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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 10/1/18

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Kiley McDaniel

12:05

Possibly! Some scouts really liked him, definitely a guy to monitor early in the spring to see how he bounces back

Logan

12:05

Read somewhere during the season that scouts were NPing Alex Jackson. I know you saw him at instructs and said he looked better than you expected, can you expand on your current thoughts a little?

Kiley McDaniel

12:06

Sounds like he's turned a corner a bit in terms of maturity. The body composition and receiving looked better to me. Always gonna be power over hit, but its big power and if he can catch, that's a useful big leaguer

Blue Jay Matt

12:06

Toronto signed Orelvis Martinez for almost 700k more than the next highest guy, but you guys don't have him ranked in your top 5. Did the Jays evaluate him as the top guy available or were they just late to the party on the others and forced to through their money at the best guy left in order to secure him?

Kiley McDaniel

12:08

One issue with the hard pool system is teams can't get an edge by spending more money than another team, so they lock guys up earlier and earlier, better that they can pick the right guy and get a deal. So teams are watching 14 and 15 year olds play a few events and promising the best ones $2-3M and sometimes they don't get better in the 12-24 months between verbal deal and signing the deal. But being 7th or 2nd when you're 16 isn't a very big gap in terms of long-term outlook. Tatis, Jr. got $750K, Juan Soto wasn't in the top 15 bonuses in his class, etc.

Logan

12:08

Has a decision been finalized for Carter Stewart? Definitely going JUCO?

Kiley McDaniel

12:09

From what I was most recently told, it will be Eastern Florida JC and the only other recent option was post-grad IMG, which is what Brady Aiken did after his deal fell thru. So, one-year situations in Florida seems to be for sure and one source told me he's already enrolled in that JC, but I haven't confirmed.

Jonathan

12:09

How much do you think the FVs on the BOARD will change between now and the end of your off-season review? Do you expect to uncover a few more complex league pop-up guys between now and then?

Kiley McDaniel

12:10

Yeah, we've already found more guys in instructs to add to the board that will just be added to the team lists. I would imagine the top 100 won't change hugely, but there will definitely be some movement.

12:10

If MLB is cracking down, at least publicly, on deals with 14-year-old international players, is there a time when the majority of pre-July 2 deals are arranged with kids eligible for a given class?

Kiley McDaniel

12:11

They are absolutely not doing that. MLB has explicitly told teams they don't care about early deals, they only care about package deals. Now, why early deals are still technically illegal in the rules isn't clear, but MLB has told teams they won't enforce that rule.

There are more than a couple deals in every class that are done 2+ years in advance

Most of the top 10-15 are done about 12 months in advance

Will Smith

12:11

He's an actor, not a baseball player, bud

Kiley McDaniel

12:11

Good call, bro

Will Smith

12:12

Think he'll ever play for the Phillies?

Kiley McDaniel

12:12

we can only hope

Minor LEaugers

12:12

Do you think MLB teams will buy apartment buildings, or dorms, so to speak, with a gym and a chef, so they can eat better and focus more on baseball? Since we know teams don't like to pay them

Kiley McDaniel

12:13

I know Pittsburgh has this at Pirate City. I believe the Braves have this planned for North Port since there aren't many hotels nearby. It's 8 figures up front to save on a 6 figure tab each year, so it's also a matter of cash/investment, usually decided on by the owner

12:14

Same with complexes in the DR. You can rent from a company that owns a bunch of them for 6 figures a year, or spend 7 figures and get your own...or put that money into players. Reasonable people differ on how to spend that money.

waks

12:14

i am irrationally excited about nolan jones's year. talk me down.

Kiley McDaniel

12:15

We moved him from a 45 solidly into the 50 FV area, so we're excited too. Question would be if the walks dry up at higher levels (I think they will some, but not a ton) and put pressure on the bat and if he sticks at 3B (improved, still not a slam dunk)

12:15

Does Leody Taveras just need to add some weight this off season to add some in game power? He seems to have most other tools

Kiley McDaniel

12:15

It's 55 raw, which surprised both me and Eric at the Future's Game, so it's more in-game loft in his swing than needing the raw juice

James

12:16

What do you make of Epper's comment "home grown tomatoes taste better than store bought"? He playing hard to get with his prospects or he just really doesn't like trading the guys he drafts and develops?

Kiley McDaniel

12:16

Maybe he just really likes tomatoes and you guys assume he only talks about baseball?

12:17

Also seems like he's trying to set the tone for a strong scouting/development system and homegrown/cheap players rather than what happened there under previous regimes. It also makes you feel better when your starting 2B is a 22 year old you signed rather than someone else's castoff FA.

Brad

12:17

Noticed the Corner guys you mentioned from the Cape this year. Bryant Packard not in that discussion. Had as good a summer if not better and had a better College season last year than those other guys

Kiley McDaniel

12:17

Him and Brickhouse are on THE BOARD, both have a chance to go day one out of ECU

Garrett

12:18

What changed in JJ Bleday’s profile? Couldn’t be too long without a Vandy player in the top 50.

Kiley McDaniel

12:18

Hit tool/general performance improved. Was showing this new raw power late in his freshman year.

DJ Tanner

12:19

Should all minor leaguers get tested for sleep apnea after the Josh James revelation? Maybe Seuly Matias becomes to next Babe Ruth with a CPAP

Kiley McDaniel

12:19

Babe Ruth with a CPAP needs to be on a player's weekend jersey

hEY

12:19

Are you hot?

Kiley McDaniel

12:19

oh, we're already there

Name

12:19

You have a girl's name, bro.

j2 board

12:20

Your J2 board sucks, man

Kiley McDaniel

12:20

cmon guys be nice

Jon

12:20

RON PAUL?

BERNIE. SANDERS.

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