Destination: The Show

Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson.

0:00 Intro

5:37 Drunken race chat on Gleeman and the Geek

12:00 Twins Top 20

13:31 Walker Jenkins

19:14 Brooks Lee

27:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez

33:07 Prospects 4-6

38:13 Prospects 7-10

49:50 Prospect 11: Culpepper vs someone else

53:28 Prospects 12-13

56:27 Prospects 14-16

58:58 Prospect 17

1:03:15 Prospects 18

1:09:52 Prospects 19-20

1:10:30 Under the Radar Prospect

Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson.

0:00 Intro

2:00 Bellinger Back to Cubs

4:52 Twins Trade

14:40 MLB Draft

23:45 Cubs Top 20

25:23 Prospects 1-3

28:08 Next tier of Cubs prospects

38:56 Third tier of Cubs prospects

48:10 Cubs 15 and 16 prospects

51:05 End of our Top 20s

Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson.

Episode 25 is all about the Brewers. JD and Jeremy both did Top 20s and for this episode the two are going to compare lists and talk about prospects.

0:00 Intro

3:00 Improptu Draft Talk

7:00 What do you want for draft content?

8:00 Brewers Top Prospects

9:30 Top 4

16:37 Number 5

23:59 Prospects 6-8

29:44 Prospects 9-12

35:30 Prospect 13

42:19 Prospects 14-18

46:08 Prospects 19-21

46:34 15-20 range guy to watch

50:41 Prospect most likely to be a Top 100 prospect

Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and JD Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson.

0:00 Intro

1:40 Fanzine winners

3:10 Big Podcast Rankings News

7:09 Brewers Offseason Recap

8:58 Burnes Trade

19:36 Cubs Offseason Recap

20:18 Busch for Ferris Trade

23:30 or so - Are the Cubs going to make a move?

30:55 Twins Offseason Recap

31:55 Polanco Trade

35:00 Weaker rotation vs stronger bullpen

46:19 Listener Question

JD and Jeremy welcome Ben Badler from Baseball America to discuss international free agency, the draft and many other fun, baseball-related topics!

0:00 Intro

0:55 Ben Badler joins the show

5:52 International signing period

9:42 July signing period is now January

15:20 Scouting the draft prospects

20:45 Ben's thoughts on the recent Athletic article

27:00 International Big Board

35:58 How does this most recent international group compare to recent classes?

38:10 Teams and their "approach" to international free agency

43:44 Brewers Notables

50:30 Cubs Notables

54:41 Twins Notables

1:03:09 Final thoughts

JD sat down with Twins pitching prospect Pierson Ohl for the first-ever DTS player interview. Ohl came into the Twins organization as a 14th-round pick in 2021 and had a decent full-season debut in 2022. But Ohl's 2023, especially after his promotion to Double-A Wichita, really put him on the prospect radar. JD talked with Pierson about his development plan with Twins, other prospects he’s being impressed by, and what led to his success at AA, among other things

The Twins traded Jorge Polanco to the Mariners. Jamie, Jeremy and Theo got together to recap the trade and more.

0:00 Intro

2:00 Full Trade Recap

9:14 Anthony DeSclafani, RHP

19:52 Justin Topa, RHRP

25:02 Gabriel Gonzalez, OF Prospect - Top 100???

39:55 Darren Bowen, P Prospect

We closed by talking about what's next for the Twins. Give it a listen... and let us know what you think!

JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard bring Theo Tollefson in to talk hypothetical Twins trades. In addtition to that, they'll cover some other interesting happenings from the last seven days.

0:00 Intro

1:50 Fanzine Winners announced...

3:35 Sushi

7:56 Cubs/Dodgers trade

18:00 TV Deals

22:20 Jamie's Trade

31:26 Jeremy's Trade

44:58 Theo's Trade

57:55 Listener Question

JD and Jeremy are back to talk about the International Signing Period which begins soon.

0:00 Intro

5:00 DTS Giveaway

7:00 Let's go!

8:40 International Signing Period starts on the 15th of the month

13:00 The Money

15:10 Teams can send money out and take money in

18:30 What's wrong with this system? Is there a better way?

23:00 Cubs

28:50 Brewers

32:30 Twins

36:40 Other notes about IFA

40:41 Listener Questions

JD and Jeremy are joined by Spencer Michaelis of Brewer Fanatic to break down the Brewers system.

0:00 Intro

1:16 Spencer Michaelis joins the show.

2:15 Spencer's background in baseball and content creation.

4:43 Overall state of the Brewers system? Would you rather have the Brewers or Cubs and why?

8:15 Take on Chourio long-term deal.

11:00 What's going on with Corbin Burnes? What's going to happen?

14:15 The combination of prospects and former prospects, how is the Brewers talent? How confident are you that these players will big league regulars?

18:45 What's the path of Jacob Misiorowski?

22:00 How do the Brewers handle Quero with Contreras already on the roster?

25:37 We haven't talked too much about Tyler Black. What does his future big league role look like?

31:30 Brewers Draft Class of 2023. Who sticks out from this intriguing group of players? Plenty to love about Cooper Pratt.

39:30 Brewers prospects most likely to be traded and who Spencer would be most willing to part with?

44:00 Which prospect is going to take the biggest jump this year? Which under-the-radar guys do you want to spotlight?

49:00 Listener Questions

JD and Jeremy are joined by Cubs expert Matt Trueblood to talk about the Cubs system. 

0:00 Intro with Matt Trueblood

9:15 Overall state of the Cubs system

17:00 Does the depth of the farm system give them the leeway to turn around and spend big on the top free agent talent?

20:45 How does the current minor league depth work with the current major league talent?

23:00 Pete Crow-Armstrong

28:45 Cade Horton

32:51 The rest of the Top 100 prospects that the Cubs have

37:00 Jackson Ferris

41:50 Arizona Fall League recap

47:30 Which prospects are most likely to be traded? 

52:41 Who does Matt want to spotlight as under-the-radar guys?

56:00 Listener questions

JD and Jeremy welcome special guest Tom Froemming of Twins Daily. 

0:00 Intro

1:02 Tom Froemming joins the show

5:12 Tom's journey in content creation

9:04 How does Tom feel about the offseason?

11:35 Twins system in general

23:23 Walker Jenkins

30:42 Brooks Lee

41:33 Emmanuel Rodriguez

50:13 Marco Raya/David Festa (and then more on pitching)

1:01:35 Cedar Rapids Rotation

1:08:15 Austin Martin

1:17:53 Who deserves more attention?

1:28:44 Listener Question: Can SWR contribute at the big league level?

JD and Jeremy are back after the Winter Meetings.

0:00 Intro - Winter Meetings, Chourio Extension, Twins lose coach to Red Sox

8:14 Draft Content (Overview, Comp picks)

24:10 Bonus pools

25:00 Twins

25:40 Brewers

26:20 Cubs

27:00 Lots of other draft talk

39:18 Rule 5 Draft

47:50 Listener Questions

55:30 Preview for next week

JD and Jeremy are back after a week hiatus for a new episode of Destination: The Show. 

0:00 Intro

2:40 Will Jackson Chourio sign an extension?

9:50 Sonny Gray to the Cardinals and what that means for the Twins and their draft.

23:11 MLB Pipeline Top 30 updates

24:20 Brewers 

31:16 Cubs

42:37 Twins

50:00 Listener Questions

57:22 What's Next?

JD and Jeremy discuss Rookie of the Year, Prospect Promotion Incentive, 40-Man Additions and more!

0:00 Intro

2:15 Sonny Gray Rejection

7:43 AL/NL Rookie of the Year

13:06 Prospect Promotion Incentive

25:35 Rule 5 Protection Day

30:09 Twins Additions

35:50 Brewers Additions

37:30 Cal Quantrill Pitch Usage

46:08 Cubs Additions

52:30 Questions

JD and Jeremy are back to talk about the 40-man roster additions in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.

0:00 Intro

4:00 Craig Counsell to the Cubs

10:14 Kala'i Rosario wins the AFL Home Run Derby

14:32 Rule 5 - what is it?

18:35 What happens when a player is drafted?

21:00 How common is it to find a great player?

25:50 What teams are looking for?

27:30 Brewers Overview - main options

33:15 Other possible Milwaukee adds

36:37 Cubs Overview 

48:50 Twins Overview

JD and Jeremy are back for another episode of Destination: The Show!

0:00 Intro - Halloween, Bremer, AFL

12:28 Top 100 Prospects

17:32 Tyler Black

25:19 Luis Lara

29:32 Matt Shaw

33:30 - Jacob Misiorowski

39:53 - Kevin Alcantara

44:00 - Emmanuel Rodriguez

50:12 - Owen Caissie

54:13 - Brooks Lee

1:00:00 - Jeferson Quero

1:02:58 - Cade Horton

1:07:35 - Pete Crow-Armstrong

1:09:32 - Walker Jenkins

1:13:00 - Jackson Chourio

1:17:00 - What's next for DTS!

JD and Jeremy are joined by Kernels co-pitching coach Jonas Lovin to talk Twins pitching prospects.

0:00 - Intro

1:51 - Personal journey through baseball and how he got connected with the Twins.

5:32 - How different is coaching at the collegiate level than the professional level? And how have the Twins supported you?

7:42 - What type of conditions do you try to create to help players thrive?

12:03 - How do you blend the old-school with the new-school way of thinking?

13:19 - Player development - new promotions, getting information, setting goals.

15:23 - How clear is the 2024 pitching forecast?

17:00 - The 2022 Draft Haul

18:34 - Corey Lewis

21:17 - CJ Culpepper

23:01 - Zebby Matthews

27:40 - Andrew Morris

29:36 - Kyle Jones

31:30 - How good will the competition in between those players be and what's the biggest step going to be to have success at AA.

34:30 - How impressive was Connor Prielipp when healthy?

35:45 - Listener Questions

41:41 - Under the radar pitchers

JD and Jeremy are back for a new episode. First to talk about some recent news in baseball, then to provide an update on the AFL, dish on a recent prospect list and finally answer a slew of mailbag questions.

0:00 Intro to Episode 9

2:25 Kim Ng out as Marlins GM

8:32 AFL Updates

9:10 Twins in the AFL

14:21 Brewers in the AFL

17:09 Cubs in the AFL

21:10 Just Baseball Top 100 Prospects

31:45 (Twins-heavy) Listener Questions 

32:22 Ben Ross/Jorel Ortega question

40:01 Upcoming International Free Agency

41:32 Noah Miller question

45:52 Which prospects to send to Driveline?

49:08 Which pitching prospects could be an MLB starter in the next two years?

55:05 Uncertainty in the infield

58:30 Buy/Sell prospects in the future

59:04 Which position players outside the top three would other teams be most interested in

1:02:10 Which prospects outside the Top 20 have a potential to break out in 2024

After a one-week hiatus, Jamie and Jeremy are back to cover more baseball.

0:00 Introduction and how we feel about the Twins seasons coming to an end.

5:00 2024 Draft

13:30 Rintaro Sasaki leaving Japan and going to an American university

19:24 Rookies

20:41 Cubs

26:02 Brewers

33:14 Twins

45:49 Listener Questions