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  1. Doctor Gast
    I was following HS Brady Neal 17 yr. old (C) last year that was ranked 74, he chose to go to LSU instead. LSU should have a great team this year!
  2. Doctor Gast
    When I stated the cupboards are bare I meant "our". Yes Carrigg or Teal, both are very good candidates with good arms & bats. Hopefully we focus on them and it's possible either could fall in our laps
  3. Doctor Gast
    I agree with you about Kiriloff, I wasn't knocking Kiriloff but stating one good thing about Gallo is that we have him as back up LH 1B ready if Kiriloff isn't quite ready to have a go at it right away.
  4. Doctor Gast
    If Max Clark has the maturity of Royce Lewis at his age, I'd go with Clark. I'd love to pick up some elite catching prospect somewhere on the top. IMO the cupboards are pretty bare.
  5. Doctor Gast
    Eventhough Helman’s path has been blocked. I still hope he’ll take that extra step and make it to MLB somewhere. Interesting that Holland has made that transition like Gordon did. Hope for the same results. Still hope that Noah Cardenas can be a starting catcher. I guess at this stage that’s all you can do.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Welcome Harrison, great job. I share your optimism. I’m less optimistic about Gallo, we haven’t been having a lot of success with fixing NYYs. But I’m glad we have him. Because Kiriloff started swinging only in the beginning of January. I’m doubtful that he’ll be ready after spring training
  7. Doctor Gast
    I guess I was one of those advocating for Fulmer. Now I have my doubts.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Greg for laying out a map work of how this FO operates. In how they maneuver through maintaining an economic balanced roster. It makes a lot of sense and I congratulate them, although some of their moves didn’t make sense . I also congratulate them for making recent bold moves that makes a lot sense. I’m still wondering about their managerial philosophy.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Ted for laying this out for us. Myself I wouldn’t take a ticket on him, if he was a SP I’d dial him back and see what he has. But since he is a RP there’s not much dialing back you can do. So his injury risk is too high for me to put him on the 40 man roster.
  10. Doctor Gast
    I share your optimism in how FO has strengthened our depth, Nick. It’s good to know that even with doubts about health of our players, we got our bases covered. Like Karbo I doubt Jeffers ability to be our starting catcher. Except for his above average framing, his defense leaves something to be desired. His weak arm will be a liability and him not able to hit RHPs disqualifies him. Although having Vázquez aleviates the problem short term . It does nothing long term, since we don’t have anyone in our system that’s even proven short or long term. Since we have Vázquez, I think we should have a bono fide future starting catcher being mentored by him. Besides maybe obtaining another BP arm, I’d like to suggest obtaining a potential elite catcher prospect.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Pretty much agree with you Matt. I like Helman, I think he’ll have another pretty good year but his path is pretty much blocked. He could become a good trade piece.
  12. Doctor Gast
    I love the idea but it’ll be super expensive to trade for Reynolds. PIT wants some high SP Mlb ready prospects, higher than what we got.
  13. Doctor Gast
    Many great moments at the Metro Dome, I don’t remember it as crappy. I remember the Dome would explode, I don’t ever remembering the Target Field exploding.
  14. Doctor Gast
    I love to see Buck run the bases but I think Gordon could have lead off in him. He seems to get up for challenges. Like transitioning to CF. Julien will be an awesome lead off hitter.
  15. Doctor Gast
    The Taylor trade was 4 years too late. It’d have been better for Celestino not have been rushed it hás been too much too soon for him. Some player would not recover but Celestino will continue to mature & develop at AAA. A little patience will go a long way with Celestino
  16. Doctor Gast
    Julien has to be the 1st one called up depending the need at 1B. The others won’t be called up until Sept.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Kepler isn’t the player of ‘19 because of the juiced ball. Nor is he the player with the shift. He is the no shift player but everyone wants to pay for the preban Kepler. FO is right not selling him cheap. The real Kepler will show up this Spring and he’ll be in demand. Be patient and don’t do anything stupid. In the meantime. He should start.
  18. Doctor Gast

    Helman

    Doctor Gast commented on Paul Walerius's blog entry in Paul Walerius

    I thought he played well enough to least get a shot at a debut. This year might be more difficult. He should be good enough to play MLB somewhere. I believe he should get more attention this year at AAA.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Last year was our greatest CF depth we ever had since maybe Span/ Revere coming in 4th in MLB. But this year is better maybe 1st? If we put Gallo in CF things are seriously wrong.
  20. Doctor Gast
    This an early roster plan. I'm going by that Larnach & Kiriloff were hurt last spring & haven't played since. I can't expect them come right in & play up to their potential. Plus as I stated before to solve the log jam in the OF. DH was left off the roster so I forgot about it. In that case I'd reluctantly put Gordon at DH. & let Kiriloff play off any rust at 1B
  21. Doctor Gast
    Celestino, Larnach, Megill & if need be Moran down to AAA. Because of the log jam in the OF, I'd place Gallo temporary at 1B & send Kiriloff to AAA to remove some rust & find his groove until he blow off the doors. Then something has to happen in the OF. I'd have Ober piggy-back w/ Maeda to begin the season.
  22. Doctor Gast
    1st I'd like to say I'm normally in the camp of taking a guy slow especially coming off an injury. I wouldn't have promoted him to AAA like that. Let him find himself & get in his groove then promote him. What concerns me is his getting rattled. Even if has all the stuff but if he can't find his composure, he's still some away from MLB (IMO I don't think he should be called up this season). I'm willing to give him a break because he was starting to right the ship towards the end. Maybe he'll start to mature & find some confidence, then we start to think MLB. Since I'm not counting on him this year, I'd be willing to give him a year to find himself before throwing him in the BP. With Ober, Winder, Varland & SWR, I'm a firm believer of acclimating rookie pitchers to MLB by giving them some time in long relief/ spot SP. After that they graduate to a regular SP. I believe that Ober can be a very good healthy SP, I'd start Ober piggy-backing w/ Maeda in the beginning.
  23. Doctor Gast
    Isn't the sinker, one of the reason why his GB% is so good? It's one thing if he's not comfortable w/ the sinker & encourage him to throw it. And another if he's comfortable w/ it & encourage him to practically give it up. Expecting good communication between the coaches to find a path for Lopez to take an extra step. But what do I know. I'll let it up to the pros. Lopez was #2 behind Alcantra in a very good MIA rotation. Hoping for a very good season from him & the Twins.
  24. Doctor Gast
    You make a very good point about comfort, rhythm & timing, RiverBrian. There's a balance of not getting enough playing time with playing hurt & overstretched, Forgotten players like Refsnyder, which given enough ABs blossom. While players playing hurt or overstretched seldom play well. It's very hard to come in cold to pitch hit at a critical time, I admire those who can. Garlick is a very restricted profile player, he mashes LHPs. I would not give him added time to bat against MLB RHPs. I'd send him down to AAA until we need him again to give him ABs. I also see the necessity of having comfort, rhythm & timing in pitching. To find a balance & establish a schedule for both SPs & BP so everyone knows when he pitches, what role & how to prepare, no pitcher is overstretched or not given enough innings. Of course with flexibility.
  25. Doctor Gast
    After many years of advocating for true CF back ups, we now have 3 (Taylor, Gordon & Celestino) to back-up Buck. Where we don't even need our very good corner OFers Gallo & Kepler there & keep Lewis in the INF. It's better to have excessive than not enough at CF. Once Kepler start to put up better #s & when Gallo usefulness is up in June(?) we can trade them if we can get something we need in return. I'd adventure to say that we probably have the best CF as well as OF in MLB. I'm still not in favor of playing Buxton a lot at DH.
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