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  1. Doctor Gast
    It's clear the Twins have their favorites & those they put in the doghouse because they failed to be transformed into a player they wanted. That hype gets magnified on social media way out of proportion, & becomes toxic. I get criticized for being a certain player hater because I don't adhere to all their positive hype & also for being a certain player lover because I defend them against all the negative hype. We have to eliminate all this hype to better evaluate our players. Dobnak was a very good GB pitcher but didn't have a putaway pitch & batters kept fouling off pitches, driving up his pitch count. He came up with a new slider that was striking out batters. The Twins were ecstatic so they decided to extend him on the spot. Instead of letting Dobnak continue to be a good GB pitcher & incorporate that new slider to keep hitters off balance & let his fingers get used to that new pitch. They wanted to transform him into a SO pitcher, having him using that new slider all the time & quickly screwed up his middle finger. Now Dobnak should not be blamed for his new contract or injury, it should fall squarely on the Twins. Yet the displeasure of the Twins on Dobnak for not becoming the pitcher they wanted became very evident on social media & the animosity that should be on the Twins was placed on Dobnak. I don't say that Dobnak is this great SP that should be in the Twins rotation but he does have value & should be treated better by the Twins & fans. If Twins don't have a clear path for Dobnak then take the time to put together a package & sell it to teams like the ROX who would.
  2. Doctor Gast
    IMO Camargo & Cartaya are not MLB ready yet. We need someone who is, not because of dumping Vazquez's salary (we have debated this, enough), But because we have been very fortunate that we've been healthy at catcher, it's not something that we can plan on. If Jeffers or Vazquez get injured for any amount of time, we have no one & we need someone that can take up the slack when Jeffers starts to wane in the 2nd half. I'll take this time to advocate to trade for Cesar Salazar, (HOU 3rd catcher & my sleeper catching candidate). He's behind Diaz & Caratini & Janek is probably their future catcher. Salazar is a good hitter & is a disciple of Martin Maldonado, he understands the defensive side very well. IMO Salazar is ready to take that next step of stepping in at catcher for an extended amount of time. We need Salazar not only for this season, but also next, when Vazquez is gone & the year after if it's not feasible to extend Jeffers (having a MLB-ready catcher will greatly help in negotiations). Salazar is very underrated & could be traded very cheaply. According to BTV we could trade Paddack & Camargo for Salazar & 2 AAA SPs as a base.
  3. Doctor Gast
    I'm with you, Greg. The way they set up the OF & the addition of Bader & France will take away playing time from deserving Keirsey, Martin, Larnach & Miranda. Twins shouldn't have committed Martin to the OF but should have given the majority of his ST playing time at 2B & IMO should be on the active roster with Keirsey because the Twins desperately need their talents, now it's too late & maybe neither will make it.
  4. Doctor Gast
    You are very accurate, Keirsey is a true CFer & that has a lot of value. That said, he should be ahead of Castro & Martin. And the fact that he's our only true LH CFer he should be the 1st in line to spell (RH) Buxton against RHPs. He's not only very good at defense & base paths, he also a pretty good hitter. Keirsey doesn't have very good trade value because he hasn't been given the opportunity to really establish himself. He hasn't been given that opportunity because of philosophy (that sucks). Last season was the perfect time to give Keirsey that opportunity. But instead they got Margot who blocked Keirsey. That decision hurt Keirsey & the Twins very much in many ways. One is not having Keirsey establish himself & increase his value. Keirsey got that elusive 1st HR out of the way last season so I expect good things from him this season. IMO it's time for the Twins to trust their players who have put in the time & produced. I wish him the very best.
  5. Doctor Gast
    No. I don't have Twins TV. Why? Nature called, I guess I missed it.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Just tuned in go Twins! Go SWR!
  7. Doctor Gast
    I haven't forgotten Stewart. I've been patiently waiting for his return. Now, the goal should be to keep him healthy for the postseason, whatever that entails.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Sabato hit the game winner
  9. Doctor Gast
    He who should & who will be are 2 different things. Julien should be sent to AAA to learn 1B not ST. Our best option on 1B is Miranda who has the potential to be our best 1Bman. Baldelli, who preached 1B defense, 1B defense. Has now wants 1B hack France to be our primary 1Bman. They are bound & determined to have France & Julien much too often on the right side, that'll prove to be disastrous. We have Lewis, Lee & Castro at 3B we don't need Miranda at 3B, make him our primary 1B & some DH. But knowing Baldelli & how much they played this spring, Miranda is behind France, Gasper, & Julien. If Miranda gets hurt again while playing 3B (hope he doesn't) his production goes down again. Fans don't look at the stats & say what a bum he is. Don't blame Miranda, blame management. If the Twins don't invest in Miranda at 1B, Twins will never improve at 1B.
  10. Doctor Gast
    Thank you Seth. always have enjoyed your MiLB articles.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Bingo! They screwed up his arm & maybe his mentality of going full bore. He usually land on the IL early. He had looked good in ST. Not a lot of stock was put on Canterino was able to give the Twins many MLB innings. We dreamed that he could be our secret weapon come post season. Varland looked even better than I expected. I've advocated for him to be a stable in the MLB BP & not waste his bullets in AAA.
  12. Doctor Gast
    I wish they would have kept that strike box during pitches. The last looked like a strike not ball 4
  13. Doctor Gast
    I hope this is a preview of what the regular season against the Yanks will look like.
  14. Doctor Gast
    It's sickening listening to NYY debating against ABS. Let's get MLB fair.
  15. Doctor Gast
    I believe it's YES
  16. Doctor Gast
    IMO NYY is the biggest opponents against the ABS because there is so much NYY bias.
  17. Doctor Gast
    Just tuned in. Always a great game with us leading the Yanks! Ryan fantastic debut & Wallner is a monster!
  18. Doctor Gast
    That's always the problem with opponents broadcasting
  19. Doctor Gast
    Why don't you read my text, I didn't say hitting HRs. I said raise his OPS, which was at .848 at AAA & .936 at AFL. Focusing on his hitting doesn't mean hitting HRs. But you are a type of fan that believes a player is worthless unless he hits a ton of HRs, you are terribly wrong.
  20. Doctor Gast
    Correa has so many more intangibles that WAR doesn't figure in that make Correa so valuable to the Twins, so when he is missing there's a big hole. Correa also knows how important his body is to where he takes special care in conditioning. He has figured out his plantar fascilitisis, where he uses special cushions & treatment so I expect he'll be playing more this season. I'm thankful for Lee's glove but I'm concerned with his hitting & chronic back problems. I'm glad we have Castro, but I hope he doesn't have to play there too much & Martin? IDK if any of our SS prospects will stick at SS or make it to MLB. I hope Culpepper can be a Correa type SS. We lack true SS prospects. But IMO SS will be a dominating force this season as it needs to be. Whenever Correa needs to move off SS then we'll have a problem.
  21. Doctor Gast
    That's why they brought him back for potentially the same money. The saddest thing about the Polanco saga is that they kept playing him at SS for years after his ankles said he couldn't & after injuring his knee (it was obvious by his performance, that he shouldn't be playing) they kept sending him out there until he could no longer take the field. That physical abuse has kept Polanco from sustaining any MLB success since. Polanco had the potential to be a MVP when he started his MLB career.
  22. Doctor Gast
    “I mean, he’s a gamer,” said Lopez after the game. “He can do that at any position. He goes out there and he’s so athletic that he just makes those plays. I do appreciate that as a pitcher.” In my baseball days, 2B was my natural position. But I played very little there because I was needed to play elsewhere. I played all over the field, I was 1st groomed to be a pitcher, I enjoyed playing catcher the most, being able to control the game. I played all over the OF, I wasn't bad in the OF in HS, I was much better than the other options we had. Because I played some OF doesn't mean it was easy for me & I didn't make mistakes, neither did it qualify me to play OF in college or independent ball. Martin can get by in the OF but should he play there? Martin played too much CF last season because he was our best 2nd option as Twins Keirsey was stuck in AAA. We have too many better options, which OF is their natural position to waste Martin's time there, just to have an occasional RH platoon bat for Baldelli. IMO Martin is a more natural 2Bman & he can naturally excel there where he can focus on his hitting & raise his OPS to levels he's capable of, where he can get Martin haters off his back. So he can do what he does best which is getting on base, raze havoc on the bases, score runs & starts rallies with his spunkyness. All qualities Twins desperately need. Julien & Lee should be sent down to AAA. We need Martin more at 2B than the OF.
  23. Doctor Gast
    Just saw Jacob Bosiokovic on YouTube, Twins signing him on a BP session.
  24. Doctor Gast
    Topa is day to day, sounds familiar?
  25. Doctor Gast
    "Top prospect Luke Keaschall is returning from Tommy John surgery last August, but many believe he can be a long-term third base option. The Twins will be careful with him in the season’s early months, but he could be an option for the big-league squad in the second half." Why not throw Keaschal right in at 3B. 3B isn't any different than 1B or DH? Is it?
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