2023 First Round Breakdown! The Case For and Against (1/4 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year, Chris (1:30)! ... Trea Turner is about as safe as they come (5:40). ... What's the case against Jose Ramirez (12:25)? ... Should Ronald Acuña be the 1.01 (17:16)? ... Should Julio Rodriguez go this early (22:10)? ... Why is Aaron Judge going fifth overall (29:12)? ... Will Kyle Tucker improve (33:16)? ... News (39:38): Rafael Devers avoided arbitration with a one-year deal. ... Bobby Witt Jr. is being drafted too early (41:43). ... Shohei Ohtani is a unicorn (46:38). ... Will Juan Soto bounce back (50:40). ... Mookie Betts seems like another safe pick (55:15). ... Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sneaks inside the first round (57:40). ... Yordan Alvarez is an elite four-category contributor (1:01:42).
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| 0:58.7 | Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 1:14.7 | Got a fantasy question. Email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. Get ready to win your lead. |
| 1:26.7 | Some might say that you can't win your lead in the first round, but you can lose it. |
| 1:30.7 | Welcome into the fantasy baseball today on Wednesday, January 4. Frank Stample joined by the |
| 1:36.2 | Chris's. The Chris's eye. I don't know. I'm, we'll figure out the plural for that another |
| 1:41.1 | time. Chris Towers and Chris, the Welsh, they are the gentlemen that are here with me today |
| 1:45.7 | and today on the show. We're looking at the first round in early ADP, making the case |
| 1:50.2 | four and against each of those players. Again, new year, new podcast. We're hoping that |
| 1:56.2 | a lot of people that are rejoining us. You might want to know a little bit about the first |
| 1:59.2 | round and maybe some of our thoughts on those players as well. First and foremost, before |
| 2:03.9 | we actually get into the baseball action, obviously unspeakable tragedy that happened on Monday |
| 2:09.5 | night, the entire CBS family, both fantasy podcasts, of course, center thoughts and prayers |
| 2:14.3 | to build safety to Mara Hamlin. I know it's football, but that really doesn't matter. |
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