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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 4/11/18

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Kiley McDaniel

1:12

Chance to be an everyday 3B, but long way to go, needs to shore up pitch recognition: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-32-prospects-atlanta-braves-2/

Runelvys Gergich

1:12

Is there any chance, based on what you've heard, that the Tigers take Madrigal?

Kiley McDaniel

1:12

I would say very, very low

1:13

Ozzie just hit a homer, he's amazing

1:13

now Bugatti is stuck in my head, thanks

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

You're all welcome

Mountie Votto

1:13

Time to try Amir Garrett in the rotation?

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

Might let him find success a little longer, but I'd consider it. Let Tanner Rainey eat!

OddBall Herrera

1:14

Albies sees our concerns about his BB rate and raises us a 1st inning homer

LioneeR

1:14

Albies HR. Love him so much

Kiley McDaniel

1:14

we've found our chat mascot

Finnegan

1:14

Any prospects worth making a trip to see in Colorado?

Kiley McDaniel

1:14

Cole Winn would've been, but he moved to SoCal, so no

Christian

1:14

The scout report on his profile list Jakob Junis' slider as a 50. Do 50 grade sliders usually have articles written about them titled "Look at this Stupid Slider?"

Kiley McDaniel

1:15

It is better than that now, but to be fair it wasn't always that good

Slurve

1:15

Which Chat comment of yours are you most proud of? either accurate or quippy...something you have remembered to this day?

Kiley McDaniel

1:15

I was once at a poker table, some blowhard kept bringing up stupid facts to seem smart, then he said "did you know you can overdose on water?" and right away I said "yeah it's called drowning"

1:16

didn't even have a chance to think about it, it was just my frustrated reaction and luckily it worked. he left the table pretty soon after that and the staff carried me out on their shoulders chanting my name

Bort

1:16

When can we expect to see the Jays system report?

Kiley McDaniel

1:16

I should finish the words today, so hopefully this week

Hans Gruber

1:17

THANK YOU sir for your hard work and insight. helping me sharpen my scout tools and nerd out on this sport even harder!

Kiley McDaniel

1:17

whoa that was too earnest you must be new around here but also you're welcome

Logan

1:17

Any news on Vasil? Any other NE guys that might pop up boards once they start playing?

Kiley McDaniel

1:18

We loved him preseason, I think he's only thrown once. I may go up there to see some of those NE guys

Connor

1:18

What are the chances Kevin Merrell sticks at short?

Kiley McDaniel

1:18

0%, it's emergency at best and you might cringe watching it, but he's functional. It's maybe a 2B, probably a CF.

tb.25

1:18

If you've been chatting with us, how did your article get published... are you the real Kiley?!

Kiley McDaniel

1:19

(blows dust out of hands, gestures wildly)

MAGIC

1:19

Is Yordan Alavarez the rare interesting 1B prospect (assuming he grows out of LF)?

Kiley McDaniel

1:19

Yes

1:19

Can you explain more about grading Bo Bichette with a future 50 hit tool? Obviously he has an absurd BABIP, but does that point to him barrelling a lot of balls up? Is the grade more based on the belief that his swing won't work as effectively at the ML level?

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

We think he's gonna choose to tap into his power. He could be a 60 bat/50 power if he wants. Vlad Jr could also choose to manipulate those grades a bit too. They're both really good. There's 5'8 dudes hitting 30 pumps, so we're guessing those two will do it as well.

Sean

1:20

Kiley, what do you see as Kyler Murray's projection?

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

Heard positive buzz, I'll see him in May. Could go top 5 rounds.

Chopsecutioner

1:21

has Dansby Swanson figured things out or is the strong start just noise

Kiley McDaniel

1:21

Looks like he's shortened up to cover more of the plate, which was his issue before, so I'd BUY this change, Skip.

wahoo

1:21

As a UVA guy, a little concerned regarding your previous comments -- not so much because they aren't fair in their general description -- UVA does play a lot of small/situational ball. But your comment made it sound like this is just unequivocally bad for the players, recruits should take note, etc... You honestly think that schools that may emphasize some aspects of this a little more than others are bad for player/hitter development? This doesn't seem fair or accurate, unless there is some data to really support that hitters can't develop properly at a school like this. UVA had two hitters drafted in the top 10 last year, so at a minimum -- it doesn't seem like this style of baseball is doing anything to hurt their hitters if they really have the tools. Schools like UVA and Fullerton have also been very successful college programs.

Kiley McDaniel

1:24

You can disagree if you want but colleges can encourage/develop players to play a pro style game, geared to their specific ability that allows the team to win and the player to improve in a way that will get him paid and get drafted higher

OR

the coaches can call all the pitches, call a bunch of bunts, make them all swing in such a way that will never get them to the big leagues, probably hurt their pro prospects and draft position, make them unlearn their swing in pro ball and possibly harm how quickly they can advance...

all because you think you're smarter than all the kids and that the best way to develop individuals is to treat them all the same and make them fit into the same box.

1:27

The kids can take that information and weigh a good education, successful team, possibly more success as a team in college with detrimental development of their professional career and weigh it vs their other school options. If I'm a kid with no pro prospects, then I probably don't care about that. And UVA's issues aren't just how they coach hitting.

Rob

1:29

Who are some top college bats for the 2019 Draft? Is Adley Rutschman from OSU moving up in the ranks?

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