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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 5/22/18

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Kiley McDaniel

1:05

And have more money for their 2nd pick, with KC and TB having much more money and 3-4 picks between DET's picks

Chris

1:05

Hey Kiley - I recently discovered an office- mate is related to Whitworth's RHP Hugh Smith ... do you know anything about him - any insight? Apparently dude is 6'10" and has some above average feel.

Kiley McDaniel

1:05

Up to 97 and huge, scouts we've talked to said there isn't a whole lot else there right now

Jake

1:06

Is there much concern in Adonis Medina's start to the year?

Kiley McDaniel

1:07

Saw him a couple weeks ago and that guy would go in the top 5 picks of the draft.

Jake

1:07

How good can senzel be if he gets the vertigo checked

Kiley McDaniel

1:08

I don't have a great sense for how vertigo affects elite hitters so we'll just find out together

Thomas

1:08

Not sure who does the Fangraphs prospect videos on Youtube but keep it up! For all of you not subscribed:

Kiley McDaniel

1:08

About to be a lot more posted this week!

Noodles

1:09

Terrific picture of you, sir! A week or two back you referred to Bart's defense with glowing grades. Is this right? And as a large-framed dude, do you think there is any concern for his mobility going fwd?

Kiley McDaniel

1:10

I think he'll be fine, lots of feel for the game and the position but he is bigger than usual and catching beats guys up. Plus arm, above defender

Ozzie A.

1:10

Have you scouted Anthony Seigler in person?

Kiley McDaniel

1:11

Yep posted a homer video yesterday on twitter. 65 arm, 55 glove, can really hit and lifts the ball already. Some teams are very very in on him. Me and Eric are as well.

Jim

1:11

I don't know if you saw the tweet from Alex Bregman from this last weekend, but he complained about the use of a headset by catchers in college to allow the coach to call pitches. Based on that, Bregman said that there was "no chance" he would go to college if he was a catcher prospect out of high school. What are your thoughts? Is the problem as big as Bregman suggests?

Kiley McDaniel

1:12

There's almost no incentives for college coaches to act in the best long-term interests of their players unless they treat them so poorly that they get a bad rep and can't get other players. That goes from calling too many sliders from young pitchers, throwing too deep into games and on too short rest, teaching hitters to hit grounders since defense is worse in college, bunting too much, etc. It's kinda sad but there's too much money especially in the SEC/ACC for coaches to treat it like the lower minors.

Guest

1:13

Austin Meadows' younger brother, Parker, is draft eligible. Where if at all does he project to go?

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

late first to comp round

Clubber Lang

1:13

Is there a command guy without a big time fastball that you like in this year's draft?

Kiley McDaniel

1:14

Daniel Lynch and Logan Gilbert on college side, Gunnar Hoglund on prep side

1:17

The chat software isn't letting me add photos to the chat, so here's a Scout picture for the 75% of you who want to see it and I don't know what to tell the other 25% of you

@Lana

Spicy Boy

1:18

we gotta boycott any team that drafts luke heimlich

Kiley McDaniel

1:18

Yeah that's why all 30 teams aren't meeting with him

Babe Lincoln

1:19

Have you ever discovered a legit prospect by accident? Sorta like how the Mets discovered Stetson's deGrom when they went to scout the opposing FGCU pitcher, Chris Sale.

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

Only underclassmen, if we're talking about like top 100 level prospects, but I've definitely run into 4th-6th round guys I had no idea who they were until I was looking at them.

Ozzie A.

1:20

Heard anything about soroka’s shoulder? They’re saying it’s just precautionary but I’m always skeptical

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

Sounds like you have trust issues

Babe Lincoln

1:20

Alonso 50 FV now?

Kiley McDaniel

1:21

He is on the list to discuss for the update

Joey Bats

1:21

Why did the Braves cut me?

Kiley McDaniel

1:21

You have some reason to have trust issues

Brandon

1:22

What do you make of Spencer Torkelson? Huge power this year as a freshman.

Kiley McDaniel

1:22

Eric wrote about him at length in the Juan Soto piece yesterday. Could be another Pete Alonso if he keeps doing this.

kbpms1

1:22

That's an 80 grade pupper.

Kiley McDaniel

1:22

She just nodded at me when I read that to her

Yankees

1:22

Will humanity ever stop being terrible? Being on twitter ends up ruining my day most days

Kiley McDaniel

1:22

Okay this feels like therapy may be time to make my exit

Slurp

1:23

JUAN SOTO

Matt Damon

1:23

MATT. DAMON.

Burt Reynolds

1:23

Ever try to eat shredded cheese with chopsticks? Humbling experience

Willie Calhoun

1:23

Having Juan Soto on my fantasy team makes me so happy (don't tell my wife)

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