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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 2/23/18
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AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:53
Heard RHP Ryan Garcia was really good this week. They have a crazy 2019 draft class. May be the best in the country.
Billy Beane
12:53
You know anything about Dairon Blanco, out of Cube? The things I know about him: He is fast.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:53
That is accurate
Brad
12:53
If I got really drunk, could I do a fangraphs chat one of these weeks?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:53
Eno?
Rhys
12:53
What are your thoughts on Shane McClanahan? Is there any chance he goes 1-1?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:54
Good news there's video and a report to answer this question on a brand spanking new article here: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/draft-notes-in-person-scouting-scuttle...
Babe Lincoln
12:54
What don't you like about how UVA develops its players?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:56
They have an awful track record of developing pro pitchers despite getting lots of the best recruits. The squat thing all their pitchers do is really silly and there's some anecdotal evidence it's neutral at best. Their hitters don't swing for HR until the last round in BP and most of them do the Stanford thing to try to hit grounder/liners to the opposite field. Their best hitter squared to bunt in the 1st inning of the game I was at. Maybe this helps you win in college but lots of schools win by helping the kids develop for pro ball, too.
Sterling Malory Chris Archer
12:57
Do you remember your thoughts on Jhaylin Ortiz when he was signed for $4 mil as a 16 year old?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:57
Seemed rich to me at the time
Danny
12:57
Do you think Dillon Tate will be a SP?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:58
It's moving that way now
David
12:58
Is there a quantifiable way to assess the increased injury risk associated with pitching prospects vs hitting prospects?  That is, a pitching prospect is x% riskier/volatile than a hitting prospect, all other things equal?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:58
It would be some version of a WAG if you don't have the data that teams have
AT
12:58
FG projects the Yankees to 94 wins, the Red Sox to 93.  Are the two teams essentially even, or does one of them have a large advantage?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:59
Standard deviation of a win projection is something like 8, I believe. So, yes. Big error bars this early.
Harry Reynolds
12:59
Thanks for sharing the Mason Denaburg video. I really like his delivery - smooth, easy, low impact and repeatable. When scouting, how much do you put into a player's delivery and how that projects going forward?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:59
For high school pitchers it may be the most important thing
Jack
12:59
What are the odds that one of Rocker, Hankins, or Weathers pitches at Vanderbilt next year?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:00
I would say about 15%
JP
1:00
Why didn't Bryse Wilson make the 45ers just outside the top 100? Dude has been lights out.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:01
He is a 45 just outside the top 100, so you can include him if you want. Not the highest upside type that could make a huge jump next year but could certainly end up on the back half with another good season. We were trying to isolate more huge upside guys and less well known guys. Wilson got 7 figures out of HS then performed really well in a full season league, so you can assume he's good without us.
Hey
1:01
Answer my other questions
Kiley McSpaniel
1:02
Woof!
Ricky Bobby
1:02
If you ain't first, you're last
Lt Kaffee
1:03
If you gave an order that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are always followed, then why would Santiago be in danger? Why would it be necessary to transfer him off the base?
Hans Gruber
1:03
Between Trammalamadingdong (Trammel) and Carter Kieboom, who has the most upside?
80 Food Day
1:04
What would I include?
Peter in St Pete
1:04
Is it true that if you don't use it, you lose it?
butts69
1:04
human teeth parade
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:05
I haven't even gotten out of the first page of questions yet, you guys really were battling to be the last questions, so you all win
Mister Puppy
1:06
BASEBALL IS ON
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:07
And with that I'm off. See you guys next Wednesday. Try to stay out of trouble. Especially you, butts69.
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