Fantasy Baseball Today Podcast

Hey Real Quick (2:46): Zack Wheeler, Nick Pivetta or Yonny Chirinos? And how do these guys compare to the other trendy SPs (5:00) like Tyler Skaggs, Jake Junis and Reynaldo Lopez? And find out what to do if you're the Elvis Andrus owner (10:56) ... Talking trade! We give you three buy lows (18:42), three sell highs (23:20), three buy highs (26:00) and three players we are worried about (28:20). Find out where Matt Carpenter, Chris Taylor, Eric Thames and Andrelton Simmons fit in ... Discussing Ozzie Albies' interesting start to the season (36:30), new RP developments (39:30), Javier Baez's home run binge (43:35), Matt Davidson (47:30) and more plus today's matchups (56:10) ... Email us 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

Joey Lucchesi needs to be added (2:44)! What about Hyun-Jin Ryu? We discuss last night's standouts including Aaron Sanchez (7:35) and Scott Kingery (10:00) ... Plenty to discuss today: Should you add Nick Senzel (19:50)? Do we buy Hanley Ramirez (26:20)? Who should deep league owners be looking at (28:24)? ... Worryometer Wednesday (36:50) puts Dallas Keuchel, Miguel Cabrera, Joey Gallo, Adam Duvall and a few others on the Worryometer. We're also talking Double Dongs (47:05), Blake Snell's walks (48:24) and Patrick Corbin's strikeouts before we grade your trades (52:25) and preview today's games! ... 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

Dylan Bundy and Jake Junis were great again last night (1:40). How much are we buying these two? Should you look to sell? Is it time to buy Steve Pearce (5:45) after his third straight game with a HR? And which bullpen developments caught our eye yesterday (7:16)? ... Xander Bogaerts replacements (17:15), last night's dominant aces (24:35) including a rising Zack Godley, and another debate about starting Chris Archer on the road (26:33) ... Dropometer (36:30) for Yoan Moncada, Jason Kipnis, Kyle Schwarber and more. Worryometer (42:48) for Jon Gray, Jose Ramirez, Alex Bregman and more. Plus Team Name Tuesday (47:10), more SP talk and a look at today's games (57:05) ... 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

Beginning the show with a couple of SPs to add (0:40) and our reaction to Jameson Taillon's complete game shutout (5:00). Then we get into who we added and dropped over the weekend (7:43) which covers Maikel Franco's great weekend and recent developments in the LAA and MIL bullpens ... A look at the Most Added list (16:50) which includes Matt Chapman, Preston Tucker (sit him this week) and many more. And we've got the Worryometer (25:10)! How worried are we about Marcus Stroman, Luis Castillo, Cole Hamels and a couple of Top 5 closers? ... Shohei Ohtani is awesome (36:25), but is he an incredible sell high candidate? Are we worried about Giancarlo Stanton (42:00)? Also, which hitters should you be looking to add (45:03)? And who should you start and sit in today's matchups (53:08)? ... 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

Who should you target in the MIL bullpen (1:00)? Michael Conforto or Ronald Acuna rest of season (5:48)? Should you sell high on David Price (9:50)? ... We give our early observations after eight days of baseball (19:02). Ian Happ, breakout SPs, Billy Hamilton (22:30), CHW hitters (29:03), Miguel Sano (31:20), an underrated OF and our favorite waiver wire SPs (34:34) ... Our thoughts on Jon Lester's great start (45:21) and our favorite two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 3 (49:30) ... 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

Talking trade for the first time this season and beginning the show with a Johnny Cueto debate (1:00)! Should you sell high or would that be a mistake? We'll also cover the SPs you can add and drop (8:00). Should you drop Felix Hernandez for Mike Foltynewicz? Jake Odorizzi for Tyler Skaggs? ... Wednesday's standouts including Brian Dozier (20:00), Carlos Martinez (24:00), Patrick Corbin (24:20), Dylan Bundy (25:53) and Shohei Ohtani (31:20) ... Handcuffing Kenley Jansen (34:50) and more Buy Low (38:10) and Sell High (42:00) candidates before we look at today's matchups (54:28) ... 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

You can add Jack Flaherty, Jake Junis and Marco Gonzales to the list of young, exciting SPs. Should you add them to your rosters (1:50) or be patient? Which SPs can you drop to make room for them (8:40)? And we discuss the effect the humidor might be having in Arizona (13:20) ... Big hitting nights for Christian Villanueva (20:20) plus Didi Gregorius, Tim Anderson and Josh Reddick (23:30). What does it all mean? And after a little less than a week, who is rising in Scott's rankings (34:25)? ... More from Tuesday as we discuss some deep league options (39:30), wonder about sitting Chris Archer on the road (41:55), play Keep or Drop (48:00) with Kevin Kiermaier and others and marvel at Cole Hamels' weird start (50:23) before looking at today's matchups (53:24) ... 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

Well we've got some good news and bad news for you. Bad news: Kenley Jansen is off to a terrible start (1:00) and we'll discuss what we expect from him going forward. Good news: There are some SPs to get excited about (9:45) like Tyler Mahle and Reynaldo Lopez. We discuss who to add and who to drop (16:00) ... Why is BABIP relevant for Fantasy (26:53)? And who could you pick up if you need stolen bases (30:30)? ... The best and worst hitters thus far. We run through the good (32:30), the potential waiver wire adds (38:10), the bad (41:25) and the potential drops (42:46). We also play Start or Sit for today's games (49:30) ... 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 tell you who we added and dropped (2:10) before looking at the Most Added list (10:00). It was a great weekend for Tyler Skaggs, Mitch Haniger an Joakim Soria among others ... Talking weekend standouts (14:00) including David Price, Jose Berrios and Shohei Ohtani plus the mysterious disappearance of Kenley Jansen's velocity (20:55). And if you're speculating on saves we've got some helpful tips for you (26:31) ... Lineup notes (34:00) including Trea Turner batting sixth, and then we spend a lot of time on the SPs who caught our eye (in a good or bad way) over the weekend. We talk Lucas Giolito, Johnny Cueto, Michael Fulmer, Robbie Ray, James Paxton, Carlos Carrasco, Yu Darvish 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

Of course we're talking about Matt Davidson and Tim Anderson (2:20) and whether or not they are worth adding. We'll also discuss Josh Donaldson's arm (12:45), new bullpen developments (15:31) and everything you need to know from Thursday's games ... Dylan Bundy (23:52) was outstanding! So was Jake Odorizzi (25:00)! And Felix Hernandez impressed (27:00), but are we worried about some of the SPs who struggled yesterday (33:20) including Jon Lester and Danny Duffy? ... Most Added players (38:40), batting order notes (44:08), encouraging and discouraging starts (48:26) and Week 2 help (53:40) with two-start pitcher options ... 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

Forgive the enthusiasm but we are PUMPED UP for Opening Day! We're even debuting our personalized walk up music (1:40)! Then we'll discuss the Salvador Perez injury and how to replace him (4:30) and more bullpen news (7:05) for NYM, TEX and SF ... Recapping Wednesday's Podcast For the People League draft (11:15) with a commissioner controversy. Then we'll tell you players we are keeping an eye on (17:31) early in the season. Who are we going to pick up if we see good production? ... Batting order news (31:00), bold predictions (37:40), MLB picks (43:43) and Jonah Keri joins the show (52:00)! ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com Today's 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/adchoices

As Spring Training concludes, which players have jumped up in our rankings (2:30)? Scott, Heath and Chris talk about their biggest risers, mostly players you can add as free agents including Daniel Vogelbach (4:26), Ryan McMahon (6:53) and Lewis Brinson (14:30) .... Humidor news (16:32), bullpen updates (20:00), important MLB notes (28:40) and thoughts on H2H Categories leagues (34:10) ... More Spring Training risers (41:30) like Yasmani Grandal and Sean Newcomb and a look ahead to Week 1 (50:50). And we do some Start or Sit for Thursday's games (55:00) ... 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

Blake Parker is the favorite for LAA saves (4:30), now where do we rank him? And that leads us into some Draft Day Dilemmas (10:00) including what to do about Greg Holland, when to draft Trea Turner in Points leagues (14:45), when SP depth gets ugly (18:05) and the RP-heavy strategy in categories leagues .. We discuss which players are "Most Likely To (34:01)" break out, regress, provide great draft value, get traded and lose their jobs ... Recapping our Podcast League draft (41:45)! Four different SP approaches from the four of us, plus some surprises from the listeners. Oh, and it's Team Name Tuesday (56:12) and we discuss some players we've barely mentioned on the show (56:50) ... Email us 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

With Madison Bumgarner, Scott Kingery and Greg Bird we've got some big news (and a lot of smaller news items) to get to, but first we'll tell you the important things you may have missed over the weekend including STL bullpen news (1:25), the MIL rotation (3:41) and more ... Where are the injured players being drafted now (6:42)? Kingery vs. Yoan Moncada (16:00), plus Closer updates (28:35) ... ADP risers (31:31) including Starling Marte, Matt Carpenter and a group of SPs (39:50). ADP fallers (43:10) including Gerrit Cole for some reason ... 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

To make sure you're ready for your drafts, we'll go through Average Draft Position with our thoughts on each of the first 10 rounds. But first we'll cover the major MLB news (4:35) including Jeff Samardzija's injury, noteworthy Spring Training performances and more ... How to draft in shallow leagues (16:32) and players we want more shares of (18:18) ... We're debuting the brand new Fantasy Baseball Syllable Game (24:40) before getting into ADP (26:26). Find out who is going too early and who is going too late. Plus, we announce the Podcast for the People League contestants (1:00:30)! ... 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

Today we're reviewing a 12-team H2H Points mock draft which featured some experimentation. But first, we compare Carlos Correa/Manny Machado to Corey Seager (2:48), wonder why Cody Bellinger feels a little risky (7:16), discuss 1B depth (10:00), SP tiers (11:33) and Willson Contreras' breakout potential (16:16) ... Reviewing yesterday's draft (22:55)! Adam and Scott tried new approaches and didn't like the results. We also review when to draft injured players (34:41) ... Spring risers and fallers (49:16) and we announce the Podcast League contestants (55:49)! ... 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

Beginning with a strategy question, how do you approach SP if you have the second pick in the draft or a similarly early pick (1:20)? Then we get into our deep league strategies (5:30)! How much does position scarcity matter? And who are some potential saves guys that are worth drafting in these formats (11:08)? ... Thoughts on Steven Matz and Matt Harvey (18:41), Blake Snell's outlook (21:32), Gregory Polanco's potential (22:30) and whether a quesadilla is a sandwich ... Scott gives us his sleepers (27:14) including Marco Estrada and Jason Kipnis and breakouts (35:35) including Kevin Gausman ... 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 start the show with big news as Ronald Acuna heads to the minors (1:30) and Justin Turner (5:50) will be out with a broken hand. When are we drafting these guys? Who replaces Turner for LAD? ... Looking at Heath's sleepers (13:10) including Jeff Samardzija and Taijuan Walker, breakouts (22:00) including a couple of young studs who are being drafted around 40th overall and busts (36:15) including Marcell Ozuna and two interesting 3B ... We evaluate a pitching staff of a H2H Categories league that has no proven ace but plenty of upside (42:35). Is it good enough to win a league? ... 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

Who is moving up or down in average draft position? We'll cover that after we tell you what you may have missed over the weekend (1:00) including Shohei Ohtani's struggles (7:45). And we'll update you on Zack Greinke, Marcus Stroman and more injured players (13:00) ... Taking a look at ADP after a busy weekend of drafting (18:40). NYM SPs are on the rise! Why are Corey Knebel and Roberto Osuna falling (24:00)? And find out the deep league targets (36:30) who are seeing changes in their ADP including Delino DeShields (38:30) which leads to an impromptu steals discussion ... We're discussing our 15-team roto league (48:36) to help our listeners who play in deep formats, and we're looking at the standout performers of Spring Training (53:00) ... 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

Getting ready to draft? We've got some underdrafted and overdrafted players you need to know about, including which players have very different ADPs in Yahoo or ESPN. Is Justin Turner going too early now (7:35)? Are people overlooking Matt Carpenter (10:38)? ... Make or Break players and when to draft them (24:55)! We discuss Noah Syndergaard, Josh Donaldson, a trio of 3B (28:55), David Price and more ... Who do we look for late in drafts (38:30)? And how do our strategies change in AL-Only and NL-Only leagues (45:30)? ... 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