JotCast | Kiley McDaniel Chat - 11/7/18

Kiley McDaniel Chat - 11/7/18

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Ken Lay

1:02

Does Andujar for Senzel make sense for both teams? NYY could use a better glove at 3B, CIN has a soft outfield? Even if neither team would do it, is this way off value wise? Trading a year of proven performance for a year of service time? If not, who would need to add?

Kiley McDaniel

1:02

Reasonable on talent, wouldn't say that's impossible but don't think CIN moves Senzel

lIKE

1:03

What would be some of the criteria to power ranking organizations development systems

Kiley McDaniel

1:04

Strictly minor league player development is the once aspect of a front office that I think is kinda impossible to quantify. How do you know what percentage of a player improving is development or just good scouting that this guy is the type that would improve? For the system I'm making that I alluded to a few weeks ago, I'm attributing all that improvement to scouting and folding PD into a front office grade with GM and pro scouting as a sort of catch-all good process/decision making, but even that is still hard to nail down an empirical method for value

Matt W

1:05

Am I crazy that the top free agents I want the Mets to go after are the recently departed Astros analytics guys?

Kiley McDaniel

1:05

It's rare to have guys this proven and high-ranking hitting the market, so not crazy

brad

1:05

Kiley, we haven't seen this much in baseball but a lot more in basketball (I think) Would harper sign with Philly with the thought that Trout will join him there in two years?

Kiley McDaniel

1:06

LOL Boras won't allow feelings and/or friendships and/or hope to get in the way of a SWEET PAYDAY, BRO

Jake

1:06

Was the Indians' decision not to QO M.Brantley a mistake? You have him at 3/45, so he wouldn't have taken 1/18, right?

Kiley McDaniel

1:07

Yeah, perfect world they would've done it. I believe I read they didn't since he may accept and then they have to pay at least half of it before they can trade him and they need to cut money. One negative of going for it in a middle market with a maxed out payroll--you're gonna miss out on some opportunities

Art

1:07

Wait, so you've moved from Florida -> Atlanta -> Florida -> Atlanta again?

Kiley McDaniel

1:07

There's one more state in the middle of that but yes

Bryan in Boise

1:08

Eovaldi looking at 4 years, 64 Million?

Kiley McDaniel

1:08

Probbaly the most he'll get, but possible

Aaron

1:08

I'll drink and talk baseball with anyone that will listen.

Kiley McDaniel

1:09

24 of you have already said yes, which is a pretty high %age of you that are in here currently which seems...fishy

1:10

Wait a minute

I'm lying, I'm not coming to ATL (43.6% | 17 votes)

I'm flying to ATL (25.6% | 10 votes)

I still pass, you hella boring bruh (30.8% | 12 votes)

Total Votes: 39

Brian CashGod

1:11

I don't live in Atlanta, but would love a meetup in DC / NOVA if it ever happens! And shoot, I still need to see the Braves new ballpark, so if an ATL meetup was during a Braves homestand and was advertised early enough, I could go!

Kiley McDaniel

1:11

It is a solid ballpark with surprisingly good food in the area around it

Maximum Munchies

1:11

Are we in store for another silent winter as teams just sit and refuse to spend much?

Kiley McDaniel

1:12

I think there's too much money that just got handed to GMs for it to be the same. We don't know how much better it will be, tho. Still not a ton of irrational/emotional owners dictating changes, but there's a few, which is more than last winter

Dystopian Future

1:13

Kiley you left Florida? I disapprove.

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

I was trying to eliminate my bad character traits per Eric's last chat

James

1:13

Is it wrong to go online just to laugh at people making ridiculous trade proposals?

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

There's so many other things to laugh at, but that's a good one

1:15

Also, more than a couple GMs have mentioned things to me that they first read in this chat and I'm not unique, many of them read most of these sorts of chats from other writers, so you guys are getting exposure

The Old Buccaneer

1:15

Do see the Giants targeting Chaim Bloom for their GM position? Would that be considered a promotion for him?

Kiley McDaniel

1:15

Rosenthal said he didn't think so and I tend to agree. Not a clear step up from TB

Curiosity Seeker

1:15

I'm wondering about a mashup/kegger in Vegas...I missed the one in Denver, but I would fly to Sin City...

Kiley McDaniel

1:16

Yes, I will be in Vegas for the winter meetings and, if there's no trades, I'll have almost nothing to do

well prospect lists, but nothing like specifically time sensitive during that week

RDJR8

1:16

I am now envisioning you sitting in some large room alone with a big "FanGraphs Atlanta Meetup" banner in the background"

Kiley McDaniel

1:16

why do you think I made a poll

this is why I don't write books, bc the book signings would be my main nightmare

Ken Lay

1:17

Regarding the one other state....how was living in Alaska?

Kiley McDaniel

1:17

had to go on the lam to get away from johnny law and found some likeminded outlaws

learned to catch salmon with my bare hands

1:18

had my hands ripped off by a bear

it hurt but i appreciated the symmetry

Lilith

1:20

3 neutral brainstormer common

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