Kiley McDaniel (ESPN) top 100 List

[joelala]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/30833166/kiley-mcdaniel-top-100-mlb-prospects-2021

Behind a paywall, we have 4 on the list:

Adley: 2

GRod: 30

Mountcastle: 93

DL Hall: 97

His write up on Grod is very nice:

”Rodriguez was a surprise pick at No. 11 overall in the 2018 draft, both since he was generally thought to go in the back half of the first round and also because he was generally seen behind Matthew Liberatore (80th on this list) and Cole Winn (45+ FV).

Obviously, Baltimore has been more right than that consensus so far and much of that is due to how quickly Rodriguez has made adjustments. While I was at FanGraphs, I took high-speed video of Rodriguez in the Futures Game and saw the mesmerizing screwball-like action he was getting on his new changeup. It went from being a distant third pitch that was never much better than average to a plus pitch. Some of the pitch-design things that Houston is known for (Verlander's new arm slot, fastball spin, etc.) are at work here with former Houston people running the show in Baltimore.

Rodriguez now has four above-average to plus pitches with starter command. If he had a 2020 minor league season, it would not be surprising to have seen him steamroll his way to Double-A and be comfortably in that top tier of troublesome-to-sort pitching prospects above. Only having experience in low-A and not having one 70-grade projected pitch are the two things holding him back thus far, but Rodriguez actually doesn't have a clear concern like all of them do.

Rodriguez may be underranked here, but he'll likely move up 10-15 spots with a strong first half of the 2021 minor league season, as his questions melt away while other prospects graduate.“

 

[Mountain Bird]

Who is Grod?

[joelala]

Grayson Rodriguez aka G-Rod 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Mountain Bird said:

Who is Grod?

[Frobby]

Not a huge fan of Mountcastle, Hall or Kjerstad.    I do like the write-up on Grayson.   

Personally, I’m ready for some MiL games so we can separate fact from opinion a little.    
 

[joelala]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think we should just start calling him Grodd now.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, joelala said:

I think we should just start calling him Grodd now.

Would make for a heck of a bubblehead.

[MurphDogg]

18 minutes ago, joelala said:

Grayson Rodriguez aka G-Rod 

Oh, you mean Son-Guez.

[joelala]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Not a huge fan of Mountcastle, Hall or Kjerstad.    I do like the write-up on Grayson.   

Personally, I’m ready for some MiL games so we can separate fact from opinion a little.    
 

Yea, the Kjerstad snub was a bit surprising/disappointing.  His ranking of Veen in the top 50 affirmed my pre-draft opinion that Veen was the best OF prospect (unless Martin ends up there, )though so that was a silver lining for me.

And yup, so ready to parse out fact from opinion.

 

[joelala]

1 minute ago, MurphDogg said:

Oh, you mean Son-Guez.

Precisely.  Who tried to coin that moniker again?

[Sports Guy]

7 minutes ago, joelala said:

Yea, the Kjerstad snub was a bit surprising/disappointing.  His ranking of Veen in the top 50 affirmed my pre-draft opinion that Veen was the best OF prospect (unless Martin ends up there, )though so that was a silver lining for me.

And yup, so ready to parse out fact from opinion.

 

Veen is the guy I ultimately wanted but I get why Elias took Kjerstad.

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Veen is the guy I ultimately wanted but I get why Elias took Kjerstad.

I think it’s a pick he’ll be judged on.   He took a calculated risk with a no. 2 overall pick — how will it pay off?   We’ll see.    

[joelala]

8 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Veen is the guy I ultimately wanted but I get why Elias took Kjerstad.

I suppose I do too, but am admittedly still a bit salty.

[joelala]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I think it’s a pick he’ll be judged on.   He took a calculated risk with a no. 2 overall pick — how will it pay off?   We’ll see.    

Oh absolutely.  His boldest move so far I think.

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I think it’s a pick he’ll be judged on.   He took a calculated risk with a no. 2 overall pick — how will it pay off?   We’ll see.    

Yep and while I wanted Veen, he also has a lower floor imo(higher ceiling).

With the second pick, I can see why you would try to get the more sure thing.