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  1. Doctor Gast
    That's probably the same attitude that Falvey has & he doesn't give trading Dobnak a thought, he's just an albatross around our necks. It's easier to trade players we need to obtain players we don't so we don't have to use redundant prospects to help unbloat our farm system. We can easily move redundant prospects (players) capital to move Dobnak. A team like CO could use him, if incentivized they could take him on. LAD didn't even in any way want Margot but took him to acquire Glasnow. So what purpose am I defeating? Saving $4M? Trading away redundant prospects/ players that a different team needs? Is anybody coming knocking on the door for Dobnak with $4M price tag? no. Can we be actively creative to come up with a trade that is mutually beneficial? the answer is yes. The choice is do we want to be active or passive? So far Falvey chooses to be passive. Passive you are left behind.
  2. Doctor Gast
    I think it's a good idea JD. IMO the money wasn't the problem with him it was the years. He'd prefer to stay with a team longer so he wouldn't have to continue learning new pitchers. It'd be well worth offering him less money for more time. We need to look into the future for our catching. For a long time I've been interested in (CO) underrated (BH) Romo & Carrigg. Last offseason we could have picked up Romo, Carrigg & Dollander for Jeffers & Dobnak easily. IMO Black would have been motivated to trade for Jeffers. I think he still would be but for Dollander alone would cost us Jeffers & Lopez. There is also (SEA) Ford, (MIL) Quero, & (PIT) Bart was their best catcher, they are attainable, (LAD) Rushing is blocked at catcher & 1B. They are looking for the right trade. Same for (BOS) Keel, Jeffers & Duran fits & might do it but they really like Keel so they may want something more.
  3. Doctor Gast
    I am happy that Soto went to NYM instead of the NYY. W/o Soto NYY is really going to suck.
  4. Doctor Gast
    As teams fill their holes in the back end of their rotation, the Twins are sitting & waiting on Paddack & Dobnak, losing out on opportunities. Trading Vazquez is going to hurt no matter what you do. TB, LAA & CO are backfilling their catching, again losing out on opportunities to move Jeffers. Edman's extension shows how valuable a player like Castro is to a serious team. Falvey's creative approach of putting up a Fire Sale sign, waiting for crappy offers to flood in & at the very end choosing the least crappy one. Trading away needed players so Falvey can dabble in FA to pick up players we don't need. Continue to compromise the '23 core affecting the chemistry that advanced in the postseason to a miserable AL Central 4th place. What we needed last offseason was a FO who was proactive, efficiently trade away our fat, initiate essential trades to fill real holes. That didn't happen & still need a proactive FO, not a passive "creative" one (what an oxymoron). The core doesn't need to change. Falvey needs to change. We have been lucky with players falling into our laps. But our future based on luck & hope won't cut it, we need to see better player evaluations & action. This creative approach won't work, If Falvey can't fill simple necessary holes via trade to build off from our core. Then I see a worse fate than we faced last season, I have total faith in this core but I have no faith in Falvey. If Falvey isn't going anywhere, then I regret to ask why pay Correa & Lopez these big salaries if Falvey has no idea in how to field a competitive team from this core? Come deadline when we are no longer in the wild card race. Trading Correa & Lopez will become a sad reality. Adding prospects to our already bloated farm.
  5. Doctor Gast
    That's the creative approach. Don't you buy it?
  6. Doctor Gast
    In '23 the "all or nothing" Twins led the AL in HRs (233) & led the league in SO (1654) followed by SEA (1603) with 210 HRs. MLB total HRs was. "24 Twins were dead set on the "all or nothing" approach. The league adjusted to the "all or nothing" approach all the way down to the MiLB, HRs for these teams plummeted & SO increased. MN adjusted promptly, but SEA did not. In '24, SEA's HRs dropped to (185) while SOs rose to 1st (1625). MN's dropped from 1st in SOs to 22nd (1306). Although our focus should be production at DH, 1B, cOF, we should steer clear of these "all or nothing" sluggers. The Twins were drooling over Rhys Hoskins but because of budget restraints, we dodged a bullet. This league adjustment won't be easy to readjust to, so we'll finally have to readjust our drafting & development practices. Correa isn't an "all or nothing" hitter, Jeffers adjusted in '23, Larnach adjusted but isn't the same hitter. Wallner has kind of adjusted but still has a lot of SOs, Julien hasn't adjusted. he has to adjust & IF he adjusts he'll be a very different hitter. Julien can't play 2B & IF he adjusts he'll no longer profiles as a 1B man. We can still get something good from him in trade. I wanted to trade him last season but we have to this season (but Julien is one of Falvey's guys) so it might not matter how bad he is or how much he'll hold back the team.
  7. Doctor Gast
    IMO pushing their philosophy & their guys instead of trusting their core was a reason why the Twins fell apart in the 2nd half. The Twins handled their 1st hurdle, of the league having the book out on their "all or nothing" approach. Baldelli & Popovich pivoted quickly & changed their approach, sending 1st Wallner down & waiting too long to send Julien down because we were in a bind. We had injuries & slumps in '23 but this was different because the chemistry was different. Due to the compromise of the core, pushing Margot & Julien into the lineup where they failed defensively & offensively instead of trusting our core & in-house players. That plus not trading for players we needed in the offseason & before the deadline & Baldelli pushing Lewis into transitioning to 2B in the middle of the season all had effect on the chemistry of the club. Again I'll say the problem wasn't with the core, it was with management. The shaking up shouldn't have been the hitting coaches or the core, it should have been management. That's not to say to fill in real holes with trades.
  8. Doctor Gast
    Vazquez's main focus when he 1st arrived was learning the pitchers & getting used to a new team. In '24 he started to focus on his hitting. Although he's not great he's trending the right way. My main concern for my catcher is his defense, handling the pitching staff, having a feel for the game & commanding the field. Any hitting is a plus. At the same time I want production from my DH, 1Bman & cOFers.
  9. Doctor Gast
    1. Vazquez- to start with we'd have to eat $4M of his salary if someone wants him. If we are proactive we can find a team that'd take player capital in trade. Jeffers isn't a starting catcher & Camargo isn't a 3rd string catcher. So if we don't want to crash & burn like '22 then we'll need to be proactive to find a replacement for Vazquez- Caratini would be a replacement type, he's worth $6M for 1 yr. So we save 0 $ & we'll have the same problem the following year & beyond. If we want to go the FA route we end up losing money & with an inferior product, Trade Jeffers we save $4.7M actually over $3M after getting 2 young promising catchers. We not only solve this year's problem but also for years to come. 2. Paddack- Sit back & wait for the best deal we save $7.5M. IMO we need another SP even if we don't trade Paddack. We absolutely need a cheap Paddack replacement. 3. Castro- trade him & we can take $6M off the books but we lose an Edman-type value. Julien is a liability at 2B, Julien greatly benefitted from the all-or-nothing approach. Now that that advantage has been taken away from him he'll have to adjust & IF he adjusts, his power will be drastically affected. So IMO he'll be a liability offensively. Julien isn't a solution, he'll be a liability that needs to be traded. I'm looking forward to Margot free '25 where Martin can be used properly & be that spark plug that we desperately need. But Martin is no Castro. Castro is part of the core, we have a great core but if we continue to compromise the core, affecting the talent & chemistry. If we continue on Falvey's creative thinking of putting up a Fire Sale sign sitting back & waiting, getting crappy offers & picking the best, trading needed players to afford not needed players, expect a worse season than last. 4. Dobnak- save $4M. What we need is this FO finally be proactive. There's a market for Jeffers, there's a market for Paddack, there's a market for Julien, others that we can trade to fill our needs & even Dobnak. TB pawned off Margot to LAD & LAD pawned off Margot to MN. If there's a will there is a way. MN doesn't need Dobnak but a team like CO could especially given some incentive. Take down that Fire Sale sign, get your team together to put together trades that's beneficial to both parties, make them earn their money! FO go out there & earn your money & sell the trades. Quit sitting back & wait. & quit your habit of dabbling in FA.
  10. Doctor Gast
    I'm not an expert on WAR. So I can't really comment of him winning the MVP but if Gibson, Clemens & Verlander had done it. Why not Santana? He was the best during his time. But I agree with Rigby that he was robbed. & experts should have known he was robbed & give him the acclaim that he deserves.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Rushing has been on my target for a while now. He'd be a great catcher but he's blocked at LAD, he could play 1B but again blocked, LF isn't a good option. LAD has had a lot of opportunities to trade Rushing, but it seems they are saving him for a real special deal, whatever that may look like. Does the Twins have that special deal that LAD want? MIA has no interest in Vazquez, no teams have real interest in him. Jeffers has no future here, he's not a starting catcher & he'll want a sweetheart extension deal. W/o Vazquez to stabilize the catching, it'll fall apart under Jeffers. We need to look not only if we can squeeze by another season at catcher but we need to look towards the future. The only way I'd consider moving on from Vazquez is to acquire a Moreno who a different TD member suggested. AZ isn't motivated to move him, you have to be very proactive to make this happen. A Rortvedt (TB) but it won't be easy. I like the underrated HOU backup Victor Caratini, who could be our starting catcher for a while if we can extend him. & that not saying we don't need a future catcher for him to groom. The greatest need we have is to have our FO proactive & initiate essential trades. In Falvey's time here, I have never seen him be proactive & initiate an important essential trade. He'd rather throw money around in FA, which is the last thing we need.
  12. Doctor Gast
    You are basically bringing back the same team that Falvey put together in '24 that was so bad. But I see you didn't bring back Margot & you replaced him with Keirsey which is a vast improvement, especially in defense which MN was so bad in. You also kept Vazquez to stabilize the catching which I agree with. If we trade away Julien our defense at 2B would vastly improve our defense so we wouldn't need to waste our money on an expensive low-productive GG 1Bman which would cost more than $5M. We need a much more productive & cheaper Miranda. W/o Julien we might have to trade for a RH platoon 1B backup if Keaschal wouldn't be ready. I wouldn't trade Castro because he'd be more difficult to replace & affect our depth. We'd save more money on Paddack & he'd be easier to replace. Congratulations Brett, you did improve the team but I'd personally do it differently.
  13. Doctor Gast
    CIN saw something in Montas as did MIL but IMO NYM will capitalize on him. I haven't been much in favor of past reclamation projects of the Twins or dipping into the bottom of FA's barrel. I agree with you guys that Montas wasn't really in MN's cards since Boras is his agent. OAK tends to damage SPs when showcasing them & when he finally recovers he'll still be pretty good. If Montas was available & we had the means, I'd bet on him
  14. Doctor Gast
    As Boras as his agent & MN financial bind, there wasn't much chance he'd end up a Twin this offseason
  15. Doctor Gast
    It'd make more sense if they were trading Jeffers. I'll echo what DJL said. It'd make more sense to trade for Venezuela, put him on the 40 man & option him to AAA where can season a bit more. He has potential. LHP- (TX) Magdaleno & (CLE) Webb look tempting if they come available to us.
  16. Doctor Gast
    We have had a problem at catching since '22 Jeffers's trade value bottomed out, We put a Band-Aid on it '23 where Jeffers was put in a supportive role & he excelled & his trade value skyrocketed. In '24 he had an equal tandem role & his production stalled & dipped greatly as his trade value. In '25 if Jeffers is put in a primary role his trade value with his production will bottom out, if put in an equal tandem role his trade value will slightly dip to where he is right now. Jeffers isn't a starting catcher now or ever, we need a starting catcher now & in the future. In '23 was the best time to trade Jeffers & even right now we can still land a future starting catcher with Jeffers in conjunction with others in trade, in the future I doubt it. It also takes time for a catcher to settle in under normal situations. If we wait for it to get really bad it makes it that much worse to break in a new catcher. Very soon Jeffers will want an exorbitant amount to be extended for being a backup catcher. I hope this FO isn't stupid enough to do that. Jeffers has no future here so why wait?
  17. Doctor Gast
    I'd love a lineup filled with Arraezs. Arraez doesn't have the range to play 2B, not the height or power to play 1B or the superpower to DH. With the Twins, the defense wasn't important to them & the other teams also loved him & SD could afford to put him at DH because they had the power & defense so Arraez didn't have to be. But the defining reason is that Scott Boras is his agent & they can't afford what his asking price to extend him, pure & simple.
  18. Doctor Gast
    Agree with JD & I agree with Nick that FO should finally start initiating trades & do it right away. Not sit back & wait & hope you get a deal at the end. It's like my Dad who liked to sit back & wait to get a good deal on a Christmas tree. By the time he ends up buying the tree, everything is picked over & he pays almost nothing for a worthless tree & everyone is pissed. Some teams are out there acquiring depth SPs. Paddack is a fair priced mid- lower SP, there is a market for him, go out there & find a trade. Before everyone fill out their catching positions go out there & sell Jeffers. CO desperately needs SPs, go out there give them an offer they can't refuse with Dobnak. There are teams with good young catchers who are blocked go out there & make a fair deal, we have the redundant young players to make it happen & quit complaining about the budget, most trades aren't expensive. Very unlikely these teams will seek us out. If you sit around & wait like last deadline you get a Richards. Do you want everyone pissed again? & quit trading away needed players to afford players we don't need.
  19. Doctor Gast
    Bingo! But he should be in the middle of all that. If he's not the head of the catching department, who specifically is? With all these bodies floating around in analytical & coaching we need someone actively & specifically involved with all the aspects of catching. Are they lumped altogether with other areas? Whatever they are doing it's not working & things absolutely needs to be shaken up.
  20. Doctor Gast
    IMO none of these players fulfill any big need we have. Also the problem isn't the core, it's FO not able to pull off essential trades to fill essential holes. So quit blaming the core, & FO get your act together to see the holes & quickly fill them.
  21. Doctor Gast
    So you are suggesting to further shake things up by trading economic Ryan & or Ober with still upside for an expensive experienced SP that has reached their upside & might even be on the downside? It may make sense to Falvey but not to me. It seems like rouge, where Falvey comes in to save the day by not trading Lopez, Ober or Ryan from ownership's chopping block. If we need more veteran SPs, we don't trade veteran SPs we trade the prospects & rookies. Trading Paddack isn't that tough of a sell. His $7.5M price tag is a fair price for Paddack's services & everybody but MIA is looking for SPs. They just have to stop advertising that they are having a Fire Sale. Lopez is a top commodity & should not be considered for trading. Unless this FO botch another open-window opportunity then if Falvey can't put together a winner & he's fixed in this organization so why pay a Lopez or Correa? We have a lot of young players we should trade. Why keep on trading those we need?
  22. Doctor Gast
    There were so many sacrificial lambs but the ones that should have been fired (the ones who adhere to Falvey's philosophy) weren't & some were even promoted. I'd have liked Falvey. Baldelli (at least demoted to bench coach so he can really learn how to manage from a more qualified manager), Tingler, Watkins & Conger relieved of their duties. Borrego seems to be an improvement over Conger. IMO Falvey's idea for catchers is can they hit HRs? Can they follow spreadsheets & take orders from the bench? The rest is frivolous & needs no attention so the catching coach can be spread around everywhere else. Tanner Swanson was greatly acclaimed here & when he went to NYY he greatly improved their catcher drafting, and development & put a lot of time into working with their MLB catchers. Tanner has done a great job elevating the NYY catching dept. What has Conger done? Twins' catcher drafting and development are nonexistent & he lets the catchers figure out on their own what they need to know. The Twins' catching dept. is in shambles. And Falvey doesn't care, he got the man he wants in there.
  23. Doctor Gast
    I like your attitude!
  24. Doctor Gast
    Here's a trade I came up with to give you an idea https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trades/177002 I followed Teel since he was in college. IMO he'll be a great catcher & advocating trading for him since we didn't get him in the draft. Now BOS knows who they have & they're not giving him up. Even in a win now mode, they'll try to fill their needs via FA & trades that don't include him. There are other trade MLB-ready prospects, there those who are blocked & those who we can offer Jeffers. Those who are blocked are (MIL) J Quero (LAD) Rushing (SEA) Ford & (BAL) Basallo. Those that'd need Jeffers in the trade is (CO) Romo & Carrigg, (CWS) E Quero & if we have a chance (BOS) Teel. We should have been always drafting & developing catchers because they are a premium & expensive to obtain. Our catching depth is a shamble. The best avenue now is trading for one but it'll take serious trade offers.
  25. Doctor Gast
    If we could land Moreno, we'd have our starting catcher. Then we could trade both Jeffers & Vazquez. But I haven't seen any indication that they'd be interested in trading him. One veteran catcher that I have my eye on is Victor Caratini (HOU). IMO he is underrated, he has very good defensive skills & his hitting has improved to above avg. He's HOU's backup catcher, but has the ability to start & has 1 year left. If we bring a very beneficial trade to Hou, they could be persuaded.
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