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  1. Doctor Gast
    It's good Jeffers is hitting. It's good to see that Martin has perfected his swinging bunt to score our only run. What I could see, SD &STL have been pitching Julien & Wallner inside part of the plate with plenty of FBs. Instead of painting the outside edge with off-speed pitches which AL pitchers do. Which gives them a hard time. Looking forward to see Lopez/ Gray match up. Hoping for a favorable outcome. Go Twins. We are better than this.
  2. Doctor Gast
    It's understandable when Festa & Matthews have nights like this. SWR has already passed his previous innings record. The rest of the rotation IMO could use a breather once in a while. The BP is limited. Paddack & Ryan are already gone. We are treading on very thin ice. Once the bleeding starts it'd be very hard to control. We need to bring in the 1st Aid (long relief/ spot starter) to take the pressure off the short relief & rotation before things get any further out of hand. We need to bring up Varland & Winder right away & extend Sands innings. Whenever we use these guys we always have positive results in these roles. Be creative in how to use them. We don't need Richards & Okert, get rid of them bring up those who can contribute.
  3. Doctor Gast
    Gray & Maeda were big name SPs, where in FA demand big money. IMO FA most of the time is waste of money. I had no faith in Maeda & Gray wasn't going to give you a lot of innings for what you're paying for. Even if we had the money, I'd rather spend it on extending our younger talent. Gray started out well with STL but have no idea what's he doing now nor care.
  4. Doctor Gast
    Thank you Stringer, I respect your opinion. The idea of platooning Kiriloff & Santana was only in the mind of the fans because Baldelli made it very clear before the start of the season that Santana was the primary 1Bman no matter what. That was the marching orders. Kiriloff played 12 games at 1B, 14 games at DH primarily in the beginning of the season according to the program of keeping him at DH/1B. At this time Kiriloff was perfectly healthy batting .271/ .325/ .471/ .796. On April 25, Kiriloff was stationed in the OF, which became his primary position. On April 25, Santana was batting .143/ .238/ .213/ .451, prior he was as bad as (.098/ .196/ .122/ .318) on April 13, At the same time Kiriloff was batting (.324/ .381/ .649/ 1.030). When Kiriloff was stationed in the OF for good on April 25 IMO he far exceeded Santana's production. I don't think that Kiriloff wasn't working out at 1B, he was excelling, during his time at 1B. Santana may be our best defensive option at DH but should that be the governing factor to start him there? Absolutely not (sorry for being sarcastic, but I wanted to drive home a point). Unlike catching, defense isn't the deciding factor to come up with a primary 1B. Besides Kiriloff, Miranda has been well out-mashing Santana, that tandem would be awesome, especially looking at Santana's difficulty against RHPs . If Santana hadn't monopolized the time at 1B our other younger & more productive options would have become better. Now if Santana regresses to prior levels or gets injured (which is very possible) that lack of playing time of our other options just puts us in a much less desirable situation. $5 MM isn't much by today's MLB standards but if you're at your limit it's a lot, especially if it keeps you from filling a desperate need.
  5. Doctor Gast
    Santana can only play 1B & he has played there for years. He should be good after all those years. What counts is his bat at 1B. Miranda has a much better bat, Kiriloff is when kept healthy & Julien can be when he adjusts. Why are the Twins afraid to give these guys time at 1B, if they gave them a chance they could be better than Santana at 1B. 1B should be an option for a player like Lewis. Why block that position with a more expensive FA from better & cheaper in-house players? So my answer is absolutely not! Why make the same mistake twice? 1B isn't a place of need it's a place of extreme abundance.
  6. Doctor Gast
    Go Twins
  7. Doctor Gast
    When especially at AAA you have a player that shows he deserves to be called up at the start of the season, & you have a need, you rewards that player. Keirsey has been that player & 2/3 into the season still Twins refuse to call to call him up. That has to be very disappointing. Even he's not on the 40 man, a serious team would find a way to bring a player out of the lurch. He has nothing else to prove in AAA
  8. Doctor Gast
    Kepler was Mom's favorite Twin, Mom would have been sad to have seen him go. Besides all the new faces she had difficulty to remember. Good luck Kep & thank you for your time with us & being Mom's favorite.
  9. Doctor Gast
    I'm pretty much with you Seth. Griffin Jax- most trustworthy Jhoan Duran - hope he can regain his domminance 3. Jorge Alcala - I'd rank Alcala right up there if he's limited to nonconsecutive & 1 inning outings to maintain his quality innings Cole Sands- Very satisfied with pitching & think he could go multiple innings whenever needed 5. Louie Varland - He's been proven as a quality long relief/ spot starter that can take the pressure off the rotation & BP. 6. Caleb Thielbar- Hope he has adapt his FB to compliment his curve ball. 7. Josh Winder- Could be a valuable long relief piece, 8. Ronny Henriques- I haven't seen enough of him to rank him any higher but I'm willing to put him up to your ranking if he continues his preformances. 9. Scott Blewett - With a name like that you wish him the best. I wouldn't fool around with Funderburg, Okert or Richards. I don't know who Dobnak is? Is he the old Dobber or the new revamped one. Seems like they are purposely not playing Richards, Could Richards be hurt & Twins don't want the possible blow back? Just a way out there assumption. Hope to be able pick up somebody on the waiver wire better than my unranked ones. Maybe Paddack or Cantarino will show up?
  10. Doctor Gast
    The stats that you are quoting mainly comes from times he is trying to be a SP. Therefore this includes the secondary pitches that he is using that isn't working for him, I never said I supported him coming back to be part of the rotation. I definitely stated I didn't want him pitch 3Xs through the order & back only as long relief/ spot starting. Spot starting is exactly how he has been used at the MLB level since he was sent down this season. Which hasn't been bad and at times very good while giving the rotation a well-deserved breather. I believe he could be better when he secured in that role using primarily pitches that work for him. I'm not against him pitching in shorter stints (actually the stress would be on long relief that would go 1X through the order) but is more needed in the role I mention to maximize the relieving the stress from both the BP & rotation.
  11. Doctor Gast
    Varland has had problems fitting in the rotation. Varland is Varland. He has the stuff to get you through the order 2Xs easily. He needs to work on his change-up to get you beyond that. Who Varland is, is still very valuable to the Twins. Someone that the Twins should have been utilized from the beginning in a long relief/ spot start. If Varland was used earlier to take the pressure off the rotation & BP. IMO we have many more quality innings from both & Ryan would be still with us. His change-up still needs work so depending on him to fit into the rotation is foolish so stop wasting Varland down in AAA, take advantage of who he is. Depending on the team & how efficient he is, he could give you 5 innings maybe more when used with an opener as a spot starter. Long relief can save you a lot of BP arms to be used when absolutely needed. Until the Twins embrace the long relief/ spot starter role we'll continue to fight nonquality innings, injuries & worn-out arms for the postseason. That's not saying Varland can't work on his secondary pitches while in this role & during the offseason to become a legitimate SP. My problem is I hate to see Varland down in AAA wasting his bullets when he is so needed up in MLB. While watching Richards, & Okert pitching up in MLB & Alcala pitching in multiple innings & consecutive outings.
  12. Doctor Gast
    With little struggle, it looked like Sims was going to cruise through 5 innings with a 2 hit shutout. 4th inning, 2 outs, 0-2 count getting through the middle the order. Then he hit a wall & fought the rest of the way. Sims is a fighter. He got through with only one more hit but that hit was a PH HR. I don't know why they PH #2 in the order SHH Profar. There was nobody on, Solano is a RHH, The only reason I can think of is Solano said I can hit this guy. The HR was meaningless. The turning point for the Twins was the 4th inning. Bottom of the order who many think are automatic outs. But Julien singled, then Vazquez singled but Twins have no trouble of putting runners on base & even putting them in scoring position, Twins' problem is clutch hitting with RISP especially in close games, Martin provided that spark to start our big rally with a 2 run double. By the time Waldron got to Wallner he was well cooked in the game. In a critical game Waldron would have been taken out of the oven a long ago. Fortunately for Wallner, he wasn't & Wallner got the chance of sticking a fork in him when he served up a big juicy meatball. Wallner's HR was awesome but not clutch. We are fortunate to face STL & ATL at this time. Both are spiraling down. CLE & KC have a tough rest of Aug. We should take the lead in the division before that, Go Twins!
  13. Doctor Gast
    SD could be his biggest test so far, the way they are playing & how short-handed we are.
  14. Doctor Gast
    It seems like Baldelli is purposely sitting Richards out. In this case, it seems it was a double mistake on Baldelli's part because Alcala who has had surgery & been on the IL for about a year should be monitored & limit his outings to non-consecutive & 1 inning IMO.
  15. Doctor Gast
    Stats don't tell the whole story. 4th string Castro does a valiant job at SS trying to fill-in for Correa, while he does ok there on a short-term basis but he's over-stretched long-term. Martin is a natural 2Bman who has the potential & athleticism to be a valuable CFer. The problem it has taken the Twins 3 yrs. to discover this & that he's not a SS. Margot was signed to take over Taylor's CF spot but it was quickly discovered that Martin (with all his warts learning MLB CF on the fly) is better than Margot. Thank God for Martin but better yet bring up Keirsey & release Margot if we need to. Thank God we have Castro to fill in wherever we need at a quality level. Thank God for Vazquez & his ability to stay healthy otherwise we'd be sunk a long time ago. We have an abundance of defense where we don't need it but we are being stretched at the positions where it's very vital. Hurry up Correa, Buxton & Lee.
  16. Doctor Gast
    It's good to know that Thielbar's problem isn't his curveball. Thielbar has adapted his FB so hopefully he can return to his dominance. The NL hitters are very familiar with Okert & love to face him. We didn't do anything at the deadline except adding Richards to the valuable 40 man. Hurry up & bring Varland up to better our BP already!
  17. Doctor Gast
    MIA was happy to unload Okert, who greatly disappointed them last season, As was said Okert should not be depended upon, especially in the NL. Like Gordon should have been released, kept Varland on the active list & put Keirsey on the 40-man & brought up to bolster the OF with a LH bat. SD & AZ have been 2 of the hottest teams since the deadline, Due to their acquisitions of 2 MIA LHRPs (MN desperate need). Tanner Scott was well sought after so MIA was holding out for the best deal (SD isn't afraid to use prospects). But AJ Puk was flying under the radar. His poor #s from his SP experiment really brought down his demand even though RP #s were great. This FO's strategy is wait & pick over what's left. If the Twin could have seen Puk's worth early & offered Gonzales early in a trade. Early because MIA was motivated, Puk's stock was low & Gonzales's stock was high. Puk's ERA with AZ is 0.96, IMO it could be better with MN.
  18. Doctor Gast
    Julien has always been Julien, the difference is the league discovered his weakness & exploited it. He had to adjust & become a better hitter & not strike out so much. Just like Jeffers, Larnach & Wallner had to do. He had a good game last night & I wish him well but can he maintain that against pitchers more familiar with him? IMO we had more of a need at CF due to Buxton's absence, & would have preferred Keirsey to finally have a chance after producing all season at AAA.
  19. Doctor Gast
    While top dog at BA fantasy prospects is quite an honor. There's quite a bit difference between fantasy & real life. There's no doubt that Emma has the potential & the 5 tools. It seems that Wallner after years in the pros is just started developing his defense & hitting to go along with his power. Hope Emma can develop them quicker. I'd love to keep Emma in the organization but if there came an opportunity to highly upgrade a need, I'd consider a trade if the other side was highly motivated.
  20. Doctor Gast
    SD is one of the hottest teams right now, so we really miss Correa & Buxton. Still was a good game. We score runs while Martin is on the bases. Either he scores himself through heads-up base running or like last night his heads-up base running move, allowed Julien to score. Just because he doesn't hit a ton of HRs doesn't mean he is still not a valuable asset to the Twins even as a rookie. King is a very good pitcher, too bad Matthews was matched up against him. If another player other than Santana had missed that grounder, fans would be all over him. It was a treat to see our old friend Arraez play again & we'll face another old friend Perez tonite. I wish them both well but not while playing the Twins.
  21. Doctor Gast
    OK, thank you for that info. We all know Twins love to PH. What is the Twins' PH BA? How successful are they at PHing? Seems to me they aren't very good at it. To be frank, I know PHing is very difficult, I'm not trying to criticize Baldelli & I certainly don't have the answer as much as I'm looking for answers & like the Twins to be better at it. And if they aren't successful at it should they change their philosophy or approach? Should they PH less? I'm asking for your opinion,
  22. Doctor Gast
    Just a suggestion, if Baldelli wants to utilize the PH role. IMO he should better prepare them.
  23. Doctor Gast
    It's easy for some people to put others in a box. Sands has steadily proved others wrong. Cole keep doing it, we need you.
  24. Doctor Gast
    Thanks Nick for putting Captain Griffin Jax in the spotlight which he justly deserves for his command of the Relief Corp. MVP considerations are in order.
  25. Doctor Gast
    I was concerned over Correa's absence, more yet when Buxton got time off together with the loss of Ryan & Stewart. But the team put together come-from-behind rallies, winning close games, hitting in the clutch, and steady pitching w/o them. We have been closing the gap on a very good team in CLE. But CLE has heavily leaned on their BP & IMO that will turn around & bite them. And I'm very concerned that we are heading down that same road. Alcala, returning from having surgery & being on the IL for most of '23 & started late in '24. IMO, should not pitch for more than 2 innings at a time & not on consecutive days. Alcala was pitched on consecutive days which I account for his poor outing, Duran has pitched 4 out of the last 5 days. So far we have lost Ryan & Stewart, we have to take the pressure off the BP & rotation. I liked that they brought in Varland to spot start to give the rotation a breather. But they need a steady incorporation of long relief, spot-starting & everything pertaining to that (BP game. opener, etc.) A large variation of pitchers could be used, I advocated Varland to be used in that capacity since the beginning of the season & who knows if Paddack was used in that capacity he'd still be around as Ryan could have used that relief earlier. SD is hot so we have to keep the pressure on to keep pace with CLE.
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