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  1. Doctor Gast
    SP role should have been abandoned earlier. IMO, Canterino still could have a prosperous BP career. Prep SPs draft prospects were taboo in the past, but in my opinion, they have figured it out. Prep SP draft prospects are more controllable as far as development.
  2. Doctor Gast
    In my opinion, Simmy is better than he seems on the surface. He ranks high in "stuff" metrics. He has established himself in the rotation & he does whatever it takes to win ball games. That said, I'd still like to see both Festa & Matthews more often in the MLB. They could be used in spot starts & eventually take over for Paddack if he's not traded or end up in the BP.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Please. Martin & Miranda, while you are at it.
  4. Doctor Gast
    Ron Washington has worked wonders with the LAA, I love his instilling of fundamentals into a team. One thing I don't like about him is that he is old school when leaving his SPs too long in a game. When playing the Twins, I don't mind.
  5. Doctor Gast
    It's too bad that it takes a Keaschall injury to fire up the Twins. Hope that anger keeps boiling.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Thanks, Seth. I asked before but I was wondering if you heard anything on Austin Martin's injury update?
  7. Doctor Gast
    Twins don't give a s**t about Alcala. 2innings on a crappy day? They seem like they don't care if some players get hurt & don't play well.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Social media had Varland cooked. Just goes to prove that you have to take what you hear on social media with a grain of salt. I never had any doubt that Varland could be a high-leverage RP. BP seems volatile yet I think Varland is dependable.
  9. Doctor Gast
    Bingo! I've been preaching this for years. Yet nobody listens because it's the opposite of what social media propagates.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Twins had one game plan before & that was to hit HRs. But defense, fundamentals, situational hitting, & baserunning have been abandoned. Twins have talked about changing & getting a running game going but they keep playing the same players who aren't good at it. IMO, they started to do this with NYM. They took the series against a rising NYM team that have been undefeated since. Twins have to change in how they play the game (get back to playing baseball), We need players who can get on base, steal bases, drive pitchers crazy & score runs. It seems they have taken Keaschall seriously, we need more than Buxton & Keaschall. Our team would be so much more exciting. & someone break Baldelli's I Pad.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Understood, still would like to know what's going on. After 10 days, there's still no update.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Great defense is always great to see. Buxton is the best! Those plays fire up a team.
  13. Doctor Gast
    A must-win against a AAA team, w/o Martin Perez, CWS also had a bad day. Not impressive, but still a win. It still took a great play by Buck to keep the game from getting out of hand.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Twins' MiLB teams did well. The Saints finally got an easy team to clobber. Austin Martin was on the 7-day IL. He should have been back last weekend, What's up?
  15. Doctor Gast
    I was against the Paddack/ Pagan trade from the beginning. I didn't like trading away our only stable BP force (Rogers) for an arm that was ready to fall off & at best a middle RP. It turned out to be a mess & I'm not counting Rooker. I'd still pick Royce Lewis. Hind-sight is 20/20 & does no good to focus on it. Royce still has a very bright future, so look ahead, not behind. We have too many short-sighted people in this world.
  16. Doctor Gast
    Both CWS & CO had pretty good teams, but both crashed because they had bad management, starting with FO. CO is stuck on the bottom because of bad management. They won't change until management changes. Twins won't change until management changes. SF changed management the team changed with basically the same team even w/o Snell.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Firing Baldelli won't change anything if you keep Falvey in charge. I'd clean the whole slate except the pitching.
  18. Doctor Gast
    I'm a firm believer in this core that did so well in the '23 playoffs. We can still win with them. I don't blame them for the lack of fire & chemistry, I blame management. I'm against trading them away, but all in for firing management from the top down. They should have been fired last offseason, not promoted. IDK if firing them during the season will help (maybe Gardenhire can help if left alone). But if the team isn't sold, management is still in place, then we have no choice but to trade off the core because we can't win with anybody while we still have this management in place. So why keep them & pay their expensive salary? But it'll be a shame.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Strangely, the lineup did well, except for the last game, w/o their best hitter (Wallner). If the Twins had won at least the 2 games they should have won against ATL, the situation would have been different. But a blown save, poor BP decision (Topa as an opener) & bad umpiring at ATL meant a sweep. I agree with tony&rodney that last week is done. But the Twins need to learn from their mistakes. The Wallner & Julien at leadoff experiment is a total flop. Buxton was great, especially against LHPs, as leadoff. But still, in my opinion, the Twins need to groom a traditional leadoff hitter. Buxton was on fire, and Correa looked like he broke out of his funk with an HR. Hope new additions Keaschall & Lee can make a difference going forward. The Twins need to navigate in what really works & stick with it, while quickly ditch what does not. The quicker they finally do this, the better, because it's getting late.
  20. Doctor Gast
    The last 2 seasons, the Twins have been good at resurrecting other teams, BTW Hans, very appropriate title for Easter. The Twins' lineup did well in the 1st 2 games & should have won, but the last game was a disaster.
  21. Doctor Gast
    You have to keep reminding yourself that results don't matter, it's maintaining to their process no matter what which really matters.
  22. Doctor Gast
    Buck is on fire, Correa hit his 1st HR. The game was most certainly winnable. So far Buck makes more sense as the leadoff hitter on the active roster. I'm open to the opener, Raya, sure, but Topa??????? Even if he didn't pitch the day before, he still doesn't make sense. Simmy is a SP. Why throw him off? Having Alcala pitch 2 innings could come back to bite us. In my opinion, Baldelli's bad BP move again cost us the game.
  23. Doctor Gast
    By far, Paddack's best game was too bad that he didn't get the win. He might end up in the BP, not because he's not a good SP, but more because we might need him in the BP. I hope Stewart comes back strong. It was exciting to see Keaschal hit. He loves hitting. 87% of the game was enjoyable, the last 13% was not (I went to bed before that).
  24. Doctor Gast
    I have to admit that I don't have the gift to evaluate pitching, so I can't say that I've seen what you have seen. But I agree with you in many cases that your eye needs to be trusted more than stats. Something seems to be wrong with Jax & good teams are capitalizing on it.
  25. Doctor Gast
    One of the main reasons for the shift is to hide the poor 2Bman. Because of the shift ban, the Twins stretch limits as far as they can, shading platinum glove Correa as close to 2B as he can & shading GG Santana towards 2B as far as he can, to try to make Julien look acceptable. Besides, balls getting through the peripherals ( I saw too many GBs getting by Santana on the 1B side), they were GBs still bleeding between the 2. We don't need a GG 1Bman (although someone better than France), we need a 2Bman that can cover the necessary ground & make the plays.
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