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Kiley McDaniel Chat - 8/29/18
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AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:08
Future grade is generally the best version of the pitch they show a couple times a game, present is the average of what the pitch is throughout the game. a 40/50 pitch means he'll throw some 50's but it's mostly in the dirt or misthrown, etc.
Tommy N.
1:08
High spin rate doesn’t affect perceived velocity? Doesn’t it make the ball look faster especially up in the zone?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:10
It leads to more swing and miss because of movement (when the spin is efficient enough to create movement). I guess you could index swing and miss by velocity when there's generic movement and create "perceived spin rate velo bump" but that's kinda unnecessary when you could just grade the pitch overall
joe
1:10
Does Isaac Parades have the power to stay at 3B or would a move to 2B suit him better. I know he's only 19 but I've read there's not much projection left for him.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:11
It could be a Jhonny Peralta type where he doesn't look the part but makes it work. Normally this ends up at 2B or 3B. Mostly depends on the tolerance for the FO/coaching staff and other defensive options. With Iglesias, it's obviously not SS>
Jim Leyland Palmer
1:11
Is Kody Clemens a big league regular?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:11
More platoon guy for me, but there's a chance
Alex
1:12
In a chat hosted by a different FanGraphs contributor a few weeks ago, someone referred to you as "Girl Name Mc Guy Name". Thoughts?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:12
Haven't heard that one before but sounds like something I'd think of
John
1:12
Touki a 60+ now? I know he's a 50 on THE BOARD, but seems low at this point!
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:13
Typically, when a prospect comes up and shows the tools we have them graded as having, they wouldn't get upgraded until the performance shows that it's more than the sum of the parts...in which case they wouldn't have eligibility anymore.
regular
1:13
Has anyone ever calculated the threshold where saving service time is actually detrimental.. ie Alonso - if a player develops well now you're stuck with extending a fan favorite at 31 and paying for his decline whereas if he was promoted more aggressively he'd be FA at a more reasonable age.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:14
That would kinda be impossible to measure. Obviously some teams would consistently do the wrong thing there
Bun B
1:14
what  minor league right handers sit above the Cease and then BRUSDAR!/Manning tier? Any surprise names like a Tyler Ivey?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:15
It sounds like Eric and I will be sliding a current 45+ past those guys in the upcoming small update.
Eric
1:15
On THE BOARD, there are two current tabs for Value and Scouting. It would be cool if there was a 3rd tabs for season stats, so we could easily compare how well the prospects on the board are doing. Who's having good/bad seasons, etc.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:15
We talked about just this recently. Like almost exactly how you're describing it
Dominic
1:15
I know the BOARD says Riley Greene > Bobby Witt Jr. so can you explain why a lot of people think Witt Jr. is a 1-1 candidate?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:16
Famous, big tools, plays SS, has a good name, performed well in past summers when no one was paying close attention to him
HeyNow
1:16
But Vientos is killing it when adjusting for age.  Seems to one guy who's being overlooked a little.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:16
He's in the top 200 prospects in baseball and hasn't gotten to Low-A yet. No, he isn't.
Patty O'Furniture
1:17
Is Bryse Wilson a Hall of Famer?  The five innings I saw say YES
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:17
This is the kind of reasoned analysis I'm looking for
Greg
1:17
What
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:17
You heard me. Also I hope this is Cousin Greg bc I'm a big fan.
John Wick
1:18
JOHN. WICK.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:18
oh, we're here already
Bob Ross
1:18
BOB. ROSS.
Uwe Blab
1:18
UWE. BLAB.
AvatarKiley McDaniel
1:18
Thanks for coming, stay tuned for mind blowing projects that we're currently working on, coming to you over the next month or two.
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