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Kiley McDaniel

Biography

Kiley McDaniel

Kiley McDaniel has worked for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, along with ESPN, FanGraphs, Fox Sports/Scout.com and Baseball Prospectus. He began as an intern for the Yankees in baseball operations, and his most recent club experience was as the Assistant Director of Baseball Operations and West Coast Crosschecker for the Braves. He resides in Atlanta with his puppy Scout.

Kiley McDaniel

Books by Kiley McDaniel

Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar
by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel - Nonfiction, Sports

For the modern major league team, player evaluation is a complex, multi-pronged, high-tech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environment⁠ --- as Michael Lewis' MONEYBALL once forecast⁠ --- the role of the scout in today's game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a data-driven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a team's arsenal. FUTURE VALUE is a thorough dive into the world of the contemporary scout --- a world with its own language, methods, metrics and madness.