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  1. Doctor Gast
    I agree with the game summary & I'd prefer the straight ABS for reasons I've stated many times before, but IMO the challenge system is better than nothing & hopefully, we will adopt the straight ABS system as soon as possible. Our superior hitters couldn't get anything going tonite against Columbus' pitching last night with 8 BB & 7 hits. Wish I could have watched the game.
  2. Doctor Gast
    That's what I noticed, too. The Twins were too aggressive, especially against Gray, when you knew his velo was down, he was going to throw you junk. I think they were trying to counter from being too passive last year,
  3. Doctor Gast
    Another great Saints game, I wished the Twins were rained out & Saints could play instead, Great pitching & great hitting. INFer Martin played a great LF & got on base 3X as a leadoff hitter.
  4. Doctor Gast
    IMO, the torpedo bat is a necessary tool for some hitters under certain conditions. NYY always like to get the edge, whether it's Goldilock balls or torpedo bats. Like pine tar, it needs to be investigated over time to see if they are fair or not. All I'm asking for is a level playing field. How long did players use corked bats before they were banned?
  5. Doctor Gast
    I give credit to the Twins for at least trying to play baseball by getting away from their analytics, running the bases, hitting the other way, & curb SOs. The pitchers did a fine job all around. Early April is too early to play baseball in MN.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Being clutch is very important, I don't care how many HRs players hit when they don't count. Give me a hit & not striking out when the game is on the line. Reggie Jackson wasn't that impressive during the season, but watch out when he got to the postseason but you have to 1st get to the postseason. CLE usually doesn't look good on paper (HRs), but they usually come up with clutch hits. Give me good pitching, good fundamentals, good defense & clutching hitting over HRs any day. Unfortunately, the one who gets the HRs gets all the attention & money.
  7. Doctor Gast
    Ober was puking a lot & was on IV (receiving liquids & medicine intervenous). Julien was a side note that he had some flu-like symptoms. I don't know where you got that Julien was worse than Ober. I don't love Martin & I don't hate Julien. I dislike how they've been mishandled. Right now, realistically, Martin should be our #1 2Bman because we need a stable 2Bman. Martin could be our best fielding 2Bman once given the chance, he has pretty much equal splits, Lee isn't dependable (he better & 1st in line at SS & 3B & has chronic back issues). Castro is much more valuable as utility than pinned down at 2B, Julien & Gasper are subpar and Keaschal is still recovering from TJ & isn't on the 40-man and shouldn't be handed 2B until he has proven w/o a doubt that he can dominate 2B at the MLB level. Martin is hated on social media because of his low OPS mainly because of his focus of learning a relatively new position at the highest level. Keep him at his natural position & you'll see him get on base on a steady clip, steal a lot of bases, reek havoc on the basepaths, pitchers & catchers so they make mistakes for hitters behind him & start rallies. That, plus his spunkiness, is exactly what this team needs. Overlooking this is the Twins' problem. IMO right now, Martin should be our starting 2B, Castro at 3B & Miranda at 1B. If France shows that he can hit both LHPs & RHPs, he can be our full-time DH otherwise he's our LHPs DH & Miranda sub.
  8. Doctor Gast
    I think it's strange that our best pitcher of the series was DFAed, that Julien was kept for his LH bat & was not used against any of the many RHPs used in this series, Alcala wasn't taken out of the game when he was hit by a bullet, Ober was sicker than a dog & was allowed to pitch, Martin is needed at 2B & wasn't played there while at AAA, Wallner has been bad at leadoff & is still cemented there and France's bat went dead when the regular season started to go with his bad glove & nobody even mentioned it. Our INF was really bad; Correa didn't even look that sharp. You put Julien at 2B, we go from bad to horrible. With that INF, we'll have difficulty beating even CWS.
  9. Doctor Gast
    To reiterate, the fact that Martin has played very little at 2B doesn't mean that he's not good there. It's more that management is spending much of his time trying to force him into something that's not natural for him. Again the year '23, they left him alone & played him more at 2B; he had his best year. Both Julien & Ober have been sick. They didn't want to risk Julien looking even worse & dig a hole for him, but Ober, I guess they didn't care. We are very thin. Castro is ok ish at 2B, but his value is versatility. If one more person gets hurt, he's off 2B, leaving it open for Julien if he's 100%. I'm not disagreeing with you; I'm disagreeing with how management has mishandled Martin & Julien.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Looking towards the future, the Twins have CF sewn up with Buxton, Emma, & Jenkins. So we'll have to look at our other premium positions. Catching is very questionable & SS? What will we do when Correa can't play SS? IMO, Lee is not dependable & Twins have drafted a ton of pseudo SSs that won't stick there. Our hope is that Culpepper and/ or Winokur develop into a Correa-type SS where one will stick or both rotate from SS to 3B.
  11. Doctor Gast
    I'm skeptical of any game because I wonder how close the game can come to the intangibles. But I'll concede that we have a very good core & if they had better player evaluations to better see the needs of the team, make the necessary trades, fire up the team & better manage the team, the team should have finished much better in the postseason last season instead of the measy 4th place in the AL Central. Management likes to blame injuries (all teams have injuries), the hitting coaches (although they were just following the hitting philosophy they were given), not be able to sign FAs MAT & Rhyse Hoskin because we didn't have the money & now they'll blame the players, saying that they are no good. Heaven forbid that their ineptitude (besides pitching) is to blame.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Good question, Cody. The answer to that question should be no, because they desperately need his fire, his fit at leadoff & his ability at 2B. But unfortunately, Baldelli doesn't have the same priority as I do where passion is a dirty word & his idea of leadoff is Wallner & they are in love with Julien at 2B. Twins have tried to fit Martin in unnatural conditions like SS & completely change his swing & the last 2 years play him in the OF at the highest level. If you ever played baseball & were asked to do something unnatural at a higher level, you have to focus on those unnatural areas; other areas will suffer. That's what is happening with Martin. In '23, when Martin was promoted to AAA, they left him alone. He mainly played his natural position 2B & he thrived. At 2B, we have Lee, who is 1st in line to sub SS & 3B & who has chronic back problems, and Castro, who is more valuable as utility & both Lee & Lewis are down, which makes him more needed elsewhere. Julien & Gasper are subpar at premium 2B. Keaschal is recovering from TJ & should be taken slow & not rushed & he's not on the 40-man. We need Martin settled at 2B where he can flourish defensively & offensively, create that spark & leadoff. Julien should be sent down to AAA to further adjust his hitting & finally learn 1B. Martin isn't needed in the OF so settle him at his natural position 2B where he's more needed. When Keaschal is 100% & is knocking down the AAA door then we'll evaluate the situation if both are capable to dominate 2B at MLB. But afraid with Baldelli's weird analytics he going to waste more talent & make this team worse.
  13. Doctor Gast
    IMO, they should have taken Alacala out of the game after he was hit in the shoulder, no questions asked. Most players always say they're not hurt. Cardinals fans were very down. Twins have given them hope. Maybe they'll turn things around, thanks to us.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Indians' Ashcraft pitched a good game but Emma hit at will & Martin was confident against him. Martin did well as leadoff, no SO & scoring from 1B off of Emma's double to help get the scoring started. I'd like Martin to play 2B to get him reorienated so he'd be call up to help the Twins there. But I imagined that Gardenhire was instructed to keep Martin in the OF where he's not needed. Festa looked good but IMO could improve his control. Great beginning for the Saints.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I like Jeffers; he was drafted higher than many expected as a hitter 1st catcher. He's a good hitter & works very hard at catching. Swanson helped him at framing but that has suffered due to focusing on limiting the running game. Some say that he's a streaky hitter, but I contest that he's a very consistent hitter, especially after veering away from the Twins' old hitting philosophy. The problem with Jeffers is that he doesn't have the stamina to be the primary catcher that this FO has hyped him out to be. He's a weak side tandem where he excels at; throughout his career, anything more than this he starts to wane defensively & offensively. I've advocated since '22 to obtain a promising young catcher to potentially fill the primary catching duties & also help give leverage in negotiating with Jeffers. Jeffers has Boras as an agent, so that means he wants to max out on the hype & get the kind of payday that you are alluding to. Falvey has blindly put all his hope in Jeffers so that next year, when Vazquez is gone, we have nobody to fill the gap. That'll give Boras all the leverage he needs. Jeffers lacks the stamina & defense to come close to being a top ten catcher. I'm fine with extending Jeffers for $8+M but not $ that the catchers you are comparing him to (who are top ten catchers). Wilson Conteras, who is a better hitting & defensive catcher with the Cubs than Jeffers, is no longer catching. With Boras, I don't see the Twins extending Jeffers for $8+M, IMO there are 2 logical outcomes to this scenario: 1st, the Twins would way overpay for Jeffers. I have my doubts that the Twins can afford the $8M, much less the money that Boras wants. The other is what Boras prefers; that is, Jeffers walks & tests the FA. Even if Jeffers stays, they'll need a FA Vazquez to cover the void. If he walks, we need 2 Vazquezes. Due to lack of foresight, Twins suffer
  16. Doctor Gast
    Sonny Gray's velo is down, so you know he was going to throw a lot of junk. So I don't understand the Twins' aggressiveness at the plate.
  17. Doctor Gast
    One bright spot yesterday. After prolonged playing on an injured knee in '22, Polanco (Mr Clutch) is finally healthy. He got 3 of 5 SEA hits, 3 for 3 with a game-winning HR in the bottom of the 8th. Congratulations Polanco! I miss him. Congratulations to Keirsey on his 1st of many SB,
  18. Doctor Gast
    You forgot "stable management, which just established a pitching pipeline but is inept in everything else, they have to be part of the deal." Adios amigos!
  19. Doctor Gast
    I don't trust defensive stats dealing with range because I see too many GBs bleed through the INF when Julien is playing 2B. There are many things that the Twins should have done with players that they emotionally select but don't. I've advocated to trade Julien the last 2 yrs. but that won't happen so my only hope is moving Julien to 1B. If you think Julien is better than Castro & Lee, IMO even the Twins would start both ahead of Julien. But both Lee & Castro are not stable 2Bmen because they move around a lot & Lee's chronic back. Gasper hasn't impressed me at 2B but I haven't seen enough from him to say if he's better or worse than Julien. My main point isn't about if Julien is better or worse than those you mentioned we need a better 2Bman than Julien. But we need a good stable 2Bman & IMO is that Martin could be that guy if given a proper chance & I'm not suggesting 4+ years that they've given Julien. Yes, it seems futile to crusade about things with plenty of push back. I crusaded for years for the Twins to give up on Cave to be Buck's CF sub. To move Polanco off SS but eventually they did it.
  20. Doctor Gast
    If you had read the 1st part, that you omitted. Everybody'd see that Julien was terrible defensively it doesn't matter if he was a little bit better offensively if he's a liability defensively. & as I stated before that defense is very important if you ignore it (especially up the middle) it'll come & bite you in the end. it cost NYY the WS.
  21. Doctor Gast
    That'd be understood but I had heard nothing official.
  22. Doctor Gast
    With France cemented at 1B, Twins' determination to play Julien at 2B, Castro moving around, with Lee, Lewis, Miranda & Correa all in doubt about how many games they can play this season; our INF defensive situation started out very fragile. With injuries to Lewis & Lee, we'd be forced to start the season with France at 1B, Miranda at 3B, Julien playing too much 2B & Correa at SS, yikes! Heaven forbid if Correa would have to miss games. NYY out-slugged LAD but LAD embarrassed NYY because their defense was lousy. Twins need to put more importance on defense. After acquiring Bader, Martin was no longer needed in the OF. We have (not counting Martin) 3 true CFers (2 RH & 1 LH) & 1 CFer (RH) Allen Cerda & cOFer (RH) Morales are not on the roster but had good STs. Injury to Gasper is very unfortunate but if it finally opens the door for Martin to go back to his natural position 2B & keeps Julien off there, it'll be a blessing in disguise. Julien had a terrible ST defensively & not that great offensively. Hopefully, Martin will prove himself at 2B & Lewis, Lee or even Gasper will come back soon so Julien can be sent down to AAA so he can further improve his offense & start to learn 1B.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I am hoping very much for the Twins to wake up or even by mistake (much like Castro), do the right thing. Even with this very good core, I'm ready to give up hope if they don't.
  24. Doctor Gast
    I've been ready for the ABS for a long time. Fairness should trump everything. Umpires are still needed & I'd the umps would appreciate not being continuously called dirty bums. If they don't have call strikes & balls they can focus on other things. I like the drama that comes from the challenge but when a hitter that has a good eye that keeps challenging & getting it right it makes the umps look bad & the umps don't like that. then there are batters that don't have a good eye & challenge strike outs & use up their 2 challenges very early. I've heard that umps tend to take revenge against those who make them look bad. from teams that use the challenge system. So I'd rather as before go right into the full ABS.
  25. Doctor Gast
    Besides Gasper getting hurt, it was a pretty good game. Was that Gasper 1st ST HR? Ryan was impressive & the scrubs came through.
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