Mailbag! Kevin Newman Deep Dive (04/16 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
We're answering all your questions but first we get things started with a deep dive on Kevin Newman (6:23). What's the base case scenario for Newman? Where does he rank among other late-round middle infielders? ... We've got the latest news regarding Alex Verdugo plus it sounds like Mike Trout is not on board with the current season proposal (16:58). Is Verdugo's back injury chronic? ... We're diving into your latest questions and the first one is regarding Yonny Chirinos and Ryan Yarbrough (25:00). Which Rays pitcher would you rather own in 2020? ... Who were some players you thought would be "locks" and weren't (31:55)? Has that changed how you evaluate prospects? ... How do closer roles change if there is a shortened season (37:40)? Do you draft more setup pitchers as a result? ... How do you value Shohei Ohtani in daily lineup league (45:25)? ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports |
| 0:11.2 | Got a fantasy question email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com get ready to win your Lee |
| 0:21.6 | Now here's Adam Scott she fed Chris |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome everybody to fantasy baseball today Thursday April 16th and I've got to get things started with this |
| 0:32.4 | My father always told me quote unquote. He tells things like it is |
| 0:37.7 | I try my best to follow that philosophy in life that includes being honest with other people being honest with |
| 0:44.8 | Myself holding others accountable and if we're going to criticize Scott White for pronouncing just in verlander |
| 0:51.8 | Verlander and if we're going to you know call out Chris whenever he says dead pole hit or mispronounce eight then I have to hold myself |
| 1:00.8 | accountable as well and it's been brought to my attention that |
| 1:04.8 | Apparently I do not pronounce the tease in certain names most notably |
| 1:10.5 | John Carlos Stanton and Charlie Morton now I'm going out of my way now to pronounce the tease in those names |
| 1:18.1 | How do you say them? |
| 1:19.7 | I'd say them right now how I normally say them |
| 1:22.8 | John Carlos Stanton |
| 1:25.0 | Charlie Morton |
| 1:27.6 | I mean |
| 1:29.2 | So like |
| 1:31.2 | It's it's a weird uh, you know, it's it's weird because like I guess technically you're not saying John Carlos |
| 1:37.6 | Stanton you're saying stanton yes, but there's like a t-ish sound in there that's what I thought there's like a |
| 1:45.6 | There's like a little like puff of breath that comes out after the end that stands in for the tea |
| 1:53.0 | Yeah, I don't |
| 1:55.0 | Don't know who how I don't know who says them otherwise. I think |
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