Destination: The Show, Episode 76. MiLB and MLB Draft Mailbox

[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.

Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo

In episode 76 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie dig into the MLB debuts of Logan Henderson and Luke Keaschall, discussing how each made such a positive first impression in limited MLB action. The guys then dig into a Twins-Centric mailbag, answering questions on Keaschall, Carson McCusker, Gabriel Gonzalez, Billy Amick and the Twins potential selection at number 16 in the 2025 MLB Draft.

0:00 Intro

5:22 Housekeeping

6:00 Opening Topics

11:49 Mailbag

12:00 Which Twins prospect will ‘Save the Season?’

28:20 How long with Keaschall stay up?

31:29 Will Festa stay in the rotation?

34:42 What are your thoughts on Gabriel Gonzalez?

41:07 Why do the Twins never develop any 1B prospects?

48:36 If Carson McCusker and Payton Eeles had each other's arms instead of their own, which could adapt better and continue to play ball at a high level?

52:20 When will the Twins take the reins off Marco Raya?

56:39 When will we see some of their prospects off the IL?

1:01:00 Billy Amick - when is he going to AA?

1:04:26 After which round do high profile high schoolers with strong commitments end up not signing?

1:09:20 Any unicorn profiles in the top 3 rounds (e.g. switch pitchers, left handed catcher). Any fun 80 grade names?

1:11:10 First Round prediction
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[Cory Engelhardt]

Now I just want to attempt to copy Jeremy’s game for the draft but for the mlb side :)