2025 Relief Pitcher Preview! Saves, Holds, Each Team's Closer & More! (2/19 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire

Baseball, Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What is the state of saves in Fantasy Baseball (2:20)? ... What about saves plus holds leagues (9:23)? ... What is our relief pitcher strategy in Roto leagues (16:07)? ... How to tackle H2H categories leagues (19:18)? ... Avoid closers and draft SPARPs in H2H points leagues (21:52)? ... Let's try and predict the saves leader for each American League team (28:58). ... Who will lead each National League team in saves (36:24)? ... Let's get into ADP, starting with Emmanuel Clase (49:40). ... Devin Williams or Josh Hader (51:16)? ... How to rank Edwin Diaz, Mason Miller, Ryan Helsley and Raisel Iglesias (55:45)? ... What about The Mountain Felix Bautista (1:01:50)? ... Will Muñoz and Duran get enough saves (1:03:50)? ... Ryan Walker was awesome with the Giants last season (1:05:38). ... Tanner Scott should get the majority of the Dodgers saves (1:07:50). ... Fade Pete Fairbanks (1:13:25)? ... What about the rest of ADP (1:20:02)? ... We wrap up with sleepers, breakouts and busts (1:25:30). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/QiKv Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad.
0:06.3	As good as it gets!
0:07.6	And you can stream every moment live on Sky Sports.
0:11.3	Well, it's just wonderful.
0:12.6	Available without a contract with Now.
0:15.7	Absolutely brilliant.
0:17.6	Stream Manchester City versus Liverpool this Sunday from 4pm.
0:21.7	Head to NowTV.com 18-plus Sky Sports content stream via internet.
0:27.5	Full terms apply.
0:30.1	No matter what kind of work your team does, Asana can help manage it.
0:34.9	From project intake to campaign management to strategic planning and more,
0:39.7	Asana works for you. Try for free today at asana.com. Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast
0:48.0	from CBS Sports. And first pitch, rushing deep left field. This is why that walk along.
0:56.5	Got a fantasy question?
0:57.9	Email fantasy baseball at CBSI.com.
1:01.4	Get ready to win your league.
1:03.7	Where fantasy becomes reality.
1:06.8	Now here's Frank Scott and Chris.
1:09.0	Saves, holds, closers, sparks. you want relievers, you're going to get them.
1:14.0	Welcome in top fantasy baseball today on Wednesday, February 19th.
1:17.7	I am Frank Stamphle, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers.
1:20.8	Today on the show, it's our relief pitcher preview.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.