2026 Relief Pitcher Preview! Strategy, Predicting Each Bullpen & More! (2/24 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Let's begin with the state of saves (2:30)! ... What about the state of holds (9:42)? ... We dive into strategy and first up is 5x5 Roto (21:10)... How do we attack relief pitchers in H2H categories (28:35)? ... What changes in a H2H points league (35:30)? ... Who do we predict to lead each NL team in saves (46:50)? ... What about in the American League (59:05)? ... Let's get into ADP, starting with Mason Miller and Edwin Diaz (1:13:17). ... How do we rank Andres Muñoz, Jhoan Duran and Cade Smith (1:16:22)? ... Can Aroldis Chapman do it again (1:19:46)? ... Can Raisel Iglesias hold off Robert Suarez (1:29:46)? ... Who is our favorite RP2 to target from this group (1:35:09)? ... Could Ryan Walker bounce back (1:39:44)? ... We wrap up with sleepers, breakouts and busts (1:46:38).
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:04.5 | And first pitch watching deep left field. |
| 0:08.9 | This is why I want to walk them off. |
| 0:11.3 | Got a fantasy question, email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
| 0:16.2 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.5 | Where fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:21.5 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:23.7 | What's up and welcome into fantasy baseball today on Tuesday, February 24th. |
| 0:28.5 | I am Frank Sample joined by Scott White and Chris Towers. |
| 0:31.7 | Today on the show, it is our relief pitcher preview. |
| 0:35.1 | We'll talk saves, holds, sparps, strategy, ADP, try and predict |
| 0:40.2 | who will lead each team in saves, and then we'll wrap up with sleepers, breakouts, and busts. |
| 0:45.2 | Chris, your favorite. Are you ready? Always ready to talk about relief pitchers, which is not |
| 0:51.5 | the silliest position in fantasy sports at all. |
| 0:56.0 | Now, I don't know why anybody would even say that. |
| 0:57.0 | All right. |
| 0:59.1 | Let's start with the state of saves. |
| 1:02.8 | Last year, Carlos Estevez led all of baseball with 42 saves. |
| 1:05.9 | Robert Suarez led the National League with 40, |
| 1:08.7 | and they were the only two with 40 plus saves. |
| 1:11.3 | We actually had eight last season with 30 plus saves, 21 who had at least 20 saves. In 2024, it was the same number two with 40, |
| 1:17.9 | eight with 30, but 22 with 20 saves. And then in 20 23, only one with 40. But that year we had |
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