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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 3/14/18

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Dan

12:53

Austin Beck appears to be one of he more polarizing prospects out there. How did you assess him leading up to the draft and how do you project him now? Thanks for the great work.

Kiley McDaniel

12:53

Super risky, high upside. Big question on the hit tool

John

12:54

Michael Toglia: top 10 pick?

Kiley McDaniel

12:54

Maybe, he's in the mix early

Dave in London

12:54

Is Jake Bauer's contact skill as good as some scouts say? Thoughts on his near-term and long-term prospects?

Kiley McDaniel

12:55

He can hit, deceptively good in RF, can also play 1B, power has developed but only really hit for power in games for one year, so needs to repeat it

HugoZ

12:55

Is there any practical reason for having Acuna on the opening day roster?

Kiley McDaniel

12:55

Not that I can see

Mike

12:55

Biggest 2018 MLB draft riser and faller in your opinion?

Kiley McDaniel

12:56

Carter Stewart and Brady Singer

Paul

12:56

Any recent buzz that would cause you to make changes to the 2018 draft top 10 ranks?

Kiley McDaniel

12:56

Yeah lots of it

Paul

12:56

Is Austin Riley the Braves future 3B?

Kiley McDaniel

12:56

I thought so a couple years ago, still do

Quinn

12:56

I'm impressed by Swaggerty, how much of a reach is he for the Giants at #2?

Kiley McDaniel

12:56

It's a reach right now but not super duper crazy

Larry

12:57

I went to the UF-FSU game last night. Drew Mendoza can really hit, but that guy is a disaster in the field. I know we're a long while away from the 2019 draft, but is Mendoza a 1b only?

Kiley McDaniel

12:57

Haven't seen him in college, but he was a projected 3B in HS and there wasn't much question about that

Hello Hi Hello

12:57

As a Tigers fan I would really like us to take a position player with first overall, but as a Tigers fan I'm not expecting it. Is it too early to hear rumors on which way the front office is leaning?

Kiley McDaniel

12:58

Generally yes, but I've heard a couple things I'll share soon enough

Mike

12:58

In your latest Braves prospect rankings you had Cumberland in front of Jackson and Contreras - what do you see in him that you don't in the other two?

Kiley McDaniel

12:59

I mean there's already 10,000 words in the article do I have to type them all here? Cumby has best combo of hit/power and polis https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-32-prospects-atlanta-braves-2/

Larry

12:59

I've seen other sites quote scouts that say Drew Waters can't hit "at all." Any concern on your part about the hit tool?

Kiley McDaniel

1:01

I haven't seen that, so I'm dubious. But, in general, pro scouts that are first seeing a HS draftee the summer after they sign are hilariously wrong often and way too opinionated. They have no context or history and enjoy too much telling amateur scouts that they're smarter than they are after seeing a couple games.

Larry

1:01

Lucius Fox is from Batman, not baseball. Thx

Kiley McDaniel

1:01

My b

IMW

1:02

How do you (and others) actually FEEL when you find you've gotten a comp or project totally right on a player. Conversely what about when you realize you were way off? Do you take it personally, shrug and move on, something in between? Try to analyze the why?

Kiley McDaniel

1:02

I imagine that's what heroin feels like

Babe Truth

1:03

How do you evaluate a high school players hit tool when seeing them on such a small sample size ?

Kiley McDaniel

1:03

First, try to make it a bigger sample size. If you can't, don't be super sure of yourself and seek context.

Nick

1:03

Do you have a 2018 draft crush?

Kiley McDaniel

1:04

No one in this draft class can top your mom

Pablo

1:04

You and Eric had Nick Williams as a 45PV/50FV in prospect week this year in the graduated prospect report. Are the concerns mostly about his defense or do you think he'll just be an average bat at best too?

Kiley McDaniel

1:04

Defensive instincts aren't great, pitch selection has never been good, makeup has always been an issue. Just a minefield of potential issues keeping him from his upside.

Bravesy McBravesface

1:05

Is Casey Mize in the top 5 consideration now? Does throwing a no-no against a mid-major school really boost his stock that much? It's an impressive feat, but does it seems like it's an overreaction to jump him up the board because of it.

Kiley McDaniel

1:06

Well I mean no scout is moving him up because of his stats in a game vs. Northeastern, so that's a pretty weak argument. He's in the top 10 right now, but there's still questions about durability he needs to answer.

Mike sixel

1:06

It's rather have both Kiley and Eno, rather than one or the other....

Kiley McDaniel

1:06

lemme know if you find out how to make 1000 of me tho

Todd

1:06

What's your FV on Jake Cave? Will he strike out too much to be a valuable COF?

Kiley McDaniel

1:07

40 FV, but basically ready and sneaky power