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  1. Doctor Gast
    Again, our fears shouldn`t be focused on whether non or low risk athletic persons get covid 19 or not because I haven`t heard 1 case where anyone has died or even been seriously ill & when we start testing more regularly we`ll see that many had had it & didn`t know they had. Why don`t we focus on high risk persons. The narrative is so worried to keep baseball players from getting covid 19 but it doesn`t care about high risk persons. 1st narrative was "embrace the public, there`s no problem" many high risk persons contracted it & died 2nd No covid 19 patient can be denied entrance in a nursing home many contracted it & died 3rd even though there was adequate facilities many covid 19 patients were not separated from the general patients, common protocol wasn`t enforced. CDC has been wrong every step because they believed in Beijing. We can`t believe the narrative because there`s agenda behind it. But we should observe & diligently seek out non-agenda facts. It seems that they aren`t urgent on getting the needed data
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    The stock of all our young DHers has just up especially if remains permanent! Let`s see what happens
  3. Doctor Gast
    I also we need to look at the quality of coaching at the college level. MLB is looking more to college coaching, Wes Johnson is a great example. When more focus is on college baseball & the need for more technical methods. College coaching is a great avenue to develop that because a common old school coach might have more difficult time to gain the respect of a college player instead of a high tech one. Always looking for an edge the schools could look more high tech coaching
  4. Doctor Gast
    Minnesotans really needs to sell baseball community wise on all levels. Baseball has taken back seat on all levels especially on the college level.Football, basketball, hockey, scholastic & protests takes priority. They lack to see the impact of the sport on life The teams where the states promote baseball like Cali, will have an upper hand if this draft schedule remains
  5. Doctor Gast
    I too, didn`t expect much w/ this free for all. I didn`t expect anyone worth anything to sign. Even a college senior could go back for another year of eligibility. We got 2 big college pitchers. Stankiewicz shows the most promise, Sweany is a reliever, do they ever work out? Hope they both turn out.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Agree totally w/ you. Also hope that MLB would deal kindly w/ Pineda. That they would allow him to play preseason games to help him get ready for the season no matter how many games they choose to penalize him
  7. Doctor Gast
    Both sides are polarized. The richest owners against the richest players. Why not the middle negotiate & both ends sacrifice a little for the good of the game from the beginning also Governors could help a lot
  8. Doctor Gast
    I will tend to continue to believe Sano but I`d recommend to him to be careful where & w/ who hangs out especially now when he has a lot of unsupervised time on his hands. DR is a potentially dangerous place, just ask Ortiz.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I`ve been on board on what the FO has been doing. The trading to get pitching prospects that was mentioned came from teams that were competing for the PS for valuable MLB pieces that we had not from our farm system. Yes we traded a potential low level bat (Lewis) to get a temporary BP fix (Romo) but the resistance of FO to resolve this log jam of bat 1st players & go for a high potential arm, I haven`t seen. The highest prospect we traded was not of bat 1st category but our pitching which made me question their general trading strategy We can`t compete w/ NY to buy arms. Also many teams like WAS & HOU compete only when they go out & deplete their farm system to obtain a high profile arm & scrape the bottom when they don`t. I`d rather that we copy CLE & LA where they go out develop young arms & have a constant flow of top arms & sell off the excess to obtain the positions where they are weak. That way they are always competing. I can see that maybe Sabato was probably the best player available for our 1st round. But was disappointed that (even though we didn`t have many good draft selections) out of the great pool of college arms that we didn`t land one. After the 1st round I wasn`t up on what our options of college arms were so I can not comment. Hopefully they can find a gem in the open prospect market or the international draft. Also I`d like to say IMO that high potential arm is more valuable than a high potential big bat, no glove player
  10. Doctor Gast
    This is a clip about "Field of Dreams" (thank you, yarnivek1972)- Here James Earl Jones inspires us "If you build it, they`ll come", he also said "Baseball reminds us what is good & can be again". Last year marked the 30th anniversary of this movie & baseball flourished.Baseball creates memories & strengthens families, friendships,communities & given many a better way of life . 2020 we had the opportunity for baseball to work it`s magic to come back, to heal & unite us but we refused . We allowed fear, hatred, division, narratives, greed & power rule us propagated by the few who don`t love the sport. We have to remember that baseball is bigger than ourselves individually, it`s not about me. It has saddened me how far this world has sank & has taken baseball along w/ it
  11. Doctor Gast
    I`d stay w/ your original plan. We don`t have the rotation that are work horses except Berrios. Now Berrios needs to be reined back some so he`d be rested & ready for the PS. We need a lot of arms to step up & relieve our rotation, too bad Hill hadn`t worked out as planned. Things are so tight, we are not only in danger of losing out of the division title but also PS all together. Also surprised that NYY & HOU not doing as well as expected. Hope neither make it to the PS
  12. Doctor Gast
    If Manfred has guaranteed a season. Why not reopen preseason & get started w/ the process & let them iron out the out come- whether it`s 50 game w/ 100% prorated or a compromise. Let`s get going & stop dilly dally
  13. Doctor Gast
    Thanks! You are right! I`ve already exhausted my trial I googled that article & was able to read it. Hats off to Ruesse for writing it
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    No, I had not. I don`t have access to the STribune. But happy to hear it Something I had forgot to write in prior post was to quote from "Field of Deams" " If you build it they will come" but change it to "if you reopen they will come"
  15. Doctor Gast
    I share your sadness about the trade that sent him away, what we gave up & his early departure from the game.. When we needed his offense & defense contributions & his willingness to pass that CF torch to the next rookie. He was a 1st class player on & off the field. God bless you Denard, we will always remember you as a Twin
  16. Doctor Gast
    Thank you Tom for at least making an attempt to achieve a solution & it should be considered. The players against the owners & owners against the players, fans takes sides. There is so much division in this world. Democrats against Republicans, Republicans against Democrats; Blacks, Whites, Hispanics & Asians against each other; Religions & sects are against each other. People are protesting about the George Floyd murder & rightly so. Everyone should have the freedom to be able to go out to protest peaceably even in this covid 19 chaos. I also believe that everyone who`s healthy that wants to work, open his small business or go to a baseball game should have that same right if they want to take that risk . And if we are granted our freedom there would be no fight between owners & players. we could even be watching games by now. It`s not too late! Owners, players & fans need to come together & urge our gov. to set us free to be able to choose to go to baseball games ( MLB or minor) or not, of course under proper precautions. We must Support love & resist hate Support unity & resist division Support Freedom & resist unnecessary restraint Not only for ourselves but for our community
  17. Doctor Gast
    If Falvey and pitching coach Wes Johnson can develop consistent starting pitching, the Twins will be in elite shape.(Nash) W/ Wes Johnson there is no doubt that he`ll squeeze out the best w/ what he has & produce some bottom (3-5) starting pitching. But shouldn`t we raise our sights a little higher? Aces are a premium, shouldn`t we shoot for that? I know pitching draft prospects are high risk but college is a better risk that HS. W/ this large pool of potential college arms, the risk is smaller & is worth taking that risk IMO. w/ that said I still believe we doing a better job drafting than before
  18. Doctor Gast
    I tend to agree w/ you about being kind of disappointed w/ the draft, hoping to pick up a college arm within a great pool. I guess my focus is different than the Twins FO. They like to stress big bats, where I`d like to focus on arms. Hoping to become more like CLE & LA to become an ace factory that cranks them out on a regular basis. Hitting is important but so is defense. But still hope the best for our new Twins
  19. Doctor Gast
    I wish Sabato all the luck in the world & I believe he`ll achieve the vast majority of his expectations. My choice was Carmen Mlodzinski, South Carolina. I saw he was chosen 31st by the Bucs, that strengthen my choice since PIT has a great eye on past pitching talent but sadly not able to develop it.
  20. Doctor Gast
    I was pleasantly surprised that Miami pick Max Meyer (Gopher) 3rd. I believe in earliest mock draft this off season, he was ranked 25th & was hoping that Twins had a shot but shortly afterwards his stock quickly sky-rocketed. Hope Sabato works out but was a little disappointed because Twins have a glut of strong bats but no glove. The argument is that they can be good trade bait. But the hole in that argument is the only trade we did this year, we used our highest, MLB ready, impact pitching prospect (where we have a great need) & continue to horde our strong bats, no glove prospects. Maybe we can`t expect much w/ a 27th pick but it seems to me that MN is insecure on drafting high prospect pitchers
  21. Doctor Gast
    My hope also is for one of the many top college pitching prospect. Carmen Mlodzinski, South Carolina could be a good one as Andrew mentioned. I`d liked to be surprised by some potential phenomenal starting pitcher draft prospect that had been over looked
  22. Doctor Gast
    The delay really complicated things. The season where we have our greatest offensive potential will probably have very little fanfare if we have a season at all. We have lost the fair weather fans long time ago, the more serious fans will be less serious & grow less serious as time goes by & more political it becomes. Meaning less games watched, less baseball items bought, less tv packages bought & less baseball journalistic subscription bought & followed
  23. Doctor Gast
    Thank you so much for your service!
  24. Doctor Gast
    I was thinking about Arenado but yeah, I don`t think anyone will opt out, baseball doesn`t look so good. Players like Arenado, who might`ve been looking for a better chance at a WS team, will decide to have that stable pay check instead of all that glory
  25. Doctor Gast
    I love baseball, if I were young enough & able to play in the Majors right now, I`d want to have the right to play back in early May & even if I wasn`t good enough I`d still love to have the right to go & see as many games as I could afford (being low - non risk). If politics would have focused on protecting high risk persons not dictating to healthy persons that they have no rights to play ball or go to games. Back in early May after the most danger had past, spring training should have resumed & games should have started (of course w/ proper precautions). Everyone would be happy, owners can make $, players can play & make $, fans can watch & baseball journalists can go back to commenting baseball. But because politicians can`t resist infecting the public with their narratives in hopes to gain leverage no matter who suffers. Players have much greater risk of dying from drugs, alcohol, suicide than covid 19 these dangers plus effects of domestic abuse will multiply due to the shut down . Longer the delay in baseball more complicated things will get as we see w/ owner/ players negotiations while baseball becomes sicker & sicker. The love of baseball can heal & unite us if we let it!
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