2022 Catcher Preview! Pay up for Salvador Perez? (2/7 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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🗓️ 7 February 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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How does catcher look this year (1:00)? How does our strategy change in a one-catcher format vs. two-catcher format? How might the NL DH help catchers in Fantasy? ... Let's jump into ADP review, starting with Salvador Perez (6:45). Is this the year to pay up for the top catcher? ... Should we buy the dip on JT Realmuto (13:22)? ... What are reasonable expectations for Will Smith (16:22)? ... What happened with Yasmani Grandal last year (21:50)? ... Is Daulton Varsho a boom or bust player (27:02)? ... Willson Contreras is fine (35:06). ... Tyler Stephenson or Keibert Ruiz (38:15)? ... Who are our favorite sleepers, breakouts, and busts at catcher (45:22)? ... How are we handling Adley Rutschman (51:50)? ... We wrap up with the late-round catcher options (57:15).
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| 0:57.3 | All right, welcome into our 2022 position previews, and welcome to Fantasy Baseball Today on Monday, |
| 1:04.0 | February 7th. I am Frank Stanford, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers, |
| 1:08.6 | and we'll be breaking down the best position of all today. |
| 1:12.4 | Catcher, that's right. Overall strategy at the position we've got some ADP review, |
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| 1:22.4 | What are overall thoughts on the catcher position this year? |
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