2026 Shortstop Preview! Rankings, Strategy, Draft Prep Guide (2/12 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
Shortstop is the gold standard (2:30)! ... What is our strategy at shortstop (9:15)? ... Let's get into ADP, starting with Bobby Witt Jr. (21:09). ... Elly De La Cruz had a rough second half but was playing through a quad injury (22:56). ... Francisco Lindor is so consistent but now has this hamate bone injury (27:58). ... Gunnar Henderson had a down season but dealt with injuries in 2025 (31:14). ... Trea Turner got back to running (34:42)! ... Should Zach Neto be a third-round pick (41:05)? ... What do we expect from Mookie Betts (46:07)? ... Let's make the case for and against Geraldo Perdomo (50:05). ... CJ Abrams is what he is (57:37). ... How will Bo Bichette do with the Mets (1:01:33)? ... Corey Seager is great when he plays but always gets hurt (1:08:52). ... Do we buy Jeremy Peña's breakout (1:13:00)? ... Sleepers, breakouts and busts at shortstop (1:16:17)! ... We wrap up with the rest of shortstop ADP (1:32:33).
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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 the one. |
| 0:10.2 | Welcome off. |
| 0:11.3 | Got a fantasy question. |
| 0:12.7 | Email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
| 0:16.2 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.5 | Well, fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:21.6 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:23.6 | Shortstop, the gold standard in fantasy baseball. |
| 0:26.6 | Welcome in to fantasy baseball today on Thursday, February 12th. |
| 0:30.6 | I am Frank Stamphle joined by Scott White and Chris Sowers. |
| 0:33.6 | Today on the show, it is our 2026 shortstop preview. |
| 0:36.6 | We'll do an overview of the position. |
| 0:38.8 | We'll talk strategy, deep dives on specific players, sleepers, breakouts, busts, favorite to draft, ADP analysis, all that fun stuff. |
| 0:47.3 | Let's start with a look at shortstop and overview here and the position is loaded, especially at the top. |
| 0:55.0 | According to the Fangraph's player raider we had one name provide $30 in 12 team category |
| 1:00.2 | league's last season that was Bobby Witt Jr. six names provided at least |
| 1:04.1 | $23 of value and then 14 total players who provided at least $12 of value in Head Ted Points League, more of the same. |
| 1:13.1 | Geraldo Perdomo led the position 584 and a half total points. |
| 1:17.6 | We had four names with 500 plus fantasy points and 13 players with 400 plus fantasy points. |
| 1:24.9 | So I was looking back to compare to other positions. |
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