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  1. Doctor Gast
    I applaud our FO for taking risks although many times those risks are based too much on certain stats and not on conditions that surrounds that risk. Last year I didn't buy into the positive hype with our only & last minute obtainees,Colume' (why did CWS let him go?) Happ (a slow LHP in a RH dominate hitting league) & doubtful Shoemaker. Happ & Shoemaker were a wash and they kept on doubling down on Colume' as closer eventhough it was absolute clear that he wasn't up to the job. I was all in w/ the Gray trade and it has paid off. I didn't like them trading away Garver & Rogers, you may say that they didn't do anything away from MN, there's a reason for that. The reason much like Cruz that they did well here was that they were managed correctly here & not where they ended up. Trading them shorted us more in the already lacking BP & catching & didn't adequately replaced them. Trying to force Duffy & Pagan in the closing position and they failed miserably and again they kept doubling down to the point where it was detrimental. I applauded this FO for making bold moves at the deadline. All the trades looked terrific on paper & I graded them an A. But I've learned the hard way (I hope our FO has to) that at the deadline, teams have headlined their SPs from the beginning of the season. Showcasing them & squeezing every bit from them to make them shine, leaving very little left for receiving teams. IMO the Twins need to make their bold moves in the off season not at the deadline. Try hard to make desireable trades & supplement those trades w/ FAs. So we can properly manage them throughout the season and have a premium player at the end.
  2. Doctor Gast
    Your post ToppGun made me think that maybe the attitude of holding back especially on the base paths has trickled down to the team. That the whole team is holding back, afraid of giving their all, that extra that's needed to win games. Therefore finding ourselves many times on the short end of the stick. There has to be a fair medium of not being wreckless & giving your all.
  3. Doctor Gast
    There was a period after Tony O retired, when the Twins donned on the baby blues, they became the Twinkies, I could no longer watch them because they were so terrible. Not until they put the pinstripes back on that I started to watch them again & they won the World Series in '87. To me an uniform can be more than an uniform, it can be an attitude. Many are nostalgic about the Twinkies, I am not, I hate losing. 2021 to celebrate the 30 yr. anniversary of the '91 World Series instead of bringing back the pinstripes and the winning attitude, they brought back the baby blues & the lackeldaizical attitude. Is this the attitude they want to promote? It seems like it.
  4. Doctor Gast
    All 3 had very bright season. My choice of the rookie with the most impact is Duran. He has been phenomenal all season long. But the rookie with the brightest future is Royce Lewis, he can excel in everything. IMO no injury will hold him back, just keep him away from CF for heavens sakes.
  5. Doctor Gast
    I was disappointed w/ Sano & Kepler that after all this time they could not better adapt away from the juiced ball, plus FO demolishing our catching & little BP we had, while doing nothing to bolster it. Injuries to Kiriloff, Larnach & Buxton really hurt us, Although we really didn't have any work horses, I liked our rotation plus we had a few good long relief candidates to compensate the shortage of innings. My greatest disappointment was that some sort of long relief that was promised never materialized, Over relying on poor short relief (Duran excluded) & over extending our rotation caused many of the pitching injuries & ineffectiveness. This was & had been our main downfall for as long as I can remember. Duran has been our greatest success story. His effectiveness & staying healthy was phenomenial. Lewis was also phenomenal until he was stipidly put in CF. Gordon & Celestino finally gave us the CF back-up that kept us in games which we normally lost when Buxton wasn't there. We found a home for Arraez at 1B & DH. Buxton carried the team for most of the 1st half. Ryan was great starting the season & now ending it. Miranda & Wallner have shown that they can hit. It was great to have Correa but he really didn't earn his $. His spurt at the end was too little too late. I take my hat off to our FO for trying to improve our pitching at the deadline but I'd rather them pick up some SP & BP arms during the off season, because many SPs are pushed so to showcase them that when we get them there's nothing left in the tank.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Thank you Twins for giving us some good baseball. IMO we had the players & could have won it but nevertheless thank you. Gordon has proved himself again by pruducing runs when we needed them. Now we can bring up some young players, let them play and see what they can do. Go Twins
  7. Doctor Gast
    I share your hope in these 3, Nick. I agree w/ Karbo & LewFordLives that as long as Martin get on base they should leave Martin's swing alone. They should let his power come naturally like Polanco & Dozier. For me, my biggest problem w/ Martin is he doesn't stick at SS and they should start grooming him at CF.
  8. Doctor Gast
    I for one agree with you. It matters if your teammates are there to cheer you on. It matters that the coaches are there to encourage you, It matters that there fans are there to cheer you on, I like the fans into the game and not disinterested, busy on their cell phones or talking to others about unrelated things. You may say MLB players are professionals and not little leaguers but they are still humans beings. And things like these do make a difference between winning & losing.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Happy for Wallner hitting his 1st HR. Tough luck for Varland. Sanchez pitch well once he got warmed up. I don't think Baldelli knows that many pitchers need more time to warm up for long relief.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Some can throw with high spin rate w/o any sticky stuff. If you want to see if someone is cheating you have to look at the drastic change of spin rate from before.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Ober marveled me on his return, pitching 5 scoreless innings. Even with the defensive miscues & short of offensive, I think we could've won the game. But our otherwise wonderful BP, let us down. Mark is spot on, that there is too much dependency on short relief. Theilbar pitched in 3 consecutive games while Fulmer, Jax & Duran has pitched in consecutive games. While we totally agree on this point, we disagree with the solution. I respect his option but our rotation has it's limits & stretching beyond that limit has caused it's own problems. My solution as always is long relief. Knowing Ober was to go 5 innings Baldelli could have Sanchez warmed up & ready to sub Ober. Sanchez as long relief could have gone 3 innings & hand it over to a rested Lopez to close the game. Shoot if Sanchez was on, he could've closed out the game & save the entire short relief crew for the double-header. And IMO would have saved the game
  12. Doctor Gast
    It'll be interesting to see how Martin, Julien & Isola fare in AFL. None of the pitching representitives really excites me but the added innings will certainly help them.
  13. Doctor Gast
    If it's not broken don't fix it. That happens to a lot of players, too often when coaches want to tweak a player to their phylosophy. They tried, it didn't work, time to go back what feels right for Lopez.
  14. Doctor Gast
    I don't think Ober will go more than 4 innings coming off this long hiatus. My hope is Buxton & Polanco will comeback in this series 100% & super charge this offense.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I agree with RPR, although Wallner will certainly see his day at the MLB level, now isn't the time. Miranda had some difficulty adjusting to MLB, IMO more than likely Wallner will too, couple with his more be to desired glove, I don't see him being called up while we are fighting for our lives.
  16. Doctor Gast
    My hope is the Twins will be firing on all 8, SPing , BP, defense & offense will all come together. That all the starring pieces comeback healthy & hungry, with CLE young team folding at the end and we with such momentum going into the post season to win our 1st post season game since who knows.
  17. Doctor Gast
    IMO Larnach will get better both in performance & health, the more he puts time in. Before too long Larnach should be a staple in the Twins OF.
  18. Doctor Gast
    I'm all for speeding up the game and making the game safer. Although I believe adaption is the name of the game, so technically the no shift rule, I'd be against it. With a terrific SS we don't need to put on this extreme shift and more times than not it hurts us. So this rule could help us to stop trying to be cute and play honest defense will help us densively besides Kepler. I'm still sad they didn't put in place the robo umps, allowing for a fairer game play.
  19. Doctor Gast
    It was great to see SWR step up in AAA and perform. Have great expectations for him.
  20. Doctor Gast
    Yeah, beginning of last season, I could see how things were going so I resigned that the team would have absolutely no chance to go anywhere although we had a good core. This year with greater depth at SS & CF, I had more hope eventhough our BP was overall lousy. For me last season was more frustrating, although it was short lived, it was greatly more intense. This season I've always had hope that this team could turn it around.
  21. Doctor Gast
    This is my guess also. In 2019, Twins were able to win the division eventhough their poor INF anchored by misplaced SS Polanco, no capable CF sub to injury prone Buxton and no long relief to balance out the gap between SP & closer. 2020 management improved INF with Donaldson but left Polanco at SS. In 2021, moved Polanco off SS. In 2022, improved CF back-up depth imensely, upgraded SS w/ Correa and suggested "piggy-back" system was very promising, but never was followed through. Long relief (piggy-back) was especially needed due to a demolished BP because of the Rogers trade. Buxton carried the team the 1st half yet the BP lost too many games. Trading Garver demolished our catching depth, that was never really adressed. Not addressing these 2 areas were very dentrimental for our season success. Slow as it may be, management is making progress. So I believe Baldelli will stay around in 2023. As it seems that management can only work on one problem at a time, they will double down again on Jeffers. But if they install long relief & use it regularly, this will greatly help our pitching problems. If they don't greatly demolish another vital area.
  22. Doctor Gast
    I agree with Nick, I don't think preseason expectations has any bearing on the impact of Lewis's injury on the team, Lewis potential & performance greatly impacted the team could have impacted more if he hadn't gotten injured, Management's bright idea of putting Lewis in CF to keep his bat in the line up after Correa's return, shows Lewis importance to the team & his development.. What really impacted his absent was that it was 100% avoidable. Lewis could have been used as a SS, 3B, 2B or even because of his athleticism (greater than Arraez) 1B platoon sub instead of placing him in CF. Because of his athleticism, he could have been more available than his alternative (Miranda). To say Lewis had no impact on the team is to say Miranda has negative impact.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I really like the Twins phylosophy of resting players, Resting players helps the players remain healthy & fresh to maximize their production and getting more capable players in the games helps to keep everyone happy. Yet in Polanco's case, he was way over used. Polanco is one who'll never say when he's hurting and because of his glove & switch hitting bat is so valuable, he seldom subbed. Right now we really need his bat that was so impactful last year at this time. There are some players like Kiriloff with his weird wrist problem which injury that couldn't be expected & Buxton's explosive plays whose injuries are some what expected. These injuries cannnot be helped. Here again I'd have place Buxton more often on the IL to give him more time to heal. Although management brag about resting their players, yet it seems like they threw this phylosophy out the window when purtaining to their pitchers. They have always over relied on their short relief plus this year they got rid of our only proven high leverage RP and doubled down on short RPs that had no business being there. To compensate they over extended the rotation resulting in poor performances & injuries. This where the majority of injuries have always lies. Vast majority of these injuries could have been avoided if long relief was incorporated & used, even Mahle & Paddack injuries could have been avoided or at least minimized if their innings were better managed, not trying to see how far we can extend them. The greatest loss was when they placed Lewis (who had lost the entire '21 season because of knee surgery) in CF. When I saw that I was yelling at the TV, saying how stupid can you be, jeopordizing our suseptable #1 pick, high impact ceiling SS in dangerous CF where we've suffered loss with Buxton. Baldelli said afterwards that we'll continue to see Lewis in CF, how delusioned can you be! Lewis's talent & fire has been greatly missed. Although some of our injuries could not be helped but majority of them could be. Mismanagement is the main cause of these injuries, many loses & possibly lost division title & post season.
  24. Doctor Gast
    In one paragraph you say that nobody expect 5 SPs to be able to complete games or go more than 5 innings. You have given into the fact SPs can't more than 5 innings on a regular basis but your standard for any SP is to complete their game or atleast go more than 5, if a SP doesn't go more than 5 innings, you hate. For a small market we can't come close to your standard for SPs. IMO our SPs have pitched very well if managed inside their profile. The problem comes when we expect them to pitch beyond who they are. And hate them if they can't.
  25. Doctor Gast
    I believe Ted's title Short Starts Are Not a Minnesota Twins Thing is directed at the fans, not the organization. And the difficulty for them to change their mindset of a SP not completing a game. This mindset of disgruntle fans has forced management to over extend our SPs' beyond their profiles, resulting in ineffectiveness and injuries, in hopes of trying to appease them. Even if they squeeze another quality inning out of our SP, they aren't able to bounce back for their next outing. This mindset of having 5 SPs able to pitch a complete game or even anything over 5 innings on a regular basis is a fantasy & detrimental to the team. If you can develop one it'll take a long time and is rare or if you have the $ like NYY or LAD you have no hope to obtain one. We started this last off season with 2 rookies. Eventhough many had delusions of them being an over night aces, but in reality that was a impossibility. So where are we going to get our 5 workhorses? There was no way. So if that was a impossibility how are we going to bridge that gap from SP to closer? FO threw out piggy-backing, a form of long relief. It was a great idea but for some reason it was not implemented. Over reliance on short RPs & over extending SP was instead installed which has hampered our success, If we are going to compete we have to wake up from our fantasies & think outside the box and work with the best pieces we have, the best way we can. Long relief is our best option of getting those quality innings.
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