Second Base Preview 2.0 (06/30 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

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4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

So, uhh, about second base. It's not the greatest position, which gives us even more reason to break it down! Because of how shallow it is, do we find ourselves reaching at the position? We won't normally hit news and notes on position previews but it's worth mentioning the four players who have already opted out of the 2020 season (3:50). ... Onto the "elite" tier at second base where we find Gleyber Torres, Jose Altuve, Ozzie Albies, and Ketel Marte (8:02). Why are people shying away from Altuve? Will Gleyber crush the Orioles again? ... Amidst talking about Albies, Scott struck up a conversation regarding "safe" players vs. streaky players in a shortened season (19:56). Should you target more of the high-upside, streaky hitters? ... Rounds four and five at second base are mostly filled with veterans... and Keston Hiura (24:40). Should Hiura be part of the elite tier? What do Merrifield, Villar, and LeMahieu have left in the tank? ... Sleepers, breakouts, and busts at second base (37:06)! Is this finally the year for Garrett Hampson? Is Cavan Biggio a breakout or a bust? ... Back to ADP, the mid-range is filled with Max Muncy, Jeff McNeil, and Mike Moustakas (51:05). Is McNeil a poor man's DJ LeMahieu? ... Rounds 10-13 are filled with Eduardo Escobar, Cavan Biggio, Tommy Edman, and Gavin Lux (54:30). Who is the real Escobar? How much will Lux play this season? ... We wrap things up with the late-round options at the position (59:30)! ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.

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1:27.3	It's just good. I'm glad to be here with you. I'm very excited to talk about Second Basement.
1:31.2	It's a fascinating position. One of the few positions where it might actually make sense to have
1:36.4	a dedicated strategy on draft day. When you look at the other positions, you can sort of just go
1:44.0	best player available and you won't really go wrong. But Second Basis is one of the few positions where
1:51.8	the replacement level players for fantasy, that 13 to 16 range in the rankings in your 12 team
1:58.5	leagues, they don't really help you all that much. That's one place where Second Basis really
2:06.5	does differ. When we talk about position eligibility being dead, it sort of comes with an
2:12.7	asterisk where it's except for maybe Second Basis. Catcher obviously is its own thing. Maybe.
2:18.4	It's not. But it's certainly the weakest position. Yeah. And it's certainly, I think the one position
2:27.4	where you can make the case that reaching for someone to make sure you don't have a whole
2:34.0	could be a competitive advantage. Well, I'm happy you bring that up Chris because the first question
2:38.5	I was going to ask you guys was do you find yourself prematurely pulling Second Basis
2:43.2	in up the board because of supply and demand? Scott yesterday, we spoke about the first base position
2:48.6	as being maybe the second Mochalo behind, of course, Second Basis. So do you find yourself doing that?
2:55.1	Do you make it a point heading into a draft to draft a Second Basis in early on?
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