Early Spring Training Updates Plus a Mailbag! (2/19 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

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🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Chris and Scott are handling duties today and start off with Trevor Rosenthal to the A's! ... Well, Fernando Tatis Jr. is rich (4:15). Shane Bieber and Frankie Montas have tested positive for COVID while J.T. Realmuto fractured his thumb! ... We also have some early spring training updates and apparently Juan Soto wants to run more (11:14). Should he be the first overall pick in Roto leagues? Clint Frazier has been named the starting left fielder for the Yankees and Andrew Vaughn could make the White Sox Opening Day roster. ... The guys are answering your Apple Podcast Review questions, including some late-round infielders and Shohei Ohtani's value (20:35). ... Chris and Scott spend the rest of the podcast answering your emails (31:08). If you've sent an email over the past week or so, they probably answer it here! ... Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank, @AdamAizer Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The NFL playoffs are here and this Sunday on CBS it all kicks off with Super Wildcard
0:06.4	weekend. It's win or go home for a matchup of AFC these rivals when Jalen
0:11.9	Wattel and the Miami Dolphins head to Buffalo.
0:14.1	It's a wide open for meeting with Josh Allen and the Bitt.
0:17.9	Look at her nose! Touchdown!
0:19.7	Get ready for kickoff beginning at Moon Eastern with JV and the Gocks on the NFL today.
0:24.9	The NFL Super Wildcard weekend this Sunday on CBS.
0:54.9	Oh I love the sweet tones of a Kokomo Friday. Welcome to Fantasy Baseball today.
1:05.0	It is Friday, February 19th. I'm Chris Towers. Scott Whites here with me and no Frank
1:11.6	Stample today. He is feeling under the weather and so we've decided to call a bit of an
1:17.3	audible on our schedule. We're not going to be doing the relief picture preview today.
1:22.9	Like we were expecting to, I know you're all very sad that there won't be any relief
1:28.4	picture talk but it should make you feel better because frankly the beginning of training
1:34.6	camp is not the best time to talk about relief picture. There's so much that's going to
1:38.8	change between now and the start of the season and then the start of the season and the
1:45.5	third day of the season that waiting a little longer for relief picture.
1:51.5	Not the worst thing in the world. Scott, how are you doing?
1:54.9	I'm fine. I'm fine. We can't talk about one relief picture breaking from the position
2:00.7	previews and there need to be ever greed allows us to address a little bit of news and
2:05.0	Trevor Rosenthal. It's not a one year deal with the athletics today. Agreed terms anyway.
2:11.0	And he's going to be their closer. Sounds like which means Jake Deakman will not but
2:16.4	that didn't seem totally assured anyway. You'd rather have the sure thing in Rosenthal
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