Replacing Rhys Hoskins and The First FAB
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Eno and Al look at the Phillies’ roster in the aftermath of Rhys Hoskins’ season-ending injury and consider first base replacements in fantasy. They also discuss FAB options for both 12- and 15-team leagues.
Rundown
1:20 Replacing Rhys Hoskins
7:47 Spend early in FAB or save up?
13:06 12-team FAB hitting targets
26:36 12-team FAB pitching targets
32:32 15-team FAB hitting targets
42:00 15-team FAB pitching targets
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and happy Friday to everyone. This is Rates and Burials. I'm Al Malkyore. I am here with Enoseres. And it being a Friday, |
| 0:24.2 | it's, believe it or not, you know, it's Fab Day. First Fab Day, opening day around the corner. |
| 0:29.4 | First Fab in front of the opening day. So we will mostly be talking about that. And of course, |
| 0:33.8 | big news on the Phillies that we will get to very, very shortly, just as soon as |
| 0:38.4 | I remind everybody that the 2023 fantasy baseball draft kit, of course, of course has been |
| 0:44.1 | here and been online for quite a while, but I know you got drafts up today. |
| 0:49.3 | Bold, that's right. |
| 0:49.9 | I saw me, you know, so you can catch that. |
| 0:53.5 | My Q&A with Keith Law is also up. |
| 0:56.0 | There'll be lots more good content in the coming days if you've got drafts right before |
| 1:01.1 | opening day. |
| 1:02.0 | So the draft kit is still there and still growing. |
| 1:05.0 | And you can access that. |
| 1:06.0 | And of course, everything that's on The Athletic for just $1 a month for the first year. So check that out. |
| 1:12.4 | Just go to theathletic.com slash rates and barrels with rates and barrels all written out. |
| 1:19.6 | And let's get right to that big Philly's news. |
| 1:23.4 | Reese Hoskins, unfortunately, really unfortunate news, Reese Hoskins out for the season. |
| 1:30.0 | So kind of a gruesome play on Thursday. |
| 1:33.8 | Hoskins trying to field a grounder tore his ACL and his left knee, and he is scheduled to have |
| 1:40.1 | reconstructive surgery. |
| 1:41.4 | So for those of you who, of course, already have Hoskins, that's |
| 1:46.6 | going to be part of your task, I suppose, in Fab, this weekend if your league does that. |
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