Kiley McDaniel Prospects Chat – 3/31/15

Kiley McDaniel: Hello. Kiley is here.

Comment From Nick
Nick is here.

Kiley McDaniel: Good to hear from you Dr. Nick. Hi everybody.

Comment From Jared
Can you remember a draft class where so many top prospects have suffered injuries?

Kiley McDaniel: I can’t, but it always bothers me when Bill Simmons announces every NFL/NBA season is the craziest one he can remember, so I don’t want to fall into that trap. Maybe it’s the normal amount of injuries, but since this class kinda sucks, we’re just noticing it more since top 10 guys are going down instead of fringy first rounders.

Comment From sir nerdlington
How do you see an international draft being implemented?

Kiley McDaniel: Terribly, incorrectly, regretfully, short-sightedly…

Comment From Pete
Best guess for a Carlos Correa call up?

Kiley McDaniel: Maybe September, probably early to mid 2016

Comment From Jared
Who’s been the biggest riser in the draft class thus far?

Kiley McDaniel: Dillon Tate went from mid to late first round to #2 overall for most/many

Comment From Scott
Kiley, what do you think the chances are of Corey Seager getting a call up this season?

Kiley McDaniel: The Dodgers think he can play shortstop and I’m betting they want big league data on that, so if they get a nice lead, I bet Rollins gets a break and they see if that can work. Probably late season, given the IF depth.

Comment From JP
Will we see Lucas Giolito in the majors this year?

Kiley McDaniel: Seems like I’m just advising people on which prospects to pick in their fantasy leagues at this point

Kiley McDaniel: High-A and Double-A this year, MLB by middle of 2016 is my guess

Comment From Jarred
Are the Twins still linked to Wander Javier? How firm are these alleged J2 agreements?

Kiley McDaniel: They’ve been linked to him for like 6 months. These deals fall apart maybe 5-10% of the time. Here’s my latest on this July 2nd class: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl… and here’s what I wrote around this time last year if you want to keep score at home: http://sbb.scout.com/story/…

Comment From JP
Any chance Dan Vogelbach plays in the NL?

Kiley McDaniel: He can fake it at 1B and is trying to improve, but before or once he proves he’s a big league hitter, he likely heads to the AL is my guess

Comment From JP
ETA and expectations for Ryan McMahon (Col)?

Kiley McDaniel: You’re in luck because I wrote a bunch of words about this here: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

If you have another specific prospect question like this, just search for the guy’s name at the top of the page, which for McMahon would bring you here: http://www.fangraphs.com/st…

Or go to my top 200 prospects coverage, which will send you in all kinds of directions to find more info: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Carlos
Alex Meyer: Average starter, elite closer or what?

Kiley McDaniel: More on that here: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

I think closer, but you have to do what MIN is doing and make sure he isn’t a starter. #2/3 starter level stuff, just not sure he can command it for 200 innings

Comment From Joe
Do you know what day the next July 2 article will go up? Thanks

Kiley McDaniel: Prospect lists wrap this week, then July 2 and draft list updates happen right after that…so I could say next week for both, but it’s probably one before the other and one the week after the other.

Comment From Pale Hose
Kiley – Are there Shane Greene’s out there that never get noticed?

Kiley McDaniel: Well he’s in the rotation for a contending team, so I think he got noticed. There’s a misconception with some fans that guys like Shane Greene were that good 3-5 years ago and they are just getting that attention now. I saw Shane Greene a bunch of times in High-A. He was 91-95 with above average breaking stuff, not much command and not much changeup.

He has a crazy backstory I wrote about last year: http://sbb.scout.com/story/… where he was drafted off a Juco JV team and only a couple teams even knew his name. Scouts knew he was still learning to pitch with this new velo, then his stuff spiked right around when he was big league ready and getting big league looks. There aren’t guys throwing 93-97 mph with above average stuff and enough command to start that people just aren’t talking about. If there are (like Branden Kline), people are going to talk about him very soon.

Kiley McDaniel: Also, any do you prefer x vs. y top prospects can also reference the top 200 list http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Carlos
Is Micah Johnson the long term answer for the Pale Hose at 2B or more of a stop gap?

Kiley McDaniel: He’s more the kind of guy you’re probably looking to upgrade over while he’s playing. Injuries kinda worry me but he’s talented enough to be better than that.

Comment From Guest
How does franklin kilome look? Potential for a big year?

Kiley McDaniel: Wrote a lot about him too, big sleeper for PHI http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Pale Hose
Should I interpret FV on a guy like Kyle Seager to be his current skill level? There can’t be much room for improvement.

Kiley McDaniel: Basically, yes. And there’s some guys like Josh Harrison, who I put a 60 FV on but he just had one 70 FV season (5+ WAR). Either I think he’s worse now (I don’t) or I thought that one season was a little fluky/won’t be replicated. Kudos to the players that prove me wrong.

Comment From qeeqeq
if you had to guess, how much of success in the later rounds of the draft is attributable to team team (via scouting/signing strategy) and how much is luck, where a guy becomes something no one expected him to be?

Kiley McDaniel: Guys don’t sign for 5 figures in the 15th round if any teams, including the one that signed him, think he’ll be good. It’s educated guesses, so good teams will get more of them, but it’s a huge amount of luck.

Comment From Nick
What do you think of my dynasty league prospects that are stashed while I am anxiously awaiting their arrival.

Kiley McDaniel: My opinion affirms your ability to pick prospects and gives you the self confidence to ask out Shelly in Accounting

Comment From bob
better long term: micah johnson or jose peraza?

Kiley McDaniel: Peraza by a lot

Comment From Concerned Citizen
Bit of a slap in the face to Olt / LaStella / Alcantara for the MLBPA (who represents them) to call it a “bad day for baseball” defending a guy who isn’t even a member of the union yet.

Kiley McDaniel: Kinda like how Boras doesn’t complain when one of his non-clients is being held down for service time reasons. Bryant will make the most “important” union members money when he signs a precedent setting deal. Those other guys can suck it, apparently. Unions!

Comment From Brian
What’s the highest draft spot you’ve heard of possibly making a below slot deal?

Kiley McDaniel: The #1 pick always sigs for below slot since that’s how MLB set it up. Hearing way below slot deals a lot in the 6-10 area already.

Comment From Horacio
Where do you have Kyle Tucker right now? It seems he’s having a good spring.

Kiley McDaniel: He’s moving up, but he is far from a consensus guy. Catch him on the right day and those Ted Williams hitting mechanics comps can turn a seasoned scout into a Justin Bieber fangirl.

Comment From Guest
Are the phillies going to be players for Yadier Alvarez?

Kiley McDaniel: They’re one of the teams kicking the tires harder than others, but I don’t think Ruben was given $30 million to sign one teenage pitcher, which is probably where this is headed. I think that rebuild will be a little more conservative/normal with some July 2 guys (they’re giving a 16 year old kid $4M+ this year, see the July 2 link above) and draft guys and trading of veterans, not a reckless abandon type thing.

Comment From Michael
Hi Kiley, I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Dalier Hinojosa in spring training. Would you say it’s realistic to think he could be a significant part of the Sox bullpen in the 2nd half of the year?

Kiley McDaniel: Maybe not significant, but he can contribute

Comment From Tony
In a simulation league, I’m deciding between Willy Adames, Chance Sisco, and Jake Thompson. Do Sisco or Adames jump Thompson when you consider the MLB parks that they will play in?

Kiley McDaniel: Sisco might hit .290 with 15-20 homers and play catcher. Adames is more Yunel Escobar. Jake Thompson is fun, could be closer or #3 starter and is closest to majors. Not sure how your league values those three relative types.

Comment From mikeleelop
Could AA be trying to pump up Castro and Osuna to get Phillies interested for a Hammels trade? Hoffman, Castro, Osuna and Pentecost enough to get Phillies interested in the deal??

Kiley McDaniel: Man, I’d hope so, that’s a lot of dudes to trade for a guy getting paid the retail price

Comment From Phillies113
What are your thoughts on the Kris Bryant service time thingamabob? Any ideas on how to fix it, if you believe it needs fixing?

Kiley McDaniel: This is an issues billionaire owners don’t care about, millionaire agents/lawyers care about once every couple years when it affects them and the much less wealthy players that this actually affects have no voice. It’s going to be a political pissing match to fix this, which means it’ll likely be a bandaid. I don’t see it as a huge problem that he’s going to miss 9 games and the union has much bigger fish to fry. There’s literally 1000s of ways to fix this, but who knows if there’s enough incentives to get the involved parties to do it.

Comment From Jared
Am I crazy for thinking the Dodgers haven’t firmed up their J2 plans due to Yadier Alvarez’ situation?

Kiley McDaniel: Well, it was because of Moncada. Didn’t want to commit to 5 kids then have to pull out when Moncada agreed to terms. They’ve had about a month since then, but I don’t think Alvarez isn’t the driving force. If he’s cleared to sign immediately today, the Dodgers can just do what they did with Moncada and offer the most if he waits 3 months, which I think he would do.

Comment From Ryan
Kiley, who do you think comes out of nowhere in the minors this year to become the next breakout star?

Kiley McDaniel: Getting a lot of questions like this. If I knew the answer, then I’d rank the guy high and he wouldn’t be coming out of nowhere, he’d be in my top 100 or so. Just read the reports for guys in the top 200 or so and pick a guy where I say upside a lot and that’s as good a guess as mine.

Kiley McDaniel: Here, I’ll pick one for you. Gilbert Lara with Milwaukee.

Comment From Bruce
Keone Kela a possible Closer in Texas in 2016?

Kiley McDaniel: Not quite enough feel/secondary, probably more setup, but closer is possible

Comment From Kris
I’ve got friends that live in Greenville, SC. When should I plan a visit to come watch Yoan?

Kiley McDaniel: Now?

Comment From mikeleelop
are the Bluejays linked to any other top internationals after Guerraro?? If they are blowing over their allotment, it only makes sense they go way over right?

Kiley McDaniel: If you have the money free to do that, sure. Logically, that makes sense, but only one team of the roughly 10 that have done this has actually gone way way over. What makes you think every team will do that now?

Comment From JP
“Seems like I’m just advising people on which prospects to pick in their fantasy leagues at this point” Or giving us validation on who we picked already!

Kiley McDaniel: This is like a sad therapy group

Comment From Grand Admiral Braun
Obviously if we had guns to our heads, we’d bet on Kyle being the more successful of the Seagers, because he’s already shown all-star level play. Corey’s upside, even at 3B, is far superior, yes?

Kiley McDaniel: Why do people in my chats always have guns to their heads?

Comment From Julione
Kevin Maitan or Moncada as generational talents?

Kiley McDaniel: Sounds like both, at this point but projecting a 19 year old all 30 teams have evaluated and made decisions about is easier than than with a 15 year old with much less scrutiny

Kiley McDaniel: Also, the frequency of questions I get about Maitan implies that many of you are picking a just-turned-15-year-old in your fantasy leagues which is really odd

Comment From GUEST
You’re already falling into the Bill Simmons trap. Every year the current draft class is down and next year is the greatest in 5 years.

Kiley McDaniel: Well scouts say every year is down, I like to think I say it’s more average until it’s clear it’s good/bad, if it even is. It’s clearly down this year. Scouts almost never say this draft sucks and they are. And next year is super good, but I feel like I have compelling evidence, I’m not just quoting J-Bug and mentioning three weird games and declaring this year an outlier. Am I?

Comment From Bruce
Do you think theres a decent chance Tapia is a top 20 prospect by years end?

Kiley McDaniel: Basically anyone in A-Ball that’s in the top 100 or so could be in the top 20 by next year.

Comment From Guest
Yoel Mecias in for a breakout year?

Kiley McDaniel: Literally any healthy baseball player could have a breakout year in 2015. Am I supposed to be acting like I can tell the future?

Comment From Rico Brogna
I keep hearing that this is a weak draft class. I’ve heard that about other draft classes too. Historically,, with hindsight being all 20-20 and whatnot, when the consensus has been weak draft class, has it typically turned out that way? In other words, should I believe you that this is a weak draft class?

Kiley McDaniel: Most classes are indistinguishable from others 10 years later, it’s just that the talent was unsigned HS players or late-blooming late-rounders, with a couple HOF types skewing the results. So, yeah, in a more cosmic sense, a “bad” draft class either doesn’t exist or you can’t know until 15 years later. I guess rather than waiting until 2030 to answer your chat questions, I’m trying to be objectively reasonable and also give you a somewhat useful answer.

Comment From JP
David Berg is a sidearm closer for UCLA. Does some team take a chance on him in the draft?

Kiley McDaniel: He’ll get drafted and 10% of guys like that make the big leagues, according to my anecdotal WAG

Comment From Baseball Czar of Mass
Who are the Red Sox gonna pick in the draft with pick # 7?

Kiley McDaniel: I would normally say no one can know that this early, but I actually have reliable information on this coming next week in the draft update.

Comment From Scott
Would rather have Norris or Sanchez in the rotation if you’re the Jays?

Kiley McDaniel: Norris

Comment From Michael
Matt Barnes – should one hold out hope he can be a starter or convert him to a reliever now and get it over with?

Kiley McDaniel: I’d leave him as SP

Comment From Proswagonist
How does Brendan Rodgers compare to previous 1-1 picks? Legit or more of a 3-5 overall pick in a “good” draft?

Kiley McDaniel: Better than Nick Gordon, who went 5th last year, so clearly deserves to be this high, but probably a weaker #1 in the scope of the last 10-15 drafts. Top 3-4 player in almost any draft.

Comment From Love them links!
Has Michael Taylor shown you something this spring? Think he’s making necessary adjustments?

Kiley McDaniel: Can’t really say that from a handful of ST at bats, since the level of pitching is so varied and guys are working on stuff

Comment From Jake
Is Olivera the guy to take over at 3rd once Uribe sucks/ gets hurt? Or is it one of Guerrero or Turner?

Kiley McDaniel: Olivera takes Uribe’s job if Uribe is healthy. Just not sure when Olivera shows up due to his visa

Comment From Shawn
Do Steven Moya and/or Yorman Rodriguez figure it out enough to become starting OFs

Kiley McDaniel: I’d bet one of them does, have them both as 45+ FVs, so they’re both close.

Comment From Colby
Where would Victor Sanchez rank on the mariners?

Kiley McDaniel: Middle part of the list. Didn’t feel right to memorialize the guy by writing a scouting report.

Comment From Tony
If the top 200 is fine today, does Kline make a big jump? Has his FV gone up for you?

Kiley McDaniel: 45+ FV right now, so 143-200 area. Could be 50-100 guy with a handful of starts with that kind of stuff.

Comment From mtsw
What percentage of big league ball players would be capable of playing other sports professionally if baseball had never been invented?

Kiley McDaniel: 10-20% i’ll guess

Comment From Michael
Kiley, I’d love to see all your chat answers about my favourite team, but somehow 29 out of every 30 questions are about other team’s prospects, and I can’t be bothered to read all those! Is there anything I can do?

Kiley McDaniel: Hashtag I’m not interested in solving this problem

Comment From David
Who is more likely to have a more productive season at MLB level, Marco Gonzales or Kevin Gausman?

Kiley McDaniel: Gausman, I’m on that bandwagon

Comment From Noah
Are you a believer in Ryan Cordell to SS? If so, how does that impact his future value?

Kiley McDaniel: He hasn’t played SS in a regular season game since high school, so I’ll reserve judgement

Comment From mtsw
Will we see minor leaguers be paid a living wage in the next CBA? Given how much money is floating around the league it seems grotesque not to even tho they don’t have a seat at the table.

Kiley McDaniel: This should’ve happened a long time ago but why would the union try to help these people? Look at how the NFL is dragging their feet on helping people that their sport paralyzed. Gotta give rich execs PR incentives to be human beings, I guess.

Comment From Proswagonist
What I took from your Branden Kline blurb was that Nathan Kirby can throw 102 mph once he loses the Virginia knee-bend. Yep.

Kiley McDaniel: people gonna hear what they want to hear

you look pretty OH SO I DIDN’T LOOK PRETTY YESTERDAY

Comment From Matt
So, Daz Cameron – eh? what kinda grades would you put on his hit/raw/speed given what you saw? first rounder for you at this point?

Kiley McDaniel: 55-60 run, 50-55 arm, CF fit, 45-50 power, chance for 50-55 bat, but hasn’t really shown that consistently

Comment From Guest
you should invent minor league fantasy baseball

Kiley McDaniel: I could make literally tens of dollars

Comment From Matt T
What does Michael Gettys ultimate upside looking like? Carlos Gomez esque?

Kiley McDaniel: .270, 20 homers, 30 steals, highlight reel defense/arm. Like really really good

Comment From Guest
Any big names for the 2016 draft? Need someone to keep my eye on as a Philly fan

Kiley McDaniel: Teaser: 2015, 2016 and 2017 drafts will get rankings in the coming draft update. July 2 stuff coming. I will rank the contents of your fridge. I’ll rank you loved ones. Grandma should be on waivers. That shirt should be DFA’d. I’ll judge anything in your life for a fee.

Comment From R2B2
Why do you hate when people ask if a prospect is legit?

Kiley McDaniel: Because I don’t know what they mean by legit–legit 1st rounder, legit big leaguer, legit star, legit top 100 prospect, legit can’t miss superstar, etc. Ask me something specific and I can answer you something specific, which is why I’m guessing you’re in this chat asking questions.

If you just want to be like hey Kiley this guy is good, is he a guy, then i’ll say yes and we can all have fun but that doesn’t actually mean anything…its just you having fun with your pal Kiley.

So I’ll answer your legit vague question, but I promise you won’t learn anything. Use #justhavingfun or #idon’tcareabouttheanswer and i’ll answer your vague question with a fun, vague answer. Fair?

Comment From Stu
In terms of present “prospects”– what percentage of your knowledge about current guys comes from other sources? It seems like an overlooked aspect of scouting is having extensive connections and being able to tap into that as a resource

Kiley McDaniel: Most of the guys I write about I’ve seen at some point. Being up to date on what I see and only writing what I see means I need a couple years history and two looks in the last six months or so. Even then, I’ll check with a scout to make sure nothing changed. So, yeah, even me seeing everything I need to see includes talking to someone, so almost every player is a mix of both.

Comment From Guest
Why are elite hit tools so rare compared to elite power or elite speed? I mean you NEVER see an 80 future grade on a prospect hit and 70s are really rare too. Is this because it is you have to see them against/have the develop against major league pitching before those grades are thrown on guys?

Kiley McDaniel: Hit tool is like command. You can notice the elements of it, but it comes down to proving it, or else the elements don’t matter quite so much. You can’t project more than a couple guys as .300 hitters in the big leagues before you see them hit a little in the big leagues. Same for command.

Comment From Ben
Are the Rangers going to be big players in this J2 class or do they wait another year to go over?

Kiley McDaniel: They’re gonna spend, not sure if they’re going to go over, tho

Comment From Pale Hose
On Greene I was referring to his backstory and if there could be major league quality players that skip through the cracks (never get drafted). It sounds like you don’t think that is possible.

Kiley McDaniel: In America, probably not. Internationally, definitely.

Comment From R2B2
What was your take on the Olivera signing? (apologize if I missed it).

Kiley McDaniel: It was all on twitter. He got the years, upfront money and big number, and no one thought he’d get all three, but the Dodgers decided they wanted him and could afford it, so they made sure they got him. Probably a little more than they had to pay, but in the scheme of things, $45M and $63M isn’t that different to them and $45M includes a chance they don’t get the player.

Comment From Bo
Kolby Allard, where do you think he falls in the draft because of the injury and what do you think his velocity could be as he physically matures?

Kiley McDaniel: Probably still top 10 if he throws well before the draft. I’d expect 91-95 t97 at maturity.

Comment From Inpatient
When’s the Pirates’ Evaluating the Prospects article coming out?

Kiley McDaniel: Tomorrow, then Royals and Giants after them later this week

Comment From EC
What historical prospect would you most enjoyed getting the chance to scout?

Kiley McDaniel: Bo Jackson

Comment From jdszerb
Does Baez’ value take a hit for his demotion? NO FV was provided for him in your write up. What would you give him for FV?

Kiley McDaniel: Another teaser: I’m going to run through all the lists once I finish them and update some grades, add/subtract traded guys and do the 27 & under for every team like I have recently.

Comment From Stuck in a Slump
Who do you think has a bigger probability of busting? Baez or Gallo?

Kiley McDaniel: I’m the low guy on Baez so I think they’re really darn close.

Comment From Ron
Have scouts soured a bit on Stephen Piscotty? Is there a plan for him to play with STL, or does he have better luck if he gets traded to an org that will allow him to compete for a spot?

Kiley McDaniel: He’s in my top 100 so I hope not

Comment From Ajay
Given the lack of high end talent, any chance Aiken goes 1-1 and agrees to something like $3-$4 million?

Kiley McDaniel: less than 1% chance

Comment From mtsw
Would you prefer if baseball fans were less into fantasy and more into gambling and you were constantly getting questions about point spreads and over/unders instead of “whos a good sleeper?”

Kiley McDaniel: Those both sounds kinda terrible

Comment From Guest
Do scouts ever ask players how they felt about facing a certain pitcher? It seems like it would be important to do this to identify guys with deception?

Kiley McDaniel: Yep

Comment From Brett Lawries Peppermint Mocha
Is Vlad Jr. eligible this year?

Kiley McDaniel: well, on July 2nd but yes http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Matt
Based on pure stuff alone, where would a healthy Jeff Hoffman rank among pitching prospects? It seems like only guys like Giolito and Bradley.. Etc are in that two 70 pitch area

Kiley McDaniel: Healthy, peak Hoffman is way better than current Bradley, Giolito is pretty close.

Comment From Luca
Hi Kiley.

Kiley McDaniel: Oh no.

Comment From Luca
You seem higher than most about Gilbert Lara, did you see him recently? Any update on your evalution?

Kiley McDaniel: I wrote him up last week, so probably not: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Phillies113
Baseball America’s farm system rankings. Without spoiling, are they similar to what yours will be, or are there wild differences?

Kiley McDaniel: I don’t know what mine are yet, so it’ll be a surprise to everyone

Comment From D-Skeetz
You’re getting really existential with some of your answers about projection, upside, predictions. You are a beautiful peacock and you need to spread your wings.

Kiley McDaniel: I guess I’m disillusioned from the expert culture where I’m supposed to know everything and never look back at past predictions or question if my methods are right or think about the process

Kiley McDaniel: That said, I know who will be the 2016 republican nominee and my logical is infallible

Comment From kev
is it true Yanks botched Moncado negiotations somehow?

Kiley McDaniel: Well they didn’t get him, so ignore all the stuff I’ve said and just go off the facts.
– He’s the best 19 year old baseball player in the world
– they have all the money
– they didn’t get him
– their rival did
– their rival offered 25% more than NYY offered…of the thing that they have a near unlimited amount of.
– NYY immediately started spinning this news to the media for damage control since everyone knows these facts.

I list things, you decide!

Comment From Danny
Did the Yankees go crazy in the J2 class one year two early? Is there class disappointing in that they didn’t land any of the top 2 or 3 prospects?

Kiley McDaniel: They did it a year too late because then they would’ve only had a 1 year penalty and could’ve done it again

Comment From bpqa
Kiley, are any of your scouting reports from previous years available online anywhere? I’d love to know what you thought about Bogaerts or Polanco or other young players who weren’t eligible for this year’s prospect list. Apologies if I just suck at googling.

Kiley McDaniel: Only did reports for every system starting this year. I did draft and selected minor league guys in the past, so didn’t do everyone and only the last few years since I was working for teams. Look at scout.com (little bit of everything) and ESPN (2012 draft and MILB) and BP (only Sano’s J2 class) for my past stuff.

Comment From Maybesomeprospect?
Do you ever suspect prospects come in here and ask questions about themselves?

Kiley McDaniel: I don’t know JEFF HOFFMAN do you??!!

Comment From RotoLando
What was the “best defensive play I’ve ever seen” in your Lewis Brinson blurb? (See, I read the links!)

Kiley McDaniel: ranging into short RCF on a line drive for a diving catch, then doubling off a runner at 2B.

Comment From Rico Brogna
I can’t wait until 2030 gets here and I can criticize you for undervaluing this draft class. It’s on my calendar!

Comment From John
Assuming in 2017 that Simmons is a fixture at SS, and Peraza takes over 2B, do you think that the Braves will move Albies to another position? CF?

Kiley McDaniel: Oh, don’t worry about this. These things work themselves out. Profar got hurt, Brees went to New Orleans. Maybe Simmons is expensive and gets traded, maybe Peraza sucks. Anything can happen.

Comment From Jeb
When people say that this draft is sub-par does that usually refer to the top end (1-15), the depth (1-~100), or both?

Kiley McDaniel: I don’t know what those people mean, but I did some research on this for a team and the depth of a draft, defined by the reports we had before the draft, is only the top 15-20 players. They’re all the same, on the broad scale of overall talent, even to the scouts after that. You’ll hear people talk about the depth of this draft being better because look at these guys that went in the 2nd round and that guys is the guy that will say global warming isn’t real because it’s cold today. His name is Glenn. Glenn is the worst.

Kiley McDaniel: That’s my time. Off to finish the PIT list and end my nightmare of all these stupid lists. Then I’ll be freed up to write other lists!