Destination: The Show. Episode 10 with Jonas Lovin.

[Jeremy Nygaard]

Episode 10 of Destination: The Show is a 47-minute interview with Cedar Rapids Kernels co-pitching coach Jonas Lovin.

The entire episode consists of his personal journey in baseball, general player development questions, specific player questions and listener questions.

Image courtesy of Thiéres Rabelo

It's a Twins-heavy episode, but there's a lot of interesting notes from Jonas Lovin about communication between teams, goals for players and how teams handle promoted players.

Regardless of what team you cheer for, it's full-on nerding-out about the finer points of baseball. 

0:00 - Intro

1:51 - What was Jonas' personal journey through baseball and how did he get 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 with specific time stamps for each of the following pitchers:

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 - We ask Jonas to make "under-the-radar" picks for pitchers that he coached.

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[Seth Stohs]

Great questions, and great responses... 

[JYTwinsFan]

This was a great show. Perfect setup for the content and he's a fantastic guest who communicates very thoroughly and plainly. Make this a regular thing!

[Dman]

Fun interview.  Nice to confirm that when numbers drop sometimes it is that they are just working on weaknesses ro things to make them better down the road.  

From the sounds of the interview there were a lot of arms in CR with very good potential.  Wichita should have some talent next year especially when it comes to starters.

Nice hear two guys I really like in McCleod and Parades are under the radar picks.  They both need to work on slightly better K\9 and fastball velocity, but they find ways to get guys out.  Parades pitched really well down the stretch.