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Drafting Pitchers In A Shortened Season (06/01 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

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4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The one thing we know for sure about 2020 is that it's going to be a weird season. With that being said, what has changed most when it comes to pitchers (1:58)? Should we be devaluing innings eaters? How about Zack Greinke? ... Frank explains why he's avoiding volatile starting pitchers like Trevor Bauer, Robbie Ray and Eduardo Rodriguez (8:16). ... In our email of the day, we're asking about hitter strikeouts (13:20). How much do they matter in H2H points vs. Roto? What does a player need to do to overcome a high strikeout rate? Why is Chris out on Ryan McMahon because of this? ... In our news and notes, we take a look at the 114-game proposal from the MLBPA (23:10). Also, are we forgetting about Griffin Canning? ... So, how should you draft pitchers in a shortened season (31:41)? Frank shares some of his findings, which lean towards devaluing elite starting pitchers. Why should we target more of those breakout types? ... The guys also like targeting AL Central starting pitchers because of their scheduling in 2020 (45:38). Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports

0:11.4

Got a fantasy question email fantasy baseball at CBS I dot com get ready to win your lead

0:21.4

Now here's Frank Scott, Chris and Adam. All right. Welcome back everybody fantasy baseball today here on a Monday

0:28.3

June 1st. Where did the time go? It's June already Frank's handful here alongside Chris towers and Scott white. How's your weekend guys?

0:36.9

Fine

0:38.4

It was fine. Mm-hmm. I was yours

0:41.9

Really really interesting weekends. We got going on

0:45.0

Fine, I just yeah, I think I think Frank was looking for a little more a

0:49.0

little more enthusiasm

0:51.9

From Scott White there and he couldn't quite

0:55.6

You couldn't quite provide it. So I'll step up. I had a pretty boring weekend, too

1:01.3

Yeah, I'm currently in the process of moving so that's

1:05.8

Always fun good times there

1:08.8

Yeah, not really far from where I live now, but yeah, that's basically all I've got going on

1:13.2

Obviously there are definitely some crazy things going on just in general around the world around the country

1:19.4

So hopefully you know we can offer a

1:21.8

Distraction some entertainment throughout this time for you guys today on the show

1:25.6

I want to focus on solidifying our strategy when it comes to

1:29.7

Pictures in a shortened season. I keep getting questions on Twitter like how are you approaching pitching?

1:34.6

The season if there is a season and I really just had to sit down and

1:39.6

Think about it. So I wanted to talk about some of the things that I found today and what I think might happen

1:45.7

I have some

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