JotCast | Kiley McDaniel Chat

Kiley McDaniel Chat - 5/30/18

Prev Page View Full Chat Next Page

Kiley McDaniel

1:08

There's two different American Heritage HS's and they went to different ones. India went to Delray (Lucius Fox went there for a bit, Anfernee Seymour as well) and Vientos went to Plantation (the powerhouse that had Hosmer, Deven Marrero, Zack Collins, etc.)

Phunkyphresh

1:08

When do we get a new podcast. Driving without something fun to listen to sucks

Kiley McDaniel

1:09

Direct your vitriol at Cistulli. I'd do one everyday if he asked.

1:09

Have you heard anything on who the yankees like in the latter half of the first?

Kiley McDaniel

1:09

Lots of talk about Daniel Lynch of UVA at that pick. rising late and we have him 23rd, so fits.

Roger

1:09

What can you tell me about Micah Bello? Was he close to making this iteration of the Board?

Kiley McDaniel

1:10

He'll be on the expanded board. Solid tweener that's improved this spring, may be signable in the low six figures.

Snapper Bean

1:10

Seems like all the mocks are saying just about the same thing at the top of the draft. 1 Mize. 2 Bart. 3 Bohm. 4 Madrigal/Singer. 5 Singer/Madrigal. 6 India

Kiley McDaniel

1:10

There's a reason for that

ryan

1:10

do you think the reds will go for Madrigal if he's still available, or draft a pitcher given that their pitcher development has been so poor...

Kiley McDaniel

1:10

They will take him if he's there

Rob

1:10

Is Josh Breaux more project able as a pitcher or catcher? I've heard both and would like your thoughts.

Kiley McDaniel

1:11

More upside as a catcher, huge arm strength and power, the rest is a little rough. Fastball only with little else on the mound, but in the high 90's so not a terrible backup plan.

Mike T.

1:11

who is Scout's favorite player?

Kiley McDaniel

1:11

whichever one gives her treats and/or pets

Oyster Burns

1:12

the yanks are always on socal kids. have you heard the same going into this draft?

Kiley McDaniel

1:12

We've heard them strongly tied to three players with high picks, all on the east coast

But they'd take Cole Winn if he slides, which I can't imagine he'll get that far

Mr. Fister

1:13

Settle a debate. One of my coworkers is convinced that the Royals will be able to get a significant prospect in return for Moose. I argued that he will fetch a lottery pick or two at most. My coworker is insane, right?

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

I don't think you will win if you think he'll be traded for a top-14 pick in the NBA Draft.

Loop

1:13

Anything new on the White Sox? Still on Madrigal? More so leaning Singer now? Feed me. I hunger.

Kiley McDaniel

1:13

I think it's down to those two, still think it's Madrigal

Bravesy McBravesface

1:14

Isn't Trevor Larnach just a more polished, outfield version of Gorman?

Kiley McDaniel

1:14

Mostly, yes.

A Boy Named Yu

1:14

Best guess for Cubs' first pick?

Kiley McDaniel

1:15

They had their top two decision makers at the Denaburg vs. Casas playoff game and Denaburg was pretty good.

Ptown

1:15

Could the Giants shake things up and go with a high school pitcher at #2?

Kiley McDaniel

1:15

Cole Winn is the rumor we keep hearing, but that would have to be in a scenario where Bart goes 1 and they flunk Mize's medicals and both seem farfetched right now.

Frank Menechino's Lazy Eye

1:16

Thank you for the DRAFT BOARD!
Do you get the sense that you and Eric are higher on Swaggerty than the industry consensus?

Kiley McDaniel

1:17

Higher than he'll go, but there's definitely scouts that have him right where we do. The ones that don't, we think, are falling into the aforementioned Trea Turner thing, or getting distracted by some worrisome, but ultimately probably meaningless maturity stuff from earlier in the spring.

giants fan

1:17

im not sure if you follow basketball, but did you hear/read about the Colangelo twitter story, Im curious if you've heard anything about this in baseball?

Kiley McDaniel

1:18

lol i know a couple GMs burner accounts but they don't tweet from them because that would be insane, they just don't want everyone knowing which people they follow/their likes

A Boy Named Yu

1:18

Haseley seems to make decent contact - does the MLB ball help compensate for any power deficiencies? I.e. is he a good fly-ball revolution candidate?

Kiley McDaniel

1:19

He already lifts it a decent bit, that's the main adjustment he made in his draft year to get into the top 10. It just isn't impact tools. Probably a 50 or 55 FV in left field in the end, 1.5-2.5 win territory. He's something but not a star.

Mr. Fister

1:19

Wut? Matz......injured? Syndergaard......injured? The trend continues. Poor Mets fans.

Kiley McDaniel

1:20

Yes, poor Mets fans. Unfortunately there's still a lot of people in high positions there than don't know what they're doing and one of them is the owner.

Eric

1:22

You mentioned there are some crazy rumors in the top 5. Anything you are able to share at the moment?

Kiley McDaniel

1:23

In the mock later this week

1:24

Why is Bart considered such a high target when he seems to be more like Zunino 2.0? That wouldn't be worth a top-3 pick, would it?

Kiley McDaniel

1:24

Some people think that Mike Zunino Is Good

Connecting…