Fantasy Baseball Today Podcast

Starting with the news, we react to the trades of Edwin Encarnacion and Carlos Santana (5:10). Was last year just an unlucky year for Santana? And we compare Charlie Morton to J.A. Happ and discuss their values (12:50) ... Reviewing our 12-team Roto draft (17:50)! Find out how high Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ronald Acuna were drafted. Also, how did we draft RPs (24:35) with this weird bullpen landscape? ... A general discussion about hitting vs. pitching in 2019 (31:31), plus our favorite and least-favorite picks from the draft (43:00) ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Goldschmidt is a Cardinal (1:30)! Does his value change at all? And is Luke Weaver worth drafting (3:50)? Are we bullish on Nathan Eovaldi (7:00)? And could Adam Ottavino really strike out Babe Ruth every time (10:50)? ... More on the latest moves including closer talk and Andrew McCutchen's move to PHI (15:00), Billy Hamilton with KC (20:10) and some rumors we find interesting ... Taking an early look at Shortstop. What kind of hitter is Trea Turner (28:20)? Is Trevor Story legit (32:00)? How much do we like Corey Seager and Adalberto Mondesi (35:50)? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're catching up on all the news from the last few weeks, beginning with a Corbin vs. Paxton debate (4:40). Who do we like better, who will have better draft value and can Corbin recreate his 2018 magic? ... Reviewing all of the Mariners moves (14:00) and wondering who the closers will be in SEA and CHW as Alex Colome is a candidate there. We get into a spirited Jean Segura debate (18:25) ... Josh Donaldson to ATL (24:08)! Are we pumped? A little bit? Kinda? And what else do we need to know from around MLB (28:00)? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Second Base terrible this year? Is Jose Altuve that much better than the rest of the group? Who is the next superstar? We'll answer these questions and discuss if some of the older guys like Daniel Murphy, Brian Dozier and Robinson Cano have another great season in them. Plus your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happened to First Base? The dominant position that was ripe with home runs and RBIs has dropped off dramatically. But hey, you still need to draft one. So today we look at Scott White's rankings. First, we'll tell you which players you should trade for in your Dynasty leagues (3:05) ... Can you believe Scott has Jurickson Profar as a Top 12 first baseman (5:30)? Well it actually makes sense and Scott tells you why. Then we've got some news and notes (13:22) including our thoughts on the Mallex Smith trade ... Getting into the Top 12 first basemen (20:15). Is Freddie Freeman an elite player? is Joey Votto done (26:40)? What happened to Jose Abreu (28:08)? Also our thoughts on Cody Bellinger (30:36), Jesus Aguilar (35:15), Max Muncy, Edwin Encarnacion and more ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got some news and notes including our takes on the MLB Awards and a debate about the elite Catchers (5:45) at the top of the show ... Our favorite picks in the middle and late rounds of our latest mock draft (11:26). Names include Michael Conforto, Corey Seager and Alex Reyes ... How about some picks we didn't like in those same rounds (32:45)? Eloy Jimenez may have gone too early. Same for Miguel Andujar. And what did we learn about OF on today's show? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's start with some World Series talk and news and notes before we discuss our latest mock draft. What might the NYY outfield look like next year? ... Getting into our 12-team, H2H Points mock draft (10:30). First we review Rounds 1-4. Check out where Max Scherzer went. Did Paul Goldschmidt go too late? Did Ronald Acuna go too early? ... A look at how each Fantasy owner went about constructing their team (35:16). We review the first four picks for each squad with grades and debates ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got the Hitter edition of "Are We Buying it?" (2:00) to start the show as Scott predicts the 2019 values of Whit Merrifield, Matt Carpenter, Mitch Haniger and Aaron Hicks ... News and notes including what we make of Jose Altuve's numbers (17:40) now that we know he had a knee injury. Also, Scott gives a movie review (20:00) and then it's time for the Pitcher edition of "Are We Buying It?" (26:00) with Gerrit Cole, Miles Mikolas, Patrick Corbin and Mike Foltynewicz ... Who will be better and who will be worse for BAL (32:00), TB (39:00), TOR (43:05) and BOS (45:51)? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Was it a HR!? We weigh in on the controversial ALCS call. Then Adam tells you why three of the postseason aces make him nervous in 2019 (5:00) and why that might change his draft strategy. Scott tells you why you shouldn't worry too much about one of these SPs ... Breaking down Scott's #13-24 in his Top 24 for 2019 (22:00). We've got a couple of SPs at the top of this list, plus a couple of Rockies, a couple of Yankees and a couple of first basemen ... Who will be better and worse on CHC and OAK (42:20)? Is Jon Lester going to be Fantasy relevant next year? What did we notice about Khris Davis' batted ball data? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ready to look ahead to Round 1 of your 2019 Fantasy drafts? The time has come! But first, some news (2:50). We discuss the late-season slumps of Carlos Correa and Jose Ramirez and what they mean long term ... OK, let's get into Scott's Top 12 for 2019 (12:00). We discuss just about every one of these players and wonder if Jose Altuve should go as late as Scott has him going, if Alex Bregman is first round material, if Manny Machado's new ballpark matters and much more ... Some MLB playoff predictions (33:10)! Then we're looking at four recently-eliminated teams and we'll give you a player who will get better and a player who will get worse for NYY (39:30), CLE (46:04), COL (53:33) and ATL (54:30). We discuss Gary Sanchez, Shane Bieber, Ronald Acuna and more ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2018 is in the books! We're back to talk about David Dahl's awesome week that may have won Fantasy owners a championship, Christian Yelich's remarkable season and when to draft him next year and which strategies did and did not work ... A lot of talk about steals and how much to prioritize them. Can Adalberto Mondesi be the key to your stolen bases next year? And who should win the major awards in the AL and NL this year? ... Reviewing our 2018 bold predictions. Adam's were terrible. Scott's were solid. What about CREATH's? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time to set your lineup for the final week of the season and bring home a championship! Throughout the show, we'll be telling you hitters and pitchers to add and we'll update you on two-start pitchers (2:40), help out with some tough calls (6:15) on guys like Trevor Bauer, Ross Stripling, Aaron Judge and Kris Bryant and much more ... Important news to know (12:00), plus Scott tells you his favorite hitters and SPs to add (18:30), one-start streamers to consider (23:23), a look at the bullpen (26:26) and a really a tough edition of the Fantasy Regulators (28:06) .... Most Added players (34:41) and a lot of SP talk (39:15). Can you trust Rick Porcello, Kyle Gibson, Ryan Borucki and so many more? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin the show with some recent standouts like Christin Stewart and Cody Reed and wonder if these guys can help you win a championship. We also try to sort out the mess that is the CLE rotation and tell you which CLE SPs to avoid, plus of course we go through the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 27 ... Another round of "Optimistic or Pessimistic" as we look ahead to next year (15:15), plus a look at the Most Added list (19:05) and some SPs (28:20) you may have questions about for next week ... Scott gives you some sleeper hitters to consider next week... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's not so easy to find available players who can help you win a championship, but Josh James could be one of those players if he makes another start. We'll tell you who to add now to either start this weekend or next week ... Aaron Judge is back! What's the latest on Trevor Story? Who's closing for CHC? Also find out if Scott is optimistic or pessimistic about several players for 2019 including Jake Bauers, Clayton Kershaw and Ozzie Albies ... Reviewing the important SP performances from the last two days. Do we still trust Joe Musgrove? Brad Keller? Dylan Bundy? Plus the Fantasy Regulators are here and we preview today's matchups and tomorrow's matchups at the end of the show ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you picked up Adalberto Mondesi yet!? It's time! Who else should you add? We start the show with hitters and SPs to add including one-start streamers like Luis Castillo, Ross Stripling and Matt Boyd. We got SPs with good matchups (10:00), bad matchups (15:08) and average matchups (19:05) for you to consider ... Any interest in players who are barely owned (22:22) like Adam Wainwright or Wei-Yin Chen this week? We also talk about whether or not teams are going to rest their stars (28:42), if you can start Mookie Betts, Chris Sale, James Paxton , Aaron Judge and some other studs ... Bullpen updates (39:00) with new names to add, a look at the Most Added list (41:55), studs being duds (45:45) and a look at today's matchups (48:00) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is brought to you by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/a

We've got so many hitters and pitchers you can consider adding beginning with a complete look at the two-start pitchers for Week 26 (6:42). Take a look at Joe Musgrove and Tyler Glasnow ... RPs to add (15:00), ranking some Top 30 SPs for 2019 (21:05) and taking a look at the Most Added list (27:45) which features a very interesting Ramon Laureano ... We look at one-start streamers for next week (33:06) and Scott gives you sleeper hitters (37:50) and a weather update ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Donaldson is back (3:50), hooray! We've got that and more MLB news (5:00) plus new closers emerging (14:03) that could help you get saves ... Looking ahead to 2019 we discuss First Base (22:22) and Shortstop (24:35) and wonder which position is better. We also get into next year's Catcher rankings as we debate J.T. Realmuto vs. Gary Sanchez ... Hitters (27:50) and plenty of SPs (31:22) to add, plus a look at today's and tomorrow's matchups (47:05) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is sponsored by www. ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beginning the show with one SP and one hitter to add as Jake Junis will certainly be a popular SP this week. We also do our best to update you on two-start pitchers (3:00) as rotations continue to change, and we've got interesting one-start streamers (5:45) like Reynaldo Lopez and Steven Matz ... Is Joey Votto worth starting after his big weekend (10:30)? What other news items are we following (15:00) and can you trust Chris Sale and a few other studs who are coming off the DL this week (20:30)? ... Who we added and dropped (23:30), a look at the Most Added list (25:25), hitters to know about (35:25) and plenty of SP talk (40:00). Plus a look at today's matchups (54:50) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who are some big name players that we are ready to sit in the Fantasy playoffs (2:00)? Andrew McCutchen? Joey Votto? And let's look ahead to next year and figure out who Keeper League owners should be targeting right now (12:50) before we give you our favorite two-start pitchers for next week (15:00) and why Adam doesn't want to draft Zack Greinke next year (21:18) ... Some listener emails (23:25), a recap of yesterday's performances (29:15) including Francisco Mejia's double dongs, Fantasy Regulators (34:25) and the Most Added list (37:35) ... A more in-depth look at two-start pitchers for Week 25 (39:30) plus weekend streamers (42:06) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lot to catch you up on from the past two days of baseball! When will Ronald Acuna be drafted next year (2:15)? Can you believe the seasons that Trevor Story (4:35) and Scooter Gennett are having (9:30)? And are Gary Sanchez's days as a Catcher just about done? ... MLB news (10:50) and our thoughts on Shohei Ohtani's future (15:20). Then we look at some SPs who FOOLED US (20:00) including Michael Kopech and Lucas Giolito ... Bullpen (26:26), rotation (28:50), fringy SPs (36:18) and more from that last two days before we preview today's games (44:00) ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices