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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 6/19/19

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Paul

1:28

Am I seeing this correctly that the Mets only have ~2.5 million to offer Allan? Will he take that?

Kiley McDaniel

1:29

That's the hot rumor now. Good thing for Boras he got that Hudson Head deal because this Matt Allan situation is not looking good for him. Lots of chatter out there on this topic.

Inter politics

1:29

Will Eric be doing a summary of his PGN looks?

Kiley McDaniel

1:30

It'll be folded into THE BOARD and largely already has. There's also reports being added as we see the guys, but, for instance, Bobby Witt Jr swung and missed I think 6 times at PGN last year? A lot of these single looks aren't that useful, but in the scope of a whole summer, they are.

Jimmy

1:31

Is there a link to the updated Top 100? I thought you alluded to a new list with up arrows and down arrows?

Kiley McDaniel

1:32

it's on THE BOARD, with this article about the update: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/weve-updated-our-prospect-rank...

ALSO:

the gawd sean dolinar has adjusted the minimums so the stat leaderboard widget here is now even more useful: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/

1:33

and as always you can expand that to the stats/scouting leaderboards, include non prospects or apply filters/sorts to get exactly what you're looking for

Avila not Avila

1:33

Michigan fan/alum who's basking in what has been a really fun run. Do you believe it's possible for a northern school to become a regular threat to make the super regionals or are they destined to pop up years only?

Kiley McDaniel

1:34

they have 6 legit top 5 round prospects (3 this year, 3 for 2020) and some solid depth. Only a handful of programs, like single digits, have that but most of the ones that do are perennial powers. I think they're one of the better bets to be interlopers every 5 years or so, but that may be all that's possible long-term

1:35

especially given that the big 10 thinks baseball is a waste of it's time, financially-speaking

Mike

1:35

Kiley you got to eat some vegetables too man

Kiley McDaniel

1:36

oh i do! about to roast more brussels/carrots and sautee some peppers/onions. I normally eat the grilled meats in a lettuce wraps with some avocado and pickled peppers, sriracha, something like that

Mary

1:37

What would be your approach to international signings this year if you were the Braves? Just ignore it all together and put resources elsewhere, or do you try to find players for 10k?

Kiley McDaniel

1:38

well you have to sign players to fill out the DSL and help the GCL, so punting isn't an option but I also think signing more bulk by going under in the top 10 rounds and going over on HS players in rounds 10+ was intentional to some degree given the lack of prospect depth created by the int'l program

1:39

most int'l programs have a couple "we signed this guy for $30k and he just magically got better, so now he's a prospect" and ATL basically can't do that, so some ~400k HS kids after the 10th can accomplish it in a different way

Joe

1:40

Any idea why Braves moved Demeritte off 2b, where he was a plus defender to the outfield, which put even more pressure on his bat?

Kiley McDaniel

1:40

he was not a plus defender at 2B

Brian

1:40

Are you doing the trade value series again this year?

Kiley McDaniel

1:40

oh yes, working on it now

Dominik

1:41

Why are GMs scouting draft top prospects? Just showing interest? They can't possibly see more than the scouting director, right? Especially if they are ivy league non baseball lifers

Kiley McDaniel

1:41

You'd be surprised how many GMs are making most of, if not every single pick in the draft

Oyster Burns

1:41

concerned about royce lewis?

Kiley McDaniel

1:42

heard from a scout that he's changed his swing and it's a little bit of a mess right now. he may get a downgrade but i'm not worried longterm

Greg

1:42

Vaughn Grissom was ranked on the board, but on the guys who weren't in your list of ranked players, who is your favorite of the Braves day three picks?

Kiley McDaniel

1:43

Tyler Owens is really interesting. He's a 5'8 RHP that was 92-94 t96 in the summer and most of the spring, then we heard late that he was 95-97 for a couple innings in a pre draft all star game

obviously the size limits him, but there's an above breaker and he knows how to pitch, so it could be a another Victor Vodnik utility power arm type

Yanks19

1:44

The Yankees have a number of high ceiling young latin outfielders. Not including Jasson Dominguez, who would be your top 3 in order at this point from Salinas, Pereira, Cabello, Alcantara and Anthony Garcia.

Kiley McDaniel

1:45

i mean the current team list is a great source for this: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2019-in-season-prospect-...

Trenton Dude

1:45

Jasson Dominguez has been heavily hinting about joining the yankees on his Instagram (answering questions and hiding 'most' letters of Yankees) pics with yankee shirts. Is this toeing a thin line, or all fair game?

Kiley McDaniel

1:45

MLB had told teams it does not care about early deals, even though it is outlawed in the rules

Rev

1:46

Does D. Garcia being only 5’ 9” scare you? He’s starting to dominate AA at Trenton but will he hold up long term being that size?

Kiley McDaniel

1:46

height doesn't bother us for hitters or pitchers, really, as long as the power is there and often these days it is. the build worries us a little more, particularly for SP

Parts and Gleyber

1:47

Any update on Mitch Haniher's ruptured testicle?

Kiley McDaniel

1:47

(throws up in mouth)

Sloth

1:47

Hey you guys!

THE BOARD! Man

1:47

THE BOARD! Man gets paid.

Matt Damon

1:47

MATT. DAMON.

Kiley McDaniel

1:47

see you guys next week!

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