Relief Pitcher Preview 2.0 (06/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show we're previewing the most volatile position in Fantasy Baseball... relief pitchers! Just to prove the volatility, how many closers do we think were the intended closer to start the year and were still there by the end of the season? What's our overall relief pitcher strategy in H2H vs. Roto (3:00)? Does it change in a shortened season? Should we focus more on job security? ... We kick off our ADP review with Josh Hader, who is being drafted in the fifth round (9:00). How concerned should we be over Corey Knebel? Would we rather have Hader in the fifth round or Nick Anderson in the 12th (9:00)? ... The next group features the top three closers in terms of job security: Kirby Yates, Aroldis Chapman, and Roberto Osuna (18:24). Should Osuna be ranked #1 this season? ... The next group is a tough one including Liam Hendriks, Kenley Jansen, Brad Hand, and Taylor Rogers (26:54). What's up with Brad Hand and can he fight off James Karinchak? ... Onto our sleepers, breakouts, and busts (31:24)! Why is Ken Giles so disrespected? Can Gallegos breakout? Basically, nobody on the podcast is drafting Hader. ... Back to ADP review, this next group is very polarizing between Edwin Diaz, Giles, Hector Neris, Raisel Iglesias, and Craig Kimbrel (46:37). Target this group! ... Next up we have a group of low-end RP2s plus how are SPARPs looking this season (53:27)? ... We wrap with some relievers who can help with ratios and holds in 2020 (1:03:45)... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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| 0:58.1 | FileTile, the only word that should be used to describe closers, especially in a 60 game season. |
| 1:04.0 | Welcome to our relief picture preview 2.0 fantasy baseball today on a Friday. June 26th, |
| 1:09.9 | Frankstample alongside Scott White and Chris Towers is definitely not the third time I've tried |
| 1:15.2 | to do the open today. You didn't punctuate the volatile as much on this third take and now |
| 1:21.9 | Chris and I are talking over each other. I've been known to host this podcast. It's usually |
| 1:30.7 | out of necessity and not anybody's desire. But I know how difficult it is to open a show. |
| 1:38.6 | He's coming to you always laugh at my show. It's especially difficult when you script it out and |
| 1:45.6 | then mess up the script. Because few things feel dumber than repeating something to someone multiple |
| 1:52.6 | times when it's scripted. That's why just like with the rankings, we don't have to like me with |
| 2:02.0 | the rankings. Scott and I don't have to host. So we just get to take pot shots. |
| 2:07.2 | Yeah, I can only imagine how dumb you guys think I am already at this point. I want to start off with |
| 2:11.5 | this question. It's our relief pitcher preview 2.0. Throw you a little bit on the spot here. How many |
| 2:17.7 | teams do you think finished with the closer they intended on starting the season with last year in |
| 2:23.9 | 2019? Oh, I think I've counted before, but I don't remember off the top of my head. I'm just |
| 2:30.0 | going to say half of them 15. Yeah, I think 15 is probably the right number and the number |
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