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  1. Doctor Gast
    You're being sarcastic, right? If not we're really bad to let you down.
  2. Doctor Gast
    You can't play this loose with a 7-1 lead. What's up with Jax? We need him to be tough!
  3. Doctor Gast
    I don't put any stock in social media. Royce Lewis is a great player, I wouldn't want to change him. If he can limit his IL stints & still maintain his level of play he'll do it. I wouldn't want to change Buxton either, let them play their game & hope for the best,
  4. Doctor Gast
    I've spoken enough about this but I'll add one thing. Baldelli heavily depended on Shelton his 1st year. He had Bell his 2nd year both traditional managers. IMO the balancing of these two aided greatly to the Twins. "Tingler drew major criticism for his in-game decision-making, bullpen usage and inconsistent batting orders." This was said about his firing from SD. SD was supposed to be a great team in '21 under Tingler, but the team collapsed. IMO, Tingler is too much like Baldelli & doesn't provide the needed balance.
  5. Doctor Gast
    One can only hope that he can learn & make the necessary changes to pass as a 1Bman. If he can't handle 1B, how can we expect him to play 2B?
  6. Doctor Gast
    Julien embraced the Twins' hitting approach & became the Twins' sweetheart. Jeffers made the adjustment away from this approach in '23, Larnach & Wallner (to some extent) has made that adjustment in '24. This approach aided in Julien's slugging success, but the league has taken this slugging advantage away. IMO, Julien hasn't adjusted successfully yet. He has tried to become more aggressive but he has chased too much. In ST, he looked like he had gotten better in hitting but his slugging was missing. Now, early this season, his hitting hasn't looked that good. His fielding at 2B has been sub-par but has now gotten worse. He has always profiled better at 1B. Now he needs to be sent down to AAA to finally learn how to play 1B, improve his hitting & slugging to justify him on the team.
  7. Doctor Gast
    I'm just happy if Prielipp can stay healthy during this cold part of the season.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Good pitching & Miranda showed up. Great game. Hope that it opens good things for Miranda.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I'd thought that Varland would get the win for finishing the 5th
  10. Doctor Gast
    I think it's great that the Twins are working on situational hitting & running the bases more but most of the players that are good at those things aren't playing & those who aren't so good at it are. After focusing on the "all or nothing" approach in '24 ST & early slump, they changed their hitting approach with Popkins & turned the team around. IMO, the '24 late season crash was due to not obtaining early in the season an inning-eater SP to preserve the SPs & RPs, not trading for a high-leverage LHRP, injuries to Miranda & Kiriloff, the petering out of Lewis & Jeffers & the cratering of the team's chemistry & fire. Popkins & his crew was blamed for the Twins' woes. Funny that it seems that Popkins has turned the lapless TOR hitting around. There might be other reasons that Twins aren't doing so well early this season but one thing hasn't changed from last year's slumping & that is the team's lack of chemistry & fire that drove the team in '23.
  11. Doctor Gast
    I've advocated for picking up the top catchers. Many say, "get the best player (usually a big college bat) & trade for our needs". But the Twins like to hoard their draft picks & put very little priority on catching, so that usually doesn't happen. So, my #1 pick is Luke Stevenson. Right now, Jamie has him at #17 overall. Stevenson is a mature, gifted young true defensive catcher, with some power & determination to get better in all aspects of the game; the Twins would be very lucky if Stevenson would fall in their laps because he'll be a high riser.
  12. Doctor Gast
    Is Martin OK? He didn't play in the 2nd game. Soto is progressing very nicely. It's a great start to a new season. Never heard of Bengard. But I haven't been following the MiLB as much.
  13. Doctor Gast
    Looking only at Margot, who is the main player in the trade. We lost a lot of money & games. Having him cemented on the roster & line-up had to be demoralizing to the young players & the team in general. Miller/ Doncon is debatable. Doncon is an average fielder & won't stick at SS. Our SS position depth is very shakey, IMO, giving up a gold glove, MLB-ready glove hurts. We have a lot 3Bmen, I doubt Doncon would ever make our MLB roster. Miller is just a few months older than Doncon & is in AA. IMO, I'd pick Miller over Doncon but either way Margot really killed us. LAD wanted to dump Margot, they easily won the trade by far. As I said at the trade. If LAD were eager to dump Margot & saw something in Miller, I trust their evaluation.
  14. Doctor Gast
    Since the beginning of last season, there seems to be very little & diminishing fire & chemistry. Twins seem very little concerned about it & more concerned about their cold, hard analytics. Frustrating their players by not giving them a chance, moving them to unnatural positions, & etc. IMO, BOS has done the same thing this year. On paper, they looked really good by getting Bregman, but they failed to smooth things over with Devers 1st. People's feelings that generate fire & chemistry are ignored because they aren't included on the spreadsheet.
  15. Doctor Gast
    In baseball, a .7 inch difference is hugh. A difference of hard contact to soft, a soft contact to foulball, a foulball to a SO. Hope the best for him.
  16. Doctor Gast
    Like Correa, Miranda starts cold in the cold weather, cut them both some slack. Once he warms up, Miranda is a very good hitter; the main focus for the Twins is to keep him healthy. A job they haven't been doing so good at.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Of the 3 options you gave #1 is the only acceptable one. Status quo is clearly not the answer & that's what options 2 & 3 are all about. I'd also be open for an option 4. Option 4 is Pohlads keep the Twins but shake up the management. I'd be open to keep Falvey where he is & let him influence the pitching but limit his control on everything else. I'd even be open in keeping Baldelli, but only as a bench coach, firing Tingler, Watkins & Conger. We need a baseball-smart FO that can hire a baseball-smart manager that brings in a crew that can properly evaluate, scout, draft & develop players to be MLBers while knows the need for analytics but allow his gut feelings & baseball-smarts rule; A FO who can properly evaluate our needs & is able to iniate & negotiate necessary trades, We are a mid-market team, copying NYY thinking that signing expensive FAs & adapting weird analytics while ignoring fundamentals like defense to drive this team has been foolhardy. Our solution is in player evaluation, development & trading, much like CLE has been doing. My suggestion is to bring back Andy MacPhail & have him mentor his son, Drew & have Drew take over when he's ready. IMO Joe Pohlads doesn't know how to even manage this team financially, so it's best for him to sell for whatever he can get & get out.
  18. Doctor Gast
    MLB Trade Rumors had a poll: Who do you think will win the AL Central? MN was dead last behind CWS. Dead last! I guess that's how they were playing until now. Hope for some fire & better days.
  19. 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.
  20. 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,
  21. 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.
  22. 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?
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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