JotCast | Kiley McDaniel

Kiley McDaniel - 12/5/18

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The Amish

1:05

Long term are you taking Justin Dunn or Logan Gilbert?

Kiley McDaniel

1:05

I think Eric prefers Dunn, I'm more split

We'll figure it out when that list comes up. Haven't made all the calls yet

Josh Nelson

1:06

Hey Kiley, lots of 2019 MLB Draft top 50 lists are sprouting up on different media sites. Are you as high on Baylor C Shea Langeliers as others? He's got great defensive skills but I question if his offensive approach is worth a Top 5 pick. Thoughts?

Kiley McDaniel

1:06

We also have a list. We'll update it next week, but it's more moving 10-12 guys around from Fall workouts and expanding the back end, with some of the movers previewed on the podcast dropping late today: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2019-mlb-draft?type=0&te...

Purple Mays Haze

1:07

How do you evaluate Game Power vs Raw Power? Is it how he actually does in games? Or more like how does he do across all 'pitches' (vs teeing off in BP)?

Kiley McDaniel

1:07

Raw is how far can you hit it in BP relative to others

Game is how many homers you will hit in a full season as a starter

which are obviously related, but not as closely as a casual fan would assume

Austin

1:07

How much trade value do players like Jeff McNeil have? (guys that weren't top 100 but performed at the Major Leagues - even in a small sample)

Kiley McDaniel

1:08

Teams are still split on if he's a mirage/utility or will be an everyday type

so it's akin to a performance over tools, swing change Triple-A 45/50 FV borderline guy, give or take

At this time last year, Colin Moran was something like that, but probably better than McNeil today in terms of trade value

The Final Boss

1:09

Can you think of another instance where 4 teams in a division went "all in" at the same time? Braves, Phillies, Mets, Nationals are all going hard.

Kiley McDaniel

1:09

Maybe DJ Khaled can get 19 artists on a track about this

Agency switch

1:09

I keep seeing things on my Twitter TL saying people hired “Agency X”. Can you shed some light on this process for someone who has no idea how these deals go down?

Kiley McDaniel

1:10

Pretty straightforward. You hire someone for 4-5% of your income to do a job for you. You can hire/fire. 40-man guys register their agent with the union. Non-40-man guys don't so it's bigger news obviously for 40-man types but it's also official in a way that it isn't for lower level prospects

Drew

1:11

Do you see the Reds trading Nick Senzel for pitching ? And would you trade him for any of the available Indians starters ? Thanks

Kiley McDaniel

1:11

I do not

Purple Mays Haze

1:12

For or against being able to trade MLB draft picks? (Or will that just make DiPoto's head explode...)

Kiley McDaniel

1:12

VERY in favor of

kind of insane it isn't talked about more as a CBA issue

since it's good for almost everyone

Sir Nerdlington

1:12

Why don't more teams own their MiLB affiliates?

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

Ties you to that team for a long time, so unless you're like the Braves with a team in the deep south or NYY/BOS in northeast where you have more cachet than any other team would and it's close to your home...you may want to leave an affiliate and this makes it way harder

wick

1:14

Is kyle tucker a regular by July?

Kiley McDaniel

1:14

I think so

Doug

1:16

What does a realistic return look like for Gray? I’ve seen NYY fans thinking that they can get Michael Baez or someone similar.

Kiley McDaniel

1:17

He's projected for 1yr/9M and I'm not sure he gets much more than that if he's on the open market. Maybe he'd get 2 for 20-25 with an option? There's not a ton of surplus value here.

And it's just one year of control, so even if you like him, there's limited upside

Braves

1:18

What the H*LL is up with the Steamer projections?? Braves going from a 90 win season to a projected 83...that seems off.

Kiley McDaniel

1:18

If the season starts today...and they have 3 holes to fill. Use it as a relative thing for teams that are similarly done with their offseason

Mac

1:20

I’ve seen various articles elsewhere saying that Kluber and Bauer’s trade values are fairly similar. Does age really make up for the extra year of control for Kluber?

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

I wrote an article about this in July: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-trade-value-1-to-10/

Artie Lange

1:20

I'd like a piece of Johnny Lasagna

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

what drug is that code for

Morbo

1:21

Hi Kiley! Now that Carson has abandoned us for the blinding splendor of the Great White North, are there any plans for some combination of you and Eric to continue the spirit of Carson's Fringe Five posts?

Kiley McDaniel

1:21

I don't think Eric and I's spirit have anything in common with Carson's

Chuncey Wiggins

1:22

Do you ever get the feeling that some people have feelings for you in these chats?

Kiley McDaniel

1:22

In the thanksgiving chat my family saw some of the questions and asked if I had security

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