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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 5/30/18

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Kiley McDaniel

12:25

Mr. Fister

12:25

Walker Buehler looks like the real deal. Does he go to the bullpen when Kershaw comes back to save innings for the stretch run or is LA too far back in the standings to play around like that?

Kiley McDaniel

12:26

I'd try to be conservative with his usage so I can have that stuff late in the season if we're contending, or at least allow you to throw a full season and build stamina

Connor

12:26

Who are some candidates to fall because of signability concerns? Any way we see Kumar go to Vandy?

Kiley McDaniel

12:27

Kumar and Mike Siani both have 3-4 slots where their price can be met in the 25-40 area and if they slide past there they're likely heading to school b/c there wont' be enough money left to give them. Vandy could also get Will Banfield if he doesn't go day one.

12:27

Thoughts on Garrett Whitlock? Know you saw him last week. Starter or reliever long-term? Also he had to leave the game after being hit with a comebacker and is on the DL. How bad did it look?

Kiley McDaniel

12:28

Didn't look that bad, he pitched to another batter. Funky long arm action, low 90's, solid avg slurve he located well. Could be a 40 later with more performance, but that's about what I'd heard when he was in school.

12:29

Forgot how much New Level bangs

Owen

12:29

I went to my first MILB game last weekend. Saw Bo and Vladito tear the cover off the ball for the Fisher Cats and go back to back in the seventh. It was amazing. Also, Vladito has one of the thickest lower halfs I have seen on a 19 year old. Got a little more Prince Fielder potential than I realized. But what a sweet swing.

Kiley McDaniel

12:29

People are usually surprised when they seem him physically in person. He's really big, guys.

Palardelphia

12:29

Why are mock drafts putting Alec Bohm over Nick Madrigal? Is it just the height?

Kiley McDaniel

12:30

It's based on team-specific intel. The rankings and mock are completely separate, using different information. People always confuse this, which confuses me.

Kristen

12:31

TEX went for high-upside prepsters with their first few picks in last year's draft. Given their systemic inability to develop pitching, could they change course and use their 1st pick on a more polished college pitcher like Hjelle or Gilbert who could advance quickly through the system?

Kiley McDaniel

12:31

Sure sounds like they don't agree with you

Jason

12:32

Accidentally hit enter before I added a last little bit, but anyways, have seen you and Eric talking a bit more about stride length and similar in your prospect writeups when it comes to fastball effectiveness and was wondering how much of a difference it can make.

Kiley McDaniel

12:32

Generally speaking, the shortest stride can take 2 mph off your fastball, longest stride can add 2-3 mph. For young pitcher examples, Faedo is really short, Glasnow is really long.

Sean

12:33

Kiley, any sense as to if the Tigers will continue their college heavy approach or if they will start to prioritize ceiling a bit more this year?

Kiley McDaniel

12:34

Sounds like they're targeting prep players with their second pick (Avila scouted Parker Meadows, they're on JT Ginn), there's a rumor they are trying to get the Mize bonus low enough to float Kelenic to their 2nd pick, but I doubt they can pull it off.

In part because Kelenic is seen as signable, so some team will just take him if he slides

Slurve

12:34

If trading draft picks were allowed, what would 1.1 fetch? Would you anticipate mostly Picks, Prospects, or current MLB players?

Kiley McDaniel

12:36

Well using a new feature on THE BOARD, Mize/Madrigal rank in the 30's on a prospect list. Generally speaking, the 35-45 guys (and AJ Puk, post TJ) in our published top 100 are right next to them. I think it would mostly be deals like that since it'll be a bad team that wants to rebuild but doesn't like the talent and wants to be able to pick multiple young players more their type.

Jared

12:36

If you were Oakland who would you be realistically hoping falls to you at 9? Are Swaggerty or Singer good fits?

Kiley McDaniel

12:37

Sounds like Swaggerty will be there and hearing they will pass. I think that would be a mistake.

Alec Asher Wojciechowski

12:38

Corbin Martin is off to a great start to his first full season, what have you heard about him? Is he putting himself in 50 FV consideration?

Kiley McDaniel

12:38

Moving up, not there yet

Brad

12:38

Luke Reynolds at Southern Miss was one of the top offensive performers in division I (leads NCAA in OBP and BBs, 5th in SLG, etc.). 23 year old junior due to transferring, but has also hit well in wood bat leagues. What else besides age holds him back from getting draft buzz? Defense? Bat speed? Mid-major competition?

Kiley McDaniel

12:38

Some 1B risk, just okay contact/bat speed but we like him

Jo-Nathan

12:38

Did Vasil actually remove himself from the draft pool like Joe Boyle last year, or is he just telling teams not to draft him?

Kiley McDaniel

12:41

We're told he didn't do the paperwork move that others have done in the past to formally opt out, but he's asked MLB to be taken out and whether he actually is/isn't, teams have been told by MLB not to do it. The whole situation makes no sense, as Keith Law wrote about after it happened.

Alec Asher Wojciechowski

12:41

What do you mean when talking about trackman stars when it comes to hitters?

Kiley McDaniel

12:41

Exit velo mostly. You can quantify other stuff like loft and whiff rates but you can do that almost as well with video/eyes

GraphsFan

12:41

Is there a prospect that you and Eric disagree upon greatly, i.e. a FV difference of 10+?

Kiley McDaniel

12:41

No, we'd only disagree that much when we have different info, so we share the info and end up pretty close to the same in almost every case

Trevor

12:42

In the pre-season draft rankings you guys mentioned that some scouts thought Xavier Edwards was better than Brice Turang, but only his size was holding them back? With the less than a week away, would you say that more scouts are convinced that Edwards is the better player?

Kiley McDaniel

12:42

Turang not hitting as expected and Edwards hitting better than expected ended up flipping that. I mean that was easier than Edwards figuring out how to get taller in a few months.

Bronx Bombers

12:43

Looking back at some of your org rankings, do you think you undervalued some MLB-ready players without huge ceilings? Ryan Yarbrough as an MLB contributor who wasn't in the Rays top-31, for example.

Kiley McDaniel

12:45

I think we valued them more correctly than we/others have in the past. Yarbrough looks like a 40 rather than a high 35, which is a small difference. He has a 4.31 xFIP in relief and got around the below average breaking ball by throwing a cutter.

Teddy Franco

12:45

After Griffin Conine's Cape season, it seems scouting media has seriously knocked him for an uneven spring a bit too much. What do you think?

Kiley McDaniel

12:46

He was awful early and much better lately. Given the Cape, I think the awful early with be mostly forgotten, but he is a worse hitter than he was on the Cape from a scouting perspective, so he should be knocked.

Cameron

12:46

I would take Jordan Groshans over Nolan Gorman and Xavier Edwards over Brice Turang. Is that far-fetched?

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