good health will be the factor in his success. So far so good, I'm expecting a good season.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Pitchers of yesteryear it wasn't uncommon for pitchers to pitch a complete game but their velo & spin rates normally weren't very high. With the added stress on the arm with the increasing velo & spin rates, the author stated that this caused pitchers to have more injuries & shorter careers. IMO if you reduce the innings pitch/ game you can save the pitcher's arm, avoid injuries & have more quality innings. # of innings will be determined by age, type of pitcher & DNA. I agree that you want your pitchers to want to stay on the mound as long as possible. But as fans, we need to see the reality & not put our expectations on what pitchers say. Paddack was in good condition heading into the '22 season but didn't last long. Desclafani has the same condition Paddack had but he's having problems at the start of ST. I don't see him having any kind of season before he needs TJ. I also agree how the Twins are handling Raya, he's young & needs to be taken slowly, to preserve his arm as he physically develops. I expect the same for Soto.
  23. Doctor Gast
    Shortly after I posted this blog, I ran into "Baseball Today" with Chris Rose & Trevor Plouffe brought this same article up.
  24. Doctor Gast
    Great job Al! It was a pity that TonyO didn't have a solo rookie card.
  25. Doctor Gast
    I read an article from "The Athletic" that sparked a concern of mine about the health of today's pitchers. Below is the article you can read if you have a "The Athletic" subscription. https://theathletic.com/5325032/2024/03/08/elbow-injuries-mlb-pitchers/ My concern is besides the extra stress that today's pitchers put on their arms with extra velo & spin, they are expected to pitch the same number of innings that those pitchers of yesteryear pitched. The article stressed reducing or even eliminating the pitches that put the most stress on the pitcher's arms. But there is no way you can put the genie back in the bottle, every year there are pitchers looking to find ways to add extra velo & spin so they can make it to the MLB & excel. A normal competitive pitcher wants to complete every game when he pitches but in today's scheme of things, that's impossible. So it's management's job to limit the pitcher (which the Twins are doing a good job, yet IMO could do a little bit better) and the fanbase not complaining for more innings putting more stress on the manager & pitcher. Ober wants to pitch 200 innings, Paddack wants to pitch 150 innings & DeSclafani wants to pitch a halfway normal innings. IMO all these expectations need to be tempered way back to protect the pitcher.
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