Destination: The Show
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JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard cover the MLB draft, minor leagues and all things that happen on the path to Major League Baseball.
Location:
United States
Description:
JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard cover the MLB draft, minor leagues and all things that happen on the path to Major League Baseball.
Language:
English
Website:
https://sites.libsyn.com/483219
Episodes
Destination: The Show. Episode 40. 2024 Draft: Catchers and Second Basemen
6/12/2024
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
3:00 News and Notes
10:21 MiLB Prospects
26:00 Catcher Demographic
42:58 Second Base Demographic
51:00 Listener Questions
Duration:01:11:29
Destination: The Show. Episode 39. Draft Preview with Carlos Collazo
6/5/2024
Draft tandem Jeremy Nygaard and Jamie Cameron team up for a podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues and the MLB draft, produced by Theo Tollefson.
In Episode 39, Jamie and Jeremy are joined by Carlos Collazo of Baseball America to talk about the quickly-approaching 2024 MLB Draft.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Welcome Carlos Collazo
3:50 Top of the class
5:20 Who does Carlos take 1:1?
7:46 Where does the chaos start on Day 1?
13:10 College catching
18:48 Prep shortstops
21:17 Prep arms
26:59 The Cubs pick
30:24 The Brewers pick
32:21 The Twins pick
38:30 Under the radar
41:14 Either/Or
45:05 What's next for Carlos or BA?
Duration:00:51:14
Destination: The Show. Episode 38. MiLB and Draft Updates.
5/29/2024
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
10:51 Prospect chat
11:00 Emmanuel Rodriguez
20:51 Luke Keaschall
27:20 Eric Bitonti
34:32 Draft chat
35:50 Future Star Series Mock Draft
50:57 Positional Preview - Shortstops
59:34 Positional Preview - Third Base
1:05:50 Listener Questions
Duration:01:18:46
Destination: The Show. Episode 37. Checking in with Top Prospects
5/21/2024
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
8:40 MiLB Notables (Brewers, Cubs)
28:57 Twins Talk
59:10 Draft Updates
1:00:00 Smith vs Burnes, top of the draft rumors
1:07:00 Draft Spotlights
1:11:00 Mock Draft Consensus Board
1:19:25 Outro
Duration:01:19:57
Destination: The Show. Episode 36. Ezra Wise Interview.
5/15/2024
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. Ezra Wise, the Twins Manager of Scouting Research with the Minnesota Twins joins the show.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Ezra Wise Introduction
2:45 Ezra's journey in the baseball industry
10:35 What is the scope of your year?
21:00 What is a draft model?
25:00 Twins love college bats. Are we missing something?
28:45 Do teams pay attention to mock drafts?
30:25 How do teams balance data, information, analytics and scouting?
35:40 How have you refined your approach over the years?
44:40 How is the process evaluated when the process takes so long?
54:40 What do you consider the strengths/weaknesses of the draft? Any specific demographics noteworthy?
57:40 That's a wrap!
Duration:00:57:57
Destination: The Show. Episode 35. MLB Mock Draft.
5/8/2024
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
4:30 Mock Draft starts
23:20 Cubs pick at #14
30:20 Brewers pick at #17
38:10 Twins pick #21
54:20 Twins pick #33
57:14 Brewers pick #34
1:06:20 Listener Questions
Duration:01:15:12
Destination: The Show. Episode 34. Reviewing the 2024 Draft Class with Joe Doyle
5/2/2024
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
1:20 Joe Doyle Intro
3:45 Comparing the top of this year's class vs last year's class
9:00 College bats are strong... but is there anything else aside from the top 8 picks?
18:27 A little chat about college catching.
20:25 Options for the Cubs at #14
24:45 Who would you consider for the Brewers at #17?
28:00 How about the Twins at #21?
32:15 Prep pitching
37:27 Some prep pitching highlights
43:00 Joe's take on the lottery and trading draft picks
48:30 Joe's chance to plug his stuff
Duration:00:50:42
Destination: The Show. Episode 33, Sean Johnson Interview
4/17/2024
0:00 Intro
1:45 Sean Johnson, Twins VP of Amateur Scouting
His role with the organization, approach to draft cycle/process, this year's class
40:30 Draft Notes
49:00 Consensus Board Updates
Duration:01:17:43
Destination: The Show. Episode 32, Draft and IFA Bonus Pools
4/10/2024
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.
The heavy focus of this episode is how the draft and international free agency work.
0:00 Intro
2:40 MiLB Update
15:21 Draft Timelines
18:00 Day One
24:00 Bonus Pool and Pick Values
34:15 Teams Bonus Pools
49:35 IFA Bonus Pools
55:30 Draft Board Stuff
Duration:01:22:27
Destination: The Show. Episode 31, MiLB Rosters and Draft Risers
4/3/2024
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 - MLB Highlights, Injuries and PPI
15:07 Draft slots and bonus pools
16:19 Consensus Board
23:09 MiLB Rosters - Brewers and Twins
50:00 Draft Stuff
1:01:50 Listener Question
Duration:01:13:26
Destination: The Show. Episode 30, Rookie Impact Players and Draft Risers
3/27/2024
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
2:45 Consensus Board!!!!
8:06 Rookie Impact Players
9:45 Brewers Rookies
13:38 Cubs Rookies
17:20 Twins Rookies
26:00 NL Predictions
45:30 AL Predictions
10:05:38 Closing
Duration:01:06:43
Destination: The Show. Episode 29, Spring Breakout Review and Mini Mock
3/19/2024
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 29 wil review the Spring Breakout games and feature a mini-mock draft of 2024 draft prospects.
0:00 Intro
3:30 Spring Breakout - Twins
14:20 Spring Breakout - Brewers
20:40 Mini-Mock
Jaime and Jeremy take turns selecting players. Jamie goes first and they alternate for 16 picks. The only rules are each team must have a prep and college player and a hitter and a pitcher. Who's team do you like more?
1:01:49 Listener Question
@davesimsfan asks who is preferred between Ben Hess and Drew Beam, both college pitchers.
Duration:01:07:42
Destination: The Show. Episode 28, The Case for 1:1
3/13/2024
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 28 will be our first where we talk exclusively about the 2024 draft.
0:00 Intro
2:30 Spring Breakout Rosters
20:00 How is the 2024 Draft class?
24:25 Are there clear cut guys at the top?
28:37 Who are the movers? Up or down.
33:10 Who's moved up into the Top 3?
39:22 Anyone who can ascend to the top?
45:16 How about pitchers?
54:15 Who are you taking with the first pick?
1:01:48 Listener Question
Duration:01:12:39
Destination: The Show. Episode 27, Twins Top 20
3/5/2024
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
Duration:01:18:41
Destination: The Show. Episode 26, Cubs Top 20
2/27/2024
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
Duration:01:02:03
Destination: The Show. Episode 25, Brewers Top 20
2/21/2024
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
Duration:00:57:24
Destination: The Show. Episode 24, Offseason Review.
2/14/2024
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
Duration:00:54:37
Destination: The Show. Episode 23, Ben Badler Episode
2/7/2024
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
Duration:01:04:35
Destination: The Show. Episode 22, Pierson Ohl Interview
2/1/2024
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
Duration:00:28:59
Destination: The Show. Episode 21, Emergency Trade Episode
1/29/2024
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!
Duration:00:56:07