Destination: The Show. Episode 40

[Jeremy Nygaard]

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.

Jamie and Jeremy talk about a few topics like dog bites and internet outages before looking at a notable performance by one of the organization's minor leaguers. Later they dive into two positional demographics of the upcoming draft and end by taking listener questions.

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

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[Doctor Gast]

I was told to be excited about this crop of college catchers, Yes the crop is larger but the quality is way down. There is no comparison to '23 top 2 college catchers- 1st Round (LH) Teal & 2nd Round (SH) Cole Carrigg both have the potential to be elite. Carrigg was moved off catcher (which was a shame) to CF due to need in '23. Carrigg has a very good hit tool, super fast especially for a catcher, canon for an arm, starting to develop power as a pro, a leader can be proficient at any premium position including pitching but wants to be a catcher. It'd be a big mistake if CO doesn't develop him as a catcher. But getting back to the '24 class, I'm disappointed. I was never big on Parada because he had no arm & too slow for my taste. Too many link big bat = good catcher.

You are right the Twins don't care about defense, they look at 1st big bat. Which is not a bad idea if you are MIL or SEA who can evaluate & develop defensiveness in catchers, What I see MN can't. Which results in shabby catching depth, Overall this strategy also produces a high glut of big bat/ no glove cOF/ 1B/ DH types which is bleeding into 2B.