We are less than two weeks out from the 2025 World Series, but the 26 draft season is already well underway.

I've got Frank Stample of CBS here to discuss a draft that we've already taken part in,

or at least taken part of half of in at first pitch, Arizona.

We'll have more on that right after this.

Hello and welcome to the Roto Wire Fantasy Baseball podcast.

Eric Halterman here for the first time this off season.

Excited to be joined by Frank Stample of CBS,

who I just saw over the weekend at First Pitch, Arizona,

where we took part in the first 23 rounds of a draft Champions League.

That'll be the main topic of today's show.

But Frank, you all ready to start draft season again?

It's been,

you know, a nice break of about a week since last season ended. Yeah, full transparency. I am

not ready at all to be drafting right now. I assume most people are not. And most people who hear

this might think that we're a little bit crazy for drafting at this time. But it's always a fun

weekend, first pitch Arizona,

fantasy baseball conference, get together with a bunch of other industry people and just fantasy

baseball enthusiasts. And I always like to hop in a draft here just to kind of get the wheels

turning a little bit, see the draft board, have an idea of where players are going. I'm sure

a million things are going to

change by the time we get to February and March, which is the main draft season. But it's just a

fun starting point, a fun little jump off point here to see what the draft board looks like.

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