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  1. Doctor Gast
    I don't think that Twins will draft Dollander, nor should they. Yet Skenes was coached by Wes Johnson so he's on top of his game where as Dollander wasn't coached like Skenes. So if a team believes they could correct Dollander, he'll be a steal because of his raw stuff.
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    Great article Nick, I've been complaining about the Twins hitting approach since 2020 after the juiced ball era. Adjusting your swing to hit the ball farther when a pitcher makes a mistake is crazy, Which means winning blow out games when the pitchers are off but losing close games by striking out a lot. I was critical of the hiring HR leading hitting coach Popkin. An article earlier this off season about Popkin stated that he worked individually with the hitter to try to optimize each one's strength. So I thought to give him another chance, maybe it was the player's fault like Sano than Popkin or maybe it's FO fault by pushing their approach. I agree 100% with Lewis's approach of making contact, which I believe should be the main approach of the team. When a game is close it is less likely that a pitcher will make a mistake. I'd rather win a bunch of close games with clutch hits than losing them by striking out and winning a few blow out games by HRs.
  3. Doctor Gast
    I'll second & third what was said. Duran should be a shoe in for the all-star team. We have been fortunate to have Duran so talented, smart & healthy
  4. Doctor Gast
    All right, thanks for the info,
  5. Doctor Gast
    Great job guys! I like where you have the top 2 (IMO) college catchers Teel & Carrigg. I agree with 2wins87 that Twins usually go after college bats. I'd like any of the top 5. But the way Teel is climging & our need for depth at catching, I'd be pleased if we'd pick him up. If Teel has an outstanding CWS, I won't be surprised if we did select him. If we don't select Teel then IMO we have to select Carrigg at #34, I'm also surprised where Dollander, Bradfield & Gonzalez have fallen
  6. Doctor Gast
    I heard the same thing about Clark & that PIT might pick him up because of this. PIT & DET sometimes come up with surprises. So it could be interesting. I'm not crazy about Ledbetter either I think we can do better.
  7. Doctor Gast
    We don't owe Boros anything (although FO think they do), there are many more that are much better than Kuechel. Hope they don't commit to him, keep him in AAA, We could use a potential emergency starter, Kuechel isn't it.
  8. Doctor Gast
    A 6-man rotation IMO will interfer w/ the SPs rythym. We need our SPs find their rythym & stick w/ it. We need as many RPs on the active list as we can. We also need a steady long RP, Maeda being the better choice. But if Varland can't fix his HR problem up here then he needs to go down. Then Maeda starts but still we need a long RP ready to come in when Maeda needs help.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I agree with you 100%. We have a great team where Correa & Buxton have greatly under preformed. Once they catch on fire, it'll be a totally different team, if the rotation can maintain their dominance. We could use some help in the BP. Gallo is leading the team in HRs but normally they come when we don't them & SO when we do. He's a waste of money especially since he's taking a spot away from a ton of prospects that can play where he does. Kepler should have been traded for at least for a decent RP, in the off season. Matt Wallner has all the raw tools to be a super star. But instead of developing the feel in how to play the OF, run the bases & at the plate, they focus on trying to squeeze extra HRs out of him at the cost of SOs; in these 4+ yrs. IMO they need to do a better job of player development & evaluation.
  10. Doctor Gast
    A great game of Lewis's fire, Farmer's grit and Kepler even had 2 hits.
  11. Doctor Gast
    RF- Tony Oliva 5 SP- Santana 3 2B- Dozier 2 1B- Morneau 3 C- Pierzinski 1 SS- Cardenas 2 DH- Cruz 1 RP- Reardon 2 3B- Gaetti 5 LF- Mack 3 CF- Puckett 5 CF
  12. Doctor Gast
    Lewis is our best 3B right now although eventually he'll need to yield to Brooks Lee to get his switch-hitting bat in the line-up. Miranda is definitely not our 3B, no matter how hot his bat gets. Julien shouldn't be at 2B. Lewis isn't lucky, he makes his own luck. Anything that needs adjusting he has proven that he'll adjust,
  13. Doctor Gast
    With the CWS competition. I believe can play a big role on the final positioning of the draft picks. Depending how well or bad they perform
  14. Doctor Gast
    Thanks again Jamie. I'm really big on Cole Carrigg. Coming into this college season, IMO Carrigg was 2nd best college catcher out there. But much like Wyatt Langford, Carrigg was shifted from catcher to OF (he was good in the OF but IMO his worse position) because of need. Carrigg is very athletic & can excell anywhere. But because he was shifted off catcher many catorize him as w/o a position & rank him around maybe around our 3rd round pick, which I believe is wrong. Carrigg is a switch hitter, fast, a great arm & has a great hit tool that can still develop into pretty good power. I wouldn't want to take a chance on losing him to try to steal him in the 3rd round. So he's well worth our #49 pick as a catcher.
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    Last year in Ober's rookie year, they used him too much too fast. This year they took him slower, slowly building in him stamina w/o injury. They just need to keep building on what they've done. The BP game was a good idea, to keep the rotation fresh. Now that Ober is ready he has a bright future.
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    Williams is a victim of our team's focus on big bats, they focus on this in drafting & development. In the past they'd also horde these players. I really don't know Williams potential at catching but because of lack of patience in that catching was hindering his hitting, it was abandoned. His best attribute is probablly is his bat but because of our glut at borderline cOF/1B/DH, he's better off to be traded.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Solano is Twins anti thesis of moonshots. Instead of piling up HRs when we don't need them & striking out when we do (thus winning blow outs & losing too many close games), Solano's line drives comes at clutch times, IMO we need more Solano type hitters.
  18. Doctor Gast
    Happy about Cossetti's progress. Also interested in Martin's progress & how soon is Richardo Olivar ready to return to action.
  19. Doctor Gast
    It was definitely worth signing Buxton. The problem is how he's being used. To begin season IMO it was OK to play Buxton DH during the cold weather to help protect him but now having him at fulltime DH is a waste.
  20. Doctor Gast
    Reggie Jackson was known as Mr. October because he was so so during the season but turned it on whenever the bright lights came on. This spring Correa was not only poor but stunk, it's hard to take a leadership role when you're that bad. Correa normally has a good June & even better September going into & during the post season. Hopefully everyone healthy & Correa turns it on again in the Fall, which can take our team to the level they are capable of.
  21. Doctor Gast
    If that was satire it was in poor taste. I assume that he liked that he was corrected but not the way that you did it.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Lets tone it down, ashbury
  23. Doctor Gast
    Yeah, & the weather is nicer
  24. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Jamie. Skenes would be a nice pick up, ranked at 3, it's a stretch to get him. But PIT has been known to sign under to save on prospect $. I've heard they would go after Max Clark who'd sign for less. that might leave a door open for Skenes. With Wes Johnson's mentoring it'll be hard to improve on him. I've heard that one draw back on Skenes, is that he can be somewhat easy to read. He could have some problems w/ some MLB hitters. Dollander would be a bargain at #7 if a team knows that they can fix his mechanics. But the Twins like big bats so I'd imagine he won't be on their radar. The remainder on your list is ditto.
  25. Doctor Gast
    Happy birthaday Royce! 1 day after me, No wonder I really like the guy! I saw the video, it was really scary! God bless him
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