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Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 97 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie run through Trey Yesavage’s impressive dismantling of the Yankees on the back of the revelation he could have been a Minnesota Twin. The guys talk through manager candidates from the pro and college ranks, and highlight intriguing candidates for a challenging role in 2026. They discuss Coastal Carolina pitcher Cam Flukey, one of the premier college arms in the 2026 draft, in addition to answering listener questions on the 2026 class. 0:00 Intro 2:15 Housekeeping 3:00 Trey Yesavage 8:45 Fast Track to the Big Leagues 21:10 Twins Ongoing Manager Search 29:50 Cam Flukey 37:22 News and Notes 39:04 Listener Questions You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. View full article

Mercifully, the Minnesota Twins' forlorn 2025 season has come to an end. In losing to the Phillies on the final day of the season (thanks, Max Kepler ), the Twins secured the second-highest odds at landing the number one overall pick. Let’s unpack their draft lottery circumstances. What are the Odds? The Twins finished with the second-worst record in baseball among teams eligible for the draft lottery. As such, they’ll have a 22.27% chance of landing the top overall pick. The White Sox are in poll position (27.73%) with the Pirates next after Minnesota (16.81%). There are three teams ineligible for the lottery this season (Rockies, Nationals, Angels). As a reminder, large market or revenue-paying teams (like the Nationals and Angels) are ineligible to receive a lottery pick if they had a lottery pick last year. Revenue-receiving teams (like the Rockies) are ineligible to receive a lottery pick if they had a lottery pick the last two years. Where Could the Twins Pick? There’s a finite range of outcomes now. If a team with a bottom-six record is displaced from a lottery pick, they immediately take the first available pick outside the lottery spots (7th overall). The Twins can pick as high as first overall and as low as eighth, in the unlikely scenario that both they and the White Sox are displaced from a lottery pick. What About the Second Round, and Beyond? Remember, the lottery only dictates the first six picks. From the second round on, all teams pick in order of record. As such, outside of any compensation picks, the Twins will pick fourth in each round (after the Rockies, White Sox, and Nationals). When is the Draft Lottery? The draft lottery occurs in December at the Winter Meetings every year. For 2026, that will put it in the week of December 8th, but the exact date and time have not been announced yet. How Does it Work? Long story short, via ping pong balls. Each non-postseason team is given a number of four-digit combinations based on its regular-season record. The worse the record, the more combinations you have. A series of four-digit ping pong balls is drawn from a lottery machine. The number drawn corresponds to a team, starting with the first overall pick, and finishing with the sixth overall pick. The remaining non-postseason teams then pick in reverse order of record from picks 7-18. What’s at Stake? A lot, both in talent capital and financial capital. This year’s class has a consensus number one prospect (currently), Roch Cholowsky , a shortstop from UCLA. Additionally, the slot value differentials are more disparate at the top of the draft. The slot value for the first pick in 2025 ($11,075,900) is $4,262,300 more than the slot for the eighth overall pick ($6,813,800). That difference is around the value of the 20th overall pick in 2025. It’s enormous. While the Twins may not end up with the first overall pick, maintaining a top-three selection would be a boon to their bonus pool. I’ve simulated the draft lottery ~150 times so far, and the Twins have managed a top-three selection 56% of the time. What About Other Picks and Money? The Twins will also have a Comp B pick in 2026 (picks 66-74 in 2025). That will carry a value of somewhere between $1.1 million and $1.4 million. Overall, if the Twins maintain a top-three pick, their bonus pool should be somewhere in the $15-16 million range, giving them one of the highest pools in the class. Want to read up on some candidates to keep in mind for their first selection in 2026? We’ll preview some of the top prep and college names in the coming weeks at Twins Daily. View full article

Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 94 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie run through a Twins minor league mail bag. They start with news and notes from around the system, including Connor Prielipp adding a new pitch, Dasan Hill striking out even more hitters in Cedar Rapids, organizations debuts, and Walker Jenkins settling in at AAA. The guys dig into questions on the first base situation, the best right-handed hitting prospects in the system, and who might be available to the Twins at the top of the 2026 MLB Draft, including trying to prognosticate their bonus pool. 0:00 Intro/Housekeeping 4:50 Connor Prielipp's New Pitch 13:09 Dasan Hill Looks Great at Cedar Rapids 20:59 Quentin Young and Bruin Agbayani 23:38 Walker Jenkins at AAA Listener Questions 27:05 Hidden Gems in minors 34:21 John Klein 38:39 Top 5 right-handed hitting prospects 42:40 Will there be ten guys getting time at first base in St. Paul next year? 46:43 2026 Draft Questions You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. View full article

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Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 93 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie talk through Walker Jenkins promotion to AAA. They ask if the Twins top prospect is now underrated by national lists, in addition to what to expect from him when he makes his MLB debut. The guys talk through Luke Keaschall’s continued offensive excellence, asking where he might fit defensively long term, before digging into interesting comments in The Athletic from former hitting coach David Popkins. The guys finish by digging into notable MiLB performances, in particular Kala’i Rosario who has earned a call up to AAA before finishing with listener questions. 0:00 Intro 3:10 Housekeeping 3:49 Walker Jenkins 10:17 David Popkins 17:19 Luke Keaschall 25:12 Kala'i Rosario 31:05 Notes Roundup - Kyler Fedko, Aidan Miller, MLB Draft Lottery 39:55 Listener Questions You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. View full article

I'd rather see Fedko as an option at 1B instead of Sabato. Sabato at AAA: .256/.297/.461 with a 5.6% walk rate, 33.3% strikeout rate, a 90wRC+, a 33% chase rate, and an overall contact rate of 67% Don't get the love here. Like the rest of the list quite a bit though.

Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge Consensus top prospect Walker Jenkins is a step away from the majors. Twins Daily learned that the 20-year old outfielder is being promoted to AAA St. Paul after a strong showing at AA Wichita. Jenkins was quietly outstanding in AA. He hit .309/.426/.487 (.913) with 7 home runs (19 extra base hits) in 52 games in the Texas League. Jenkins continued to showcase his strong approach, walking 14.3% of the time and striking out just 18.5%. The beginning of Jenkins' 2025 season mirrored 2024, injury trouble. He landed on the injured list on April 9th, missing close to two months of playing time before beginning a rehab assignment with Fort Myers on June 5th. Since returning to Wichita on June 17th, Jenkins has played consistently and excellently. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many national prospects lists dropped him several spots due to back-to-back seasons impacted by muscular injuries. He's quietly reminded the industry why he's one of the premier prospects in the game. Despite being one of the younger prospects at the level, Jenkins has done a little bit of everything well. Jenkins' 156 wRC+ ranks third in the Texas League among prospects with at least 200 plate appearances. His 14.3% walk rate ranks 10th, his .420 wOBA ranks third. The one 'ding' industry lists and analysts have attached to his profile is a lack of in game power. While not fully fledged, Jenkins is on a 21 home run and 57 extra base hit pace over 150 games. While I'd argue that a judgement on his power grade could be reserved until hits his age-22 season, it's certainly a fair critique and likely, the one aspect of his game that will be most scrutinized in AAA. Thankfully, we'll have ample StatCast data giving us launch angles, exit velocities and more, that will allow for a thorough and robust comparison to his peers. For now, it's an exciting tonic to an uninspiring week of Twins baseball on the major league side. More to come... View full article

Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 92 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie walk through the Twins' messy ownership situation in light of Pohlad's taking on ‘limited partners’ to erase debt currently held by the team. They talk through the outlook of the 2026 roster and who is more likely to be moved this offseason, Joe Ryan or Pablo Lopez. The guys then catch up with every Twins prospect acquired at the trade deadline, including a hot start for Enrique Jimenez and digging into the tweaks Mick Abel and Taj Bradley need to make to feature with the big league club. 1:55 Twins Ownership Mess 15:52 Kyler Fedko 16:50 Connor Prielipp 24:04 Enrique Jimenez 33:09 Eduardo Tait 34:32 Mick Abel 42:03 Geremy Villoria 45:36 Hendry Mendez 49:47 James Outman 53:58 Garrett Horn 56:45 We're not talking about the Carlos Correa trade 57:20 Ryan Gallagher and Sam Armstrong 1:01:15 Taj Bradley 1:08:08 Kendry Rojas You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. Destination__The_Show__Episode_92__Twins_Ownership_Mess_and_Trade_Deadline_Acquisitions.mp3 View full article

Image courtesy of © Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press/USA Today Network-Florida / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s time to start paying Kyler Fedko some attention. If the season ended today, he’d undoubtedly be an organizational top three minor-league hitter in 2025. He even has an outside shot at a 30/30 season; that's the scale of his power-speed blend. Fedko was an unheralded draft selection. He was taken in the 12th round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of UConn and was signed to a $125,000 bonus. He ranked 497th on Baseball America’s pre-draft big board. He was a standout player in college, winning the Big East player of the year in 2021 while hitting .410 and cranking 12 home runs. His pre-draft scouting report noted that ‘scouts are unsure whether he’ll be able to sustain his production with wood bats or against better pitching’. The young outfielder has fallen into a strange pattern throughout his five-year minor-league career. Time and again, he goes to a new level of minor-league ball and struggles. The next year, he repeats it—and crushes it. Level Year wRC+ A 2021 82 A 2022 155 A+ 2022 98 A+ 2023 136 AA 2024 84 AA 2025 140 AAA 2025 183 (through 08/20) That pattern persisted in the early going in 2025, when Fedko made the adjustment to Double-A pitching. In 88 games, he hit .253/.375/.494, with 20 home runs, 26 stolen bases, and a walk rate north of 15%. Sheesh. Only, something is different this time around. For the first time in his career, Fedko has stepped up a level and hasn’t skipped a beat. It’s only been 16 games at Triple-A St. Paul, but Fedko hasn’t taken long to adjust. He’s hitting .358/.429/.687, with 5 home runs, 5 stolen bases, and a 183 wRC+. He’s done that while maintaining a respectable 20.8% strikeout rate. So, what’s the outlook here? Well, he’ll almost certainly cool off. Fedko is running a .404 BABIP since his promotion. His 98th-percentile wOBA is outpacing his 36th-percentile xWOBA significantly. But what might the role be here? He’s at least given himself a chance at reaching the big-league level. (Insert your own joke about the Twins never acquiring a right-handed hitting outfield bat here.) Actually, the joke's on you, Fedko has reverse splits, with an .824 OPS against lefties in 2025 versus a .925 OPS against righties. Even so, I think he’s earning an audition as a bench bat for 2026. What are the warts in Fedko’s profile? First, he doesn’t hit the ball very hard. These are limited sample sizes from Triple A, but a MaxEV of 107 mph is pretty uninspiring for the level. How, then, has he gotten to so much power? Fedko is a master at pulling the ball in the air. Entering games on Tuesday night (in which he went 5-5), Fedko had a Pull Air% of 22.7%, good for 95th percentile in Triple A. Combine that with a line drive rate that’s up about 7% in 2025, and excellent in-zone contact (87.5%) and Fedko punishes anything in the zone to the pull side. There’s a tendency to expand the zone, though. Fedko chases at a rate north of 30%. This is likely something that big-league pitchers would exploit. He chases breaking pitches plenty, offspeed pitches even more, and he’s vulnerable at the top of the strike zone. Defensively, it's a solid profile. He's played the majority of his reps in Triple A in left field. It's a good (and accurate) but not outstanding arm. Even so, I think he clears Austin Martin, Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner in defensive value. The outfield for 2026 seems fairly set, but there's an opening there. Byron Buxton and Wallner are locks. Alan Roden (underwhelming debut aside) should get the first crack at the final starting spot. Larnach doesn’t hit well enough to outpace his supplementary tools. DaShawn Keirsey Jr. doesn’t hit enough, period. Martin’s supplementary tools aren’t that supplementary. Enter Kyler Fedko. I don’t think he’d need to hit that well to be useful. An outfielder with positional versatility, some speed, and pop is a viable candidate to be a fourth outfielder in 2026. View full article

Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 91 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie walk outstanding performances from prospects in each level of the Twins farm system. They start with comps for Luke Keaschall and ask if Zebby Matthews can make the leap to playoff caliber starter before digging into Kyler Fedko’s incredible breakout season. The guys talk through Walker Jenkins being over-faded by the industry and Kaelen Culpepper’s incredible 2025 season. They finish by digging into new catching prospect Eduardo Tait, and a pitching prospect known as ‘La Bazuca’. 0:00 Intro/Housekeeping 3:23 Luke Keaschall and Zebby Matthews 13:18 Kyler Fedko and Payton Eeles 23:50 Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper 35:58 Eduardo Tait and Adrian Bohorquez 44:17 Marek Houston 47:03 Notes on system You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. View full article

Sam Armstrong was the second arm acquired in the Willi Castro trade with the Chicago Cubs. What should Twins fans expect from their new pitching prospect? View full video

Twins added a borderline top 100 prospect in left-handed starter Kendry Rojas. Who is he? How might he help the Twins? View full video

Image courtesy of Thieres Rabelo In episode 90 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and Jamie walk through an incredibly busy trade deadline for the Minnesota Twins. The guys discuss feeling reengaged in Twins baseball with the magnitude of the changes on the MLB roster. From there, they discuss trades they liked and struggled to see the value in. The guys finish by discussing what the roster might look like in 2026, talking through who the lineup will be built around and handicapping a rotation that should have plenty of depth. 0:00 Intro 2:35 Housekeeping 3:47 Post deadline feelings 13:45 Jhoan Duran Trade 20:12 Harrison Bader Trade 23:33 Brock Stewart Trade 31:44 Willi Castro Trade 34:42 Griffin Jax Trade 44:11 Louie Varland Trade 56:27 40-man roster crunch 1:02:38 Lineup pillars? 1:09:00 Promote AA Studs? 1:20:00 Next year's rotation You can support the show by downloading it from wherever you get your podcasts, including iTunes and Spotify. If you enjoy the content, consider leaving us a five-star rating and review in addition to sharing or retweeting DTS-related content. You can follow us on Twitter @DTS_POD1, @Jeremynygaard, @J_D_Cameron, and @TheodoreTollef1. We’re now on Bluesky @destinationtheshow.bsky.social. You can also find full episodes and clips of our shows on our YouTube page @DestinationTheShow. View full article