Latest Signings, News & Your Mailbag Questions! (2/16 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Before we get to your mailbag questions, let's discuss the news from the week, starting with Chris Bassitt to the Orioles (2:46)! ... Nick Martinez signed to be a starter with the Rays (6:00). ... Marcell Ozuna signed a one-year deal with the Pirates (10:06). ... Rangers prospect Sebastian Walcott is out for 2026 (18:30). ... Daniel Palencia has been named the Cubs' closer (22:02). ... Jarren Duran might not play against lefties (25:23). ... Ben Rice is expected to be an everyday player (30:47). ... Here's the rest of the news from the week (32:57). ... Now your mailbag questions, starting with Apple podcast questions (41:20). ... What strategy do we use in snake drafts (45:40)? ... Who gains value in a league with quality starts (51:20)? ... Where would we rank Ivan Herrera at catcher (53:42)? ... How to check your fandom in Fantasy Baseball (55:26). ... The pitcher most likely to breakout is blank (1:07:50).
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:04.5 | Oh, and first pitch watching deep left field. |
| 0:08.9 | This is why that welcome off. |
| 0:11.3 | Got a fantasy question, email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
| 0:16.2 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.5 | Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Where fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:21.5 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:23.7 | Hello and welcome into fantasy baseball today on President's Day Monday, February 16th. |
| 0:29.4 | I am Frank Sample joined by Chris Tower. |
| 0:31.6 | Today on the show, we have ourselves a mailbag. |
| 0:34.6 | We'll answer your Apple podcast review and email questions, plus all the news from the first week of spring training. |
| 0:41.7 | We are recording this a few days in advance, so probably some things that are going to happen over the weekend, which you won't hear about on this podcast. |
| 0:48.9 | But, Chris, there was a lot to talk about and a lot of transactions and just little newsy type things that we do need to |
| 0:57.4 | talk about. So we will start there and of course we did have a bunch of big injuries. We did |
| 1:02.3 | emergency podcast for those. So make sure to check those out. We addressed Corbyn Carroll, Francisco |
| 1:07.2 | Lindorr, all the Blue Jays stuff,anderer, Shane Bieber, Spencer Schwellenbach |
| 1:12.1 | So Jackson Holiday |
| 1:13.4 | Yep, yep |
| 1:14.3 | So be sure to check those out |
| 1:15.6 | Speaking of the Orioles |
| 1:16.9 | They signed Chris Bassett |
| 1:18.3 | To a one year 18 and a half million dollar deal |
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