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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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