2026 Top Infield Prospects! Plus, 'The Leadoff Man' by Matt Snyder! (12/11 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Let's talk infield prospects minus shortstops (3:00)! ... Samuel Basallo has huge power potential but has downside in 2026 (5:25). ... Carter Jensen should be a regular for the Royals next season (10:47). ... Josue Briceño had a solid season after his AFL MVP in 2024 (16:18). ... Alfredo Duno has massive power (19:13). ... Moises Ballesteros might be a DH already (21:37). ... Rainiel Rodriguez also has huge power (26:35). ... Harry Ford should see some playing time with the Nationals (28:26). ... News (32:32): Mike Yastrzemski is headed to the Braves. ... Bryce Eldridge has huge power but lots of strikeouts (45:05). ... Sal Stewart looks like the real deal (47:39). ... Ralphy Velazquez and Charlie Condon offer big power at first base (50:07). ... Travis Bazzana has lost some luster (53:58). ... Michael Arroyo and Tommy Troy both pack a punch (56:41). ... Who is Jacob Reimer in the Mets org (59:52)? ... We wrap up with a special guest, Matt Snyder, author of the book 'The Leadoff Man' (1:01:53).
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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 in some fantasy baseball today on Thursday, December 11th. |
| 0:28.0 | I am Frank Sample joined by Scott White and Chris Towers. |
| 0:31.0 | Today on the show, we're talking in-field positions minus shortstop. |
| 0:36.1 | Spoiler alert, lots of catchers. |
| 0:38.3 | There have been a bunch of moves in baseball in the recent days. |
| 0:42.2 | We did emergency podcasts for all those. |
| 0:44.1 | So if you're looking for our opinions on Edwin Diaz, Kyle Schwerber, Pete Alonzo, |
| 0:49.2 | make sure to check those out. |
| 0:50.7 | And later on, we'll be joined by special guest Matt Snyder to talk about his book, |
| 0:54.6 | The Leadoff Man, very cool concept looking at the history and evolution of leadoff hitters |
| 0:59.2 | throughout baseball. Scott, we are here once again looking at your prospect rankings. |
| 1:05.5 | We talked through the infield a little bit and what do you know? Catcher, the most plentiful, outside of |
| 1:11.9 | shortstop, of course. Yeah, I mean, catcher, catcher's been a pretty prospect-laden position |
| 1:19.2 | for a while now, and I think we saw that kind of come to fruition in the majors last year. Not that it happened all at once last |
| 1:31.0 | year, but last year was the culmination of all those years of a prospect backlog at catcher. |
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