2026 Third Base Preview! Rankings, Strategy, Draft Prep Guide (2/11 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Let's start with an overview of third base (2:33). ... What is our strategy at this position (8:31)? ... Jose Ramirez remains the face of this position (16:52). ... Junior Caminero is coming off a historic season but will Tropicana Field mess with his production (19:33). ... Manny Machado remains old reliable (29:10). ... Will Austin Riley bounce back (32:08). ... Can Maikel Garcia build off his career year (38:00)? ... How will Alex Bregman do in Chicago (43:20)? ... Eugenio Suarez should enjoy this season in Cincinnati (51:05). ... Jordan Westburg needs to stay healthy (57:25). ... Matt Chapman is the ultimate fallback option (1:00:18). ... Let's talk sleepers, breakouts and busts at third base (1:04:20). ... We wrap up with the rest of third base ADP (1:22:30).
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:04.5 | And first pitch, watching. |
| 0:07.6 | Deep left field, this is White Rock. |
| 0:10.2 | Welcome off. |
| 0:11.3 | Got a fantasy question, email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. |
| 0:16.1 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.5 | Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Where fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:21.5 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:23.7 | Third base. |
| 0:25.0 | M. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome in to fantasy baseball today on Wednesday. |
| 0:28.3 | February 11th, I am Frank Stample, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers. |
| 0:32.4 | Today on the show, it is our 2026 third base preview. |
| 0:36.0 | We'll do an overview of the position, strategy, deep dives on specific |
| 0:39.9 | players, sleepers, breakouts, busts, and ADP analysis. Chris, I know that you're under the weather here, |
| 0:45.8 | kid, but this is your flu game, so we appreciate you being here. I'm here. I'm putting the team |
| 0:51.2 | on my back. I got my fluids. I'm good. We'll see. I might pass out mid-pod. |
| 0:57.5 | That would be, I think, a pretty interesting podcast. Not that we're rooting for it or anything. |
| 1:02.5 | Let's take a macro look at third base here. Jose Ramirez is awesome. And then what? We did get some high-end performances last season, |
| 1:11.1 | according to the Fangraph's player-rater. |
| 1:13.3 | Six-third baseman with $17-plus dollars |
| 1:16.9 | provided in a 12-team roto or Categories League last season. |
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