Ranking Upside Pitchers & Way-Too-Early 2026 Thoughts! (8/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Emmet Sheehan just had the best start of his career (3:04). ... Cam Schlittler makes it two strong starts in a row (7:08). ... Now is the time to stash Mets prospect Jonah Tong (10:28). ... Ian Seymour looked good in his first career start (12:18). ... Mark Vientos and Colton Cowser are waking up (14:22). ... News (20:00): Vlad Jr. returned to the Blue Jays' lineup. ... Lourdes Gurriel has been on a tear in August (26:41). ... Jose Soriano got back in the win column (36:05). ... What's the latest on Jacob deGrom and Bryce Miller (38:53)? ... We got a bunch of rough pitcher outings on Monday (43:53). ... Let's take a peek into the 2026 draft crystal ball (50:42). ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (1:02:40).
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| 0:33.3 | CBS Sports. And first pitch, rushing deep left field. |
| 0:38.9 | This is why the one. |
| 0:40.2 | Welcome on. |
| 0:41.3 | Got a fantasy question? |
| 0:42.7 | Email fantasy baseball at CBSI.com. |
| 0:46.2 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:48.5 | Where fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:51.6 | Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. |
| 0:53.6 | Hello, and welcome in into fantasy baseball today on |
| 0:57.2 | Tuesday, August 26th. I am Frank Stanfield, joined by Chris Towers today on the show. Young players |
| 1:04.4 | continue to emerge. We had some rough pitcher starts to evaluate a bunch of them actually. We'll take a look into the crystal ball for some way too early 2026 thoughts. |
| 1:18.0 | And much more. |
| 1:19.5 | Let's jump in. |
| 1:20.3 | In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened. |
| 1:28.6 | All right, Chris, so we know Hurston Waldrop and Nolan McLean and Cam Schlittler have emerged and you know what |
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