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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 3/20/19

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Harrison

3:02

What's your usual approach for players who weren't huge prospects out of high school, but are doing great in their freshman year of college? Thinking of Sal Frelick at Boston College, specifically. How long would someone like that need to keep it up before they make it on the 2021 board?

Kiley McDaniel

3:02

Not long. We've heard he's emerging and he may be on there soon when we can get a few opinions. Robby Martin at FSU is a guy like that and he's shot up the board

Gest

3:02

Are you saying you don't view Fried as a starter or that the Braves probably don't?

Kiley McDaniel

3:03

Him and Wilson can both do SP or RP in the short term, so they're easy to carry in the pen rather than AAA

Jay

3:03

Weird that apparently Eloy has nothing to work on in AAA and ready for a ML contract, just a few weeks after needing work in AAA

Kiley McDaniel

3:03

It's amazing how that worked out

Tommy Hunter Bishop

3:03

Brandon Lowe is available for some reason in my ottoneu league. Should I pick him up?

Kiley McDaniel

3:04

Unless it's like a 10 team mixed league with no bench

Tommy Hunter Bishop

3:04

How is Kyren Paris's increased physicality manifesting itself on the field?

Kiley McDaniel

3:04

Yep, he's the best NorCal prep prospect and is super young, so seems like a lock to go in the top 2 rounds now

christian

3:04

What are you hearing on Tommy Henry at Michigan?

Kiley McDaniel

3:05

Michigan LHP Tommy Henry is an interesting popup college arm, covered in his blurb on THE BOARD. Velo up from 86-91… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

I could type a quick report, but it's all in these two tweets

Bret

3:05

$65-$70M extension for Eloy Jimenez over 8-years, per reports. Insane? Fair? Brilliant?

Kiley McDaniel

3:08

We pegged his 6 years of control as being worth about $55M via Craig Edwards research

so that seems like a nice chunk of change for Eloy and a nice discount for the good part of Eloy's career for CHW

Rick C

3:09

Considering the decline in Carter Stewart's stuff, do you think the Braves made an error in 1) drafting him in the first place, and 2) failing to sign him?

Kiley McDaniel

3:09

Drafting Gorman would've been the best decision, but getting a 50 FV hitter and having multiple good options for such this year is the 2nd best option

Idris

3:10

I don't see a player page for Victor Victor Mesa, did he not qualify for your top 100 prospects or do you just not see him with a future impact?

Kiley McDaniel

3:10

Doesn't get a player page until he plays a game

and also wasn't on the top 100

he's here: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2019-prospect-list?sort=...

and here: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/top-32-prospects-miami-marlins/

Victor Victor Victor Mesa

3:11

Hello. I am the other brother

Bicurious George

3:11

Kiley, get a dog door. You and Scout won't regret it.

Kiley McDaniel

3:11

This house came with one and she's scared of it

Alex

3:12

Could you explain the weights for each of grades for prospects (Hit, power, etc). I couldn't find anything explaining that and I just wanted to be clear whether the hit and power tools have more weight in the overall grade then the other tools).

Kiley McDaniel

3:12

It's not a formula, we consider all the tools and then the other stuff not captured in those grades (health, performance, age, etc.) and how the market values that type of player in landing on an FV

No one in particular

3:13

In deep space, which way is up?

Kiley McDaniel

3:13

Oh I think we're there

Matt Damon

3:13

MATT. DAMON.

Kiley McDaniel

3:13

there it is