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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 4/4/18
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AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:45
He's throwing hard, his slider is dirty and he's throwing strikes, sounds like he's in better shape too. So, yes.
Byron
12:46
How does Bo Bichette have a present hit tool grade of 30? That must be an error, right?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:48
Nope, it's a future 50 and if it was a current 50, he'd be in the big leagues. He's played one season in A-Ball (with unsustainable BABIPs, so don't scout the stat line) so 30 is about as high as you can go. If he goes bonkers this year, it might be a 45 or 50 at the end of the year, but I'd expect it to be more like 40, then around 50 in late 2019 or 2020
Tate
12:48
What do you make of the Jordan Hicks situation?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:50
He throws really hard and has a solid breaking ball and fits in relief long term, so it's earlier than expected but not like super surprising. I would assume he gets a little more minor league time at some point, though.
Damn it Donnie
12:50
Brusdar Graterol is an intriguing name -- have you heard anything about him? FV? What do the pitches / command grade at?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:51
We like him too, arm strength dude in the lower levels with some feel for offspeed. He made our non top 100 guys we think have a chance to end up on the list next year: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/heres-some-lower-ranked-prospects-we-l...
Wayne
12:51
Which Vanderbilt player has the best chance to jump into the first day of the draft?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:51
Reid Schaller, but he's more 3rd-4th right now
Jesse
12:52
Thoughts on Liberatore's changeup and new slider/cutter? Based on my viewing (via streaming), it appeared he threw a mid-80s (84-85 mph) slider/slider. The pitch had different movement than his low-80s (80-81) changeup.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:52
Change flashed 55, slider was inconsistent but flashed solid avg in mid 80's
12:53
hold on, belly rub break
(fangraphs hold music)
12:55
okay we're back
Prospects galore
12:55
With the White Sox essentially throwing all of their prospects at the wall and seeing what sticks, who do you think surprises them the most?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:57
lol that's assuming i have telepathic powers over multiple white sox execs and we all know i only have that for a couple teams, but none in the al central
Bravesy McBravesface
12:57
Why is Liberatore considered the top prep pitcher in the draft by most outlets?  It seems like his inability to hold his velocity and the recent advances made by other pitchers like Stewart, Hankins, Denaburg, Winn, etc. have made that picture murkier.  Are teams banking on him maintaining the velo later into his outings with some professional development?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:00
Liberatore is a more of a 50-55 now stuff, projects for more, above average command prototypical prep arm type, when his first outing (just a couple innings) may have created the expectation he was 93-97 with a plus hook for longer outings when in reality he's backed up a little bit each start since then. My earlier answer that the top tier of prep arms is jumbled is more the current opinion. If you saw Kumar Rocker sit 94-96 with a 65 slider and throw strikes, then saw Liberatore 90-92 with a 55 curveball for all but one inning at NHSI, it's hard for physical projection to close that gap, hence those guys all being ranked differently depending on who you ask.
Lou
1:00
Can you order these in terms of a possible breakout: Faria, Flaherty, Junis, Skaggs
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:00
2, 1, 4, 3
Phil
1:01
Why has Griffin Conine struggled?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:01
Also in that article! Man, Carson just publish that thing already!
Essentially, he's selling out too much for power and needs to scale it back some
Bravesy McBravesface
1:02
Sorry about all of my questions about prep players today.  It's just really difficult to get much info on them, and most of the video available to the public is really old.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:02
That's why I'm here, so no worries. Unless you ask bad questions, then I will hammer you
Pauly
1:02
Do you see a Acuna/Pache/Ender outfield in Atlanta's future or is Ender the odd man out in a few years if Pache develops?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:03
I think Ender is tailing off with a couple years left on his deal at a good price by the time Pache gets there, so I'd guess they don't overlap that much...but that's just me assuming.
Sonny
1:03
For a prep arm getting 1 ip at a showcase how important for his future is popping the highest number he can vs showing pitchability, getting outs, etc?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:05
You'll get different answers based on who you ask. There is some value in popping one high number so scouts can tell their bosses "this guy hit 96" and they'll be a little more likely to go see him than if they say "this guys sits 90-92". But that only happens when a scout already likes you and chooses to emphasize the 96 to get his boss there, since he knows you can carve at 90-92 and wants to sign you. So, just do what helps you succeed in that setting, throwing strikes and getting outs and whatnot, since they're going to focus more on arm action and offspeed pitches, etc.
1:06
(which are things you can't really choose to change in the moment like you can choose to throw harder with less control)
Turgid
1:07
You're a Florida Man... other than taking bath salts and going to Disney World, what's the best thing to do in Orlando?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:07
I mean that's kinda the list, man
Fair line
1:07
Shohei "Barrels" Ohtani: fun guy or fungi?
BJ
1:07
HEY PUPPER WAKE UP
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:07
Uh oh we're getting in range
SQUIRREL
1:07
SQUIRREL!
Turgid
1:07
Josh Reddick has a pancake ass
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:07
Oh come on that's not very nice. See you guys next week
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