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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 7/24/19
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AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:59
Healthy Whitley has more value than Thor and he may still right now.
Rays need more prospects
2:00
Is Joe Ryan's performance in A+ an intriguing development or a nifty but ultimately unexciting affirmation of what we already knew about him?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:00
Velo is up and he's performing, but it's mostly fastball, feel and deception, so it's just a nice progression of what we had preseason
Joseph
2:01
Any early reports on Osiel Rodriguez?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:02
NYY was aggressive about resting him when there was soreness and otherwise he's been pitching about as we expected, in the low-90's
Jake
2:03
If the Pirates offered the Rays Felipe Vazquez and Starling Marte, would that be enough for Wander Franco? If not, what would the Pirates have to add to that to get Franco? Hypothetically.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:03
guys, I don't think TB is trading Franco
Brent
2:03
I got to ask...have you ever seen a prospect like Gareth Morgan? His numbers since joining the Angels are insane...what would his tools rate as, and does he have any chance of making it?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:03
I mean check out his player page, guys: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa828708&position=OF
2:04
he was a famous young player, playing on the Canadian Natl Team for years, PG All American, 70 raw power but not much else
Sammy Sooser
2:05
Opposing teams would have to pry Lux and May from Friedman's cold, dead hands, right?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:06
Yeah guys like that don't really get traded and especially not by teams like LAD
Brad
2:08
Yankees prospect Ezequiel Duran is performing quite well this year as you originally projected. Can you share your thoughts on his season and what he’s looking like? Top 100?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:09
2:10
another one I covered on twitter, so I'll just link to that
Bubic Hair
2:11
Any update on Mitch Haniger's ruptured testicle?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:11
STILL NO THOUGHTS ON THIS LET'S MOVE ON, GUYS
Obo
2:12
Quite a few reports suggest that Robert Puason has regressed over the past year or so? Do you generally agree that he has regressed? Are we looking at another Kevin Meitan in terms of the likelihood of a significant bust?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:12
Well Puason didn't really play in widely-scouted games over the last year, so it would just be guesswork
Carreyou
2:13
The next step now is to value all the major-league rosters, and add that to the minors, yes? San Diego dropped in the farm rankings because Tatis graduated, but they're hardly a less valuable team moving forward because their best prospect is now raking for the big-league club.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:13
I'd like to add a "Graduated" column so you can see what's been lost since the offseason list and then also do what you're describing
BillyB
2:13
Did you just call us drunk morons?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:14
well i either called you guys drunk morons or specifically separated you from the drunk morons, implying no crossover
Eric
2:15
When a team signs a J2 guy (ex: Royals and Erick Pena), where is the beginning landing spot ordinarily? Haven't heard much about him since the signing. DSL?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:15
All the 16-year-olds that sign this summer sign 2020 contracts so the team doesn't waste a year of Rule 5 protection for half a season in the DSL
2:16
So they sign, move into the academy, play in simulated or Tricky League (think like instructional league between the 2020 contracted-players and tryout players), then either go to US instructs in the fall (if they're advanced) and/or DR instructs a little later in the fall. Then in March they are on a normal schedule.
mamsk
2:17
wRC+ seems almost useless for minor leaguers in leagues where park environments can vary so much (looking at Nashville in the PCL as an example)...are there any potential updates to make there down the line to at least try and encompass some of those differences?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:17
MILB park factors are tough since there's so many new parks, teams that move, temporary parks while one is being built, underpublicized changes to the dimensions, etc.
2:18
We'd be under/over adjusting a lot of guys so we just opted not to do that and you can take guys from like Asheville or Reading that are outliers in their leagues and adjust them down mentally
which isn't perfect, obviously
Yordan Alvarez
2:19
Have I surpassed Kyle Tucker in your mind?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:19
You're 8 spots behind him now and you were about 100 spots behind him before the year. I'd guess you pass him in the next month as you graduate from prospect lists
Mason Jarre
2:19
Any hypothesis where Jasson Dominquez starts his pro career in 2020? Extended spring training then Gulf Coast league or think we can go straight to Appalachian or Penn?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:20
Wander Franco and Vlad Jr. started in the Appy League, where NYY has an affiliate. I would guess he plays there at some point in 2020 but he could start in the GCL or go straight there from extended.
Johnny
2:20
Is Wander Franco an MLB replacement level player right now?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:21
Yes. He can play almost any position at an average or better level, plus runner, pop and a good approach with strong K rates. I bet he'd outperform some utility IF types you could grab on waivers now
Gerry
2:23
A lot has been made said about Ronny Mauricio and his rising prospect status being at least partially attributed to strong performance in A ball while being far younger than leave average...he has a sub .700 OPS--what am i missing?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
2:24
He's performing at a league average rate at age 18 against lots of 21-23 year olds and Mauricio is a lanky, twitchy, projectable SS with power and bat speed
2:25
Not every elite prospect posts league-leading numbers as the youngest player in the league like Vlad Jr. or Wander Franco.
Jake
2:25
By your explanation Luis Robert falls into a Starling Marte comp
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