Destination: The Show. Episode 23, Ben Badler Interview

[Jamie Cameron]

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

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In episode 23 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and JD are joined by Ben Badler of Baseball America. Ben talks about his journey in the baseball industry and how he ended up covering the international signing period at BA. Ben details the joys and challenges of covering baseball on Latin America, in addition to breaking down the recent adds of the Brewers, Cubs, and Twins, and answering listener questions.

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

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