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Fantasy Baseball Today

Daily Lineup League Strategy! Who Gains an Edge? (3/12 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

CBS Sports

Sports, Baseball

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Download and follow Fantasy Baseball Today in 5! You can find FBT in 5 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else podcasts are found.

First up, should Shohei Ohtani be the top pick in this format? Should you target hitters with extreme left/right splits? Should you target Rockies hitters? Do pitchers like Michael Kopech and Tanner Houck gain value in daily leagues?


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Which players get a boost in daily lineup leagues? Find out next on Fantasy Baseball

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to date in five. Welcome into FBT in five, as always, make sure to follow and stream

0:42.3

us on Spotify to date is Saturday, March 12th. I am Frank Samful, joined by Chris Towers

0:47.6

and let's start all the way up at the top Chris. Chauhé O'Connie was amazing last year.

0:52.8

However, in this format, he may be worth the number one overall pick. What's a you?

0:58.5

Yeah, like there are concerns about injury with him. It's the biggest thing. I think

1:04.3

as long as Chauhé O'Connie is healthy in this format, he's absolutely at least a contender

1:10.1

for the number one pick. And frankly, if he plays a whole season, he's going to be the number

1:15.8

one player in this format just by the sheer math of his contributions. I mean, you're getting

1:22.7

80% of his hitting production, which I think we would probably assume would be 30 homers,

1:29.0

probably maybe 10 stolen bases, 80 runs, 80 RBI, something like that. And then you're getting

1:37.4

100% of his pitching. So you're getting, I don't know, 140 innings, 160 strikeouts,

1:43.6

a low 3-ZRA, good whip, 10 wins. Like, it's just really hard to get away from this. This is just

1:51.4

kind of highlights how valuable he is in fantasy and also in real life. Like, the fact that you get

1:57.1

all of that from one roster spot is just incredibly valuable. That basically gives you an extra roster

2:03.6

spot. That's so valuable that, yeah, I think the only argument against Chauhé O'Connie is the

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