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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 3/7/18

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Kiley McDaniel

12:23

But then you have to find a 3B and those are harder to find

moose

12:23

why can't mariners develop prospects

Kiley McDaniel

12:23

somebody go check on moose he sounds down

EBS

12:24

Where would Julio Pablo Martinez rank on your top 100? I think Baseball America had him around 60?

Kiley McDaniel

12:24

We have him as a high variance 45, so not on the list. Would like to put eyes on him and see how he adjusts to pitching here, but definitely good enough to make the list next year.

Mark

12:25

who's a recent "star" or above average big league regular that had 40/45 FV due to a high risk rating, but ended up reaching his ceiling?

Kiley McDaniel

12:25

I'm guessing I would've had George Springer as a 45 right after the draft or maybe when he was striking out a lot

But would've pointed out his upside is stupid, high variance, all that stuff. Aaron Judge probably would've been at one point in the minors as well.

Sonny

12:26

When can we freak out about prospect ST performance, good or bad?

Kiley McDaniel

12:26

I'm going with never

Bill

12:29

Who would you expect to be a better hitter and player over the next two seasons, Albies or Calhoun

Kiley McDaniel

12:29

for WAR, Albies

Ian

12:30

Why is Willie Calhoun not getting the draft love many of the prospect scouts have been giving him?

Kiley McDaniel

12:31

We had him stuffed p good at 46 so don't come at me with that weak stuff mane https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/

Cole

12:31

Glad to see Akeel Morris on the Braves list posted yesterday. But why would Atl send him down so early if he's likely to be utilized at the big league level during 2018? What's the value of sending him down so early?

Kiley McDaniel

12:32

Believe he was only called up since he was the only realistic option to fill in for a few days that was already on the 40-man and healthy

Anthony

12:32

You said to come yell at you so...HERE I AM

Kiley McDaniel

12:32

Thanks for the support, guys

Dakota

12:32

What you eating? lol

Kiley McDaniel

12:33

Just went to Whole Foods, so have some meatballs and al pastor from the hot food section, some baked sweet plaintains, sprinach and I might get into more shrimp dumplings I don't know I don't know if I'll have enough time

Sharp

12:33

Seth Romero got sent home from camp, but apparently just for team rules problems. Warning sign going forward, or just a dumb kid who is still projected to be in A ball this year, so no problems?

Kiley McDaniel

12:34

This is never good and it wasn't hard to see coming. Boras gives, Boras taketh away.

DuPu

12:34

I applaud your efforts to lunch and type, although science has shown that multitasking means you're doing one or the other poorly. Which is it?

Kiley McDaniel

12:34

There's al pastor on the floor you're welcome and so is my dog

12:34

Will UCF complete the series sweep tonight?

Kiley McDaniel

12:35

Maybe! Don't know the pitching matchup but last night was pretty electric. UF has to be a pretty solid favorite tonight tho

Pennsy

12:36

Why are there no openly gay players in Major League Baseball?

Kiley McDaniel

12:36

Probably the same reason there aren't any in the other major sports either

Mountie Votto

12:36

Highest (dream big) upside C in the Reds system? Is it Stephenson or Okey?

Kiley McDaniel

12:36

Stephenson has a lot more upside

GSon

12:37

Can you see Yandy Diaz, the darling of the hardest hit/least results slugger break out this year?.

Kiley McDaniel

12:37

I'm a believer. If he can just lean back and put some of those hard hit balls in the air, he's a guy

Jake

12:37

Sorry if I've missed it before, but do you guys have a writeup or a quick take on Julio Pablo Martinez?

Kiley McDaniel

12:37

Short writeup is plus runner, CF fit, avg raw, chance to be an above avg regular, but some contact questions

12:38

So a 45 FV for now with a wide range of outcomes

Actually from ATL

12:38

IF (capital eye, capital eff) Austin Beck reaches his ceiling, does he look something along the lines of George Springer? I've always read that Beck's tooled up but there's significant effort to his game, which makes me think of Springer.

Kiley McDaniel

12:38

Maybe? Not quite that big, so a little different, maybe a little lower ceiling, but something like that

12:38

Space Coast today for Carter Stewart and Mason Denaburg?

Kiley McDaniel

12:39

Didn't expect high school baseball schedules to be such a hot topic today

Billy Beane

12:39

What are your thoughts on Franklin Barreto? Sometimes I get frustrated by him and then I remember that he turned 22 like literally last week.

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