Forgotten First Halves of 2019; Jeff McNeil Deep Dive (04/06 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder why Fantasy owners tend to look at the second half of the previous season but forget about the first? We'll try to answer that question but first an update on the MLB timeline (6:00). According to a report from Ken Rosenthal, the MLB might try and play games in Arizona spring training ballparks ... Before we look at first-half outliers, we take a deeper look at Jeff McNeil (12:22). Are we buying what McNeil did in 2019? Should he be drafted ahead of Michael Brantley? ... Why do people typically ignore first-half performances (21:00)? Is Rhys Hoskins being undervalued based on the numbers he posted early in 2019? ... Domingo Santana and Hunter Renfroe are a pair of outfielders that are also being overlooked (35:25). Who is more likely to bounce-back between the two? ... Finally, we address two starting pitchers in Cole Hamels and Caleb Smith (50:21) ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Finacy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm a fan of small ball, but I'm going to play the player. |
| 0:09.0 | Get out of here. |
| 0:11.0 | Got a fantasy question? |
| 0:13.0 | Email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
| 0:16.0 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.0 | We're fantasy because we are. |
| 0:21.0 | Now here's Adam Scott, Chief and Chris. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome everybody to fantasy baseball today. |
| 0:27.0 | Frank here joined by Scott and Chris. |
| 0:29.0 | It's Monday, April 6th. |
| 0:31.0 | And you know, this quarantine brings out a different side in people. |
| 0:34.0 | I haven't shaved my face in a few weeks now. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm watching wrestling again. |
| 0:38.0 | And I also made my first TikTok this weekend. |
| 0:41.0 | Scott is here without a bucket hat. |
| 0:43.0 | Scott, what's something you're doing differently because of the quarantine? |
| 0:48.0 | If anything. |
| 0:49.0 | Well, I can tell you I shaved my face this morning. |
| 0:52.0 | I have yet to watch any wrestling professional ever. |
| 0:56.0 | And I've never made a TikTok video either. |
| 0:58.0 | So the very opposite of what you're doing. |
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