2026 Starting Pitcher Preview Part 1! Process, Strategy & Top-12 ADP (2/19 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Before we get to ADP, we're going to focus on process and macro-level trends. How do we approach the unpredictable nature of pitcher injuries (2:44). ... How can we mitigate injury risk (14:40)? ... Pitcher velocity is tricky (24:43). ... What are the latest innings trends (33:56)? ... The current pitching environment has stabilized (37:30). ... How do we evaluate pitching (41:21)? ... What is our starting pitcher strategy this year (56:52)? ... Let's get into ADP, starting with Tarik Skubal (1:07:20). ... Paul Skenes or Garrett Crochet (1:09:52)? ... Any concern with Crochet's innings jump (1:13:08)? ... Should Yamamoto be the SP4 (1:16:25)? ... Cristopher Sanchez took a big step last year (1:19:57). ... Hunter Brown regressed in the second half (1:25:04). ... Bryan Woo was one of the most consistent pitchers (1:28:02). ... Logan Gilbert had a weird season (1:32:33). ... Chris Sale is old but the skills are still there (1:35:19). ... Max Fried proved he can be a workhorse (1:39:10). ... Hunter Greene is one of the best pitchers in baseball on a per inning basis (1:42:50). ... Logan Webb is the top workhorse but is WHIP problem (1:47:02). ... Are we back in on Jacob deGrom (1:50:45)?

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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.
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0:18.5	Where fantasy becomes reality.
0:21.6	Now here's Frank Scott and Chris.
0:23.6	All right, so we've nearly completed all of our hitter position previews.
0:27.6	We still have U-Till only coming later on.
0:30.6	Now comes the fun, starting pitchers.
0:32.6	Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Thursday.
0:35.6	February 19th, I am Frank Stamphle joined by Scott White and Chris Towers.
0:40.2	Today on the show, it is our starting pitcher preview part one of a three-part series.
0:45.0	We'll get to the top 12 to 15 in ADP later on, but I do want to spend a good amount of time talking about process,
0:53.8	a wider macro-level view of pitching in baseball.
0:58.0	I think starting pitchers just completely different than any other position we talk about.
1:04.0	There's more variables. And I think, I hope, listeners want to hear more about how the sausage is made with starting pitchers.
1:12.4	So, let's start with pitcher injuries and their unpredictable nature, because that feels like a
1:18.5	pretty big talking point right now. We know that pitcher injuries are at an all-time high over the
1:23.4	past decade for a multitude of reasons. Maxx Everett velocity, chasing spin rate, development in the minors.
1:30.9	I mean, you could even go as far as, you know, development as a youth, right?
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