MLB Draft First Round Recap; RBI and Wins Sleepers (06/11 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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🗓️ 11 June 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show we're recapping the first round of the MLB Draft with R.J. Anderson of CBSsports.com but first, Rob Manfred said there will 100% be a baseball season in 2020! How does R.J. evaluate first overall pick Spencer Torkelson (2:33)? Who's his MLB comp and when should we expect him in the majors? ... Austin Martin was regarded by many as a top-two player. Why did he fall to the fifth pick (7:00)? What's his long-term outlook? ... The Orioles surprised many by taking Heston Kjerstad second overall (11:33). Who is his MLB comp and can he be fast-tracked to the majors? ... Max Meyer was the first pitcher off the board to the Miami Marlins (13:48). Long-term is he a starter or reliever? ... Why is Garrett Crochet the ultimate risk-reward pick (16:05)? ... Was Asa Lacy the best pitcher in the draft (18:32)? ... Who is the comp for Emerson Hancock (20:17)? ... Who were some of the steals who went later in the first round (26:39)? ... When it comes to sleepers for RBI, many are tied to home runs (32:15). Basically draft all Yankees. ... What things correlate most with wins for starting pitchers (43:05)? Why are we targeting Twins, Masahiro Tanaka, and Jose Urquidy? ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:04.8 | I drive Senator Fier, Victor Rol, and Simon. |
| 0:09.6 | This is magnificent. |
| 0:11.4 | Got a fantasy question, email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
| 0:16.3 | Get ready to win your lead. |
| 0:18.6 | Well fantasy, because reality. |
| 0:21.8 | Now here's Frank Scott, Chris and Adam. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey there everybody. |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome to fantasy baseball today on a Thursday, June 11th. |
| 0:28.6 | Frank Stanfell here with Scott White and our special guest will get into a |
| 0:32.6 | just a second. |
| 0:33.6 | Scott, I've got to say, I'm tired today, man. |
| 0:36.5 | How are you feeling? |
| 0:37.8 | Were you up celebrating all night like I was? |
| 0:42.2 | Because there was baseball like a live baseball event happening. |
| 0:46.1 | Is that what you're talking about? |
| 0:47.4 | Not entirely. |
| 0:49.2 | It's more so that Rob Manfred guaranteed that we will have a season 100%. |
| 0:55.8 | Although at this point it might just be 20 games. |
| 1:01.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:02.1 | I mean, I didn't take that as especially big news because it seemed like that. |
| 1:05.8 | You know, he has the authority to set the length of the season if they are going to pay |
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