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  1. Doctor Gast
    Best case scenario IMO is that Gordon comes back at '22 form with all the fire coming from the team. Then trade him this off season. Worst case scenario is he has a poor showing & is played in the INF too much again.
  2. Doctor Gast
    IMO all the Twins pieces are at their low point of their true value. I'd hold onto them until their stock goes up and get someone better. IMO 1B isn't a problem area with Kiriloff, Julien & Miranda once he turns things around, they are much better valued options.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Last year Ober was put on the fast track & he got injured early. This year he was put on a slower track which have kept him healthy but it was vastly larger work load which wore out his arm. Next year I expect more innings from Ober & more as he builds up arm strength in following years if brought along responsibly
  4. Doctor Gast
    Twins seems to think that they can't limit Ober's innings unless he's pitching AAA. IMO that's a waste of Ober's arm down down in AAA. They need to set a reasonable rythym with Ober & keep him there throughout the season from start to finish, using long relief (piggyback). Not sending him down in the beginning then bring him up to try to see how many 7+ inngs he can pitch then send him down to AAA again. Limiting Varland innings in long relief has done wonders for him.
  5. Doctor Gast
    IMO it was sure bet to bet on Julien. He has the compacity to become a very good lead off player along w/ Martin. My knock is when they were experimenting w/ Julien (1B, 2B,OF) that instead of stretching him 2B, they should have kept him at 1B, where he'd become much more accomplished & much more impactful. Even when Polanco was down we still had Farmer, Castro, and Solanco to man 2B ; all much better than Julien. Julien could have came up sooner as a 1B when Kiriloff was down and have more playing time now & the rest of the year. In the near future we have Lewis, Lee, and Martin with Polanco, Castro, Farmer, maybe Solano that are available & more capable there than Julien will ever be. While at 1B we have Kiriloff that can play OF. That show me the lack of vision this FO has for Julien the last couple of years.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Polanco is a very important impact player for the the Twins, I've always been a big fan of his. Now I hope he'll stay 100% after being phyicially abused by the Twins, his rehabing & getting used to the MLB again. Keep him at 2B
  7. Doctor Gast
    Since the 1st time I heard him speak, I've been very high on Lewis. Even during his experimenting and his injuries, I knew he'd find his way.
  8. Doctor Gast
    I know the outrage, many times this type of outrage have been wrong. Here they'd be wrong again.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Agreed, under these circumstances I can understand sending Ober down to regroup. Also like that the Twins had taken him slower to start the season which basically has kept him off the IL. But I'd prefer pacing Ober more so he wouldn't hit that wall so we could keep his effective arm up in the MLB not in AAA again.
  10. Doctor Gast
    I've always said that Lewis is a MVP caliber player. He's not only the tools but the drive to produce in clutch times. Give him the opportunity he'll come through for us. It's a pity that he hasn't the innings to qualify for the ROY award, if he had the innings he'd win it. Keep him in the INF so we can have him on the field longer. Shout out to Polanco, Walner & Solano for also coming through for us. Using long relief has been proving effective. They should have incorporated that idea from the beginning to conserve the rotation & short relief to keep them effective throughout the year especially now in the home stretch & going into the post season. Along with pacing the SPs, Ober would have been fresher & would not been sent down.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Ober is in new territory of innings pitched, it made total sense to try to limit Ober's innings to keep his arm fresh so we can keep getting good quality innings from him the rest of the way. Instead of trying to squeeze an extra inning from him & having less quality innings from him or or get hurt. The problem is with not having enough quality arms in the pen & how to use them. Twins should have kept Julien at 1B all along not trying to make him into something he's not. Hopefully they have woken up & keep him at 1B.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Not surprised at the drop because the fewer opportunity of a few players & maybe the wear tear with older vets. But was surprised a little with Polanco & Kepler were as low as they were & Julien was that good. And Vazquez is better than these stats show.
  13. Doctor Gast
    I was excited to see Lopez, Lewis & Endy Rodriguez play in this game. None of them disappointed me. MAT came through again to get that crucial hit. I was impressed how Rodriguez caught with such flair as a new rookie.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Since ST, I've been a fan of Castro. Yet he's not the typical player that the Twins go for. Even though his impressive ST, odds were he wouldn't make the active roster & rot down in AAA because of the Twins bias. Injuries forced the Twins hand & fortunately that outcome helped Castro to help the Twins stay a float during the 1st half. His #s don't tell the whole story, his flexibility, defense, base running & clutch hitting has been invaluable.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I'd place Lewis #1 at this point. I'd place Martin ahead of Julien, both are excellent OB players but Martin is a better fielder & base runner. I don't blame Martin for prior lack of production, I blame mismanagement.
  16. Doctor Gast
    Julien has played 1B in the minors. It has made perfect sense the last couple of years with the fore seeable quality depth we had at 2B of Polanco, Martin, Lewis & Lee and Julien was a stretch there. To move Julien off 2B & focus his efforts at 1B to perfect his mechanics there. But like Polanco at SS & 3B, Martin at SS, Cave in CF they get the crazy idea that they put these guys in positions where they are overstretched & double down on those ideas. Hopefully they wake up & stop wasting their time on lame brain ideas & stop doubling down on them.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Castro has been a valuable bench player That has stepped in & kept us a float these months when Gallo, Correa & Buxton has let us down. But Martin is a grade above Castro & expect great things from him now that he's back to his strengths. I agree Martin step in & be a spark plug that'd pay off towards the end of the season & post season.
  18. Doctor Gast
    I will not waver we have the core to win a post season game, then series & beyond. Our greatest hurdle is the hurdle as always, that is over using our best RPs & squeezing out every inning out our SPs which burns out our BP & rotation well before the post season arrive. I tend to disagree with you Nick on this one, that SO hitters do not do better against better pitchers in more critical clutch situations they tend to SO more frequently. And that stringing together hits is the more reliable avenue of winning the big game. That's not to say that a hitter can not make good contact & hit it out.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Agree with you all along, I've said that the bench of Castro, Taylor, Farmer, Solano & have saved our butts especially in the beginning because the main guys weren't getting it done. OPS isn't the tell all as far the value of a player. It's defense, base running, getting on base & not striking out and clutch hitting which are often overlooked that IMO is more important & these guys are doing the little things which helps us win games.
  20. Doctor Gast
    I was giving a long list of how I've disapprove of this FO these past 4 yrs. but my computer crashed & I'm too lazy to reproduce that thought. So I'll leave it that I agree with olerud.
  21. Doctor Gast
    You're spot on, Jmlease!
  22. Doctor Gast
    As far as true INF we have Lewis, Lee, Correa, Polanco and Martin to play 3B, SS & 2B. Julien, AK, & Miranda are primary 1B. AK & Martin have played OF & should play a lot there, Julien should stay at 1B and Miranda can split some at 1B & DH. Once Lee establishes himself at 3B at the MLB level, Polanco is gone but not before.
  23. Doctor Gast
    For what we need, I wouldn't trade any of those above. The trade I'd like to see is to find a contending team that that needs a veteran LH bat & dump Gallo for RH bat that can rip lefties. Maybe a Festa for a decent high leverage RP to take the pressure off of Duran. But I expect another nothing burger.
  24. Doctor Gast
    Twinns are in desperate need of depth at catcher throughout their system & they had a shot to draft the 2 top college draft prospects but failed to do so. Our nemisis CWS made a good deal on Edgar Quero (I've advocated the Twins to pick up). Yet I wouldn't trade away Sonny Gray because we can pick up a compensation draft pick. Maeda we won't get much for & we need both of them to get to the post season. I have no faith Keuchel
  25. Doctor Gast
    Being swept by Royals is an omen that their lamebrain ideas aren't working & that everything is out of sinc, Keep Polanco at 2B, Lewis at 3B move Julien to 1B. Gallo was a waste of time & money that fit their philosophy.
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