Fantasy Baseball Today - 🚨BREAKING: Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers! Kyle Schwarber back with the Phillies! (12/9 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: December 9, 2025

Edwin Diaz is leaving the Mets for the Dodgers! Diaz or Mason Miller? Is Devin Williams now the closer for the Mets? Kyle Scwharber is headed back to the Phillies! Will you pay the price to draft Schwarber? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sptfy.com/QiKv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FBT team on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FBTPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CPTowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CBSScottWhite⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Roto_Frank⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Facebook group at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. And just like that, the floodgates are open. Welcome into an emergency edition of Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, December 9th. I am Frank Stamphill, joined by Chris Towers. All right, winter meetings, I see you. We got two massive deals out of nowhere. Edwin Diaz is leaving the Mets to join the Dodgers on a three-year $69 million deal, and Kyle Schwerber is returning to the Phillies on a five-year, $150 million deal.

The rich get richer. Let's start with Edwin Diaz, who is arguably the best reliever in all of baseball. Last season, a 163 ERA, a 0.87 whip over 13K per 9. The Dodgers for as great as they are, this was a position of need, believe it or not. Just last night, Chris, we were talking about Mason Miller. We got confirmation he will be in the Padres bullpen next season as their closer. And we said that he should be the top closer drafted. Has that changed? What do you think, Mason Miller or Edwin Diaz for next season?

I would still take Mason Miller. I think the skills are a teeny, tiny bit stronger. But more than that, Edwin Diaz is better than Tanner Scott and is more established as a closer and all of the things that you would want. But Tanner Scott is a year, about 10 months, I think, removed from signing a $72 million contract with the Dodgers where he got, what, 20 saves, 23 saves last season, lost his job. multiple times, including in the highest pressure moments of the season, I think there's job security risk for Edwin Diaz on a team like the Dodgers.

Like this is a team that for as much as the bullpen was a problem for them last season, and this is all relatively speaking, there are still multiple closer caliber relievers in this Dodgers bullpen. And for as good as Edwin Diaz is when he's locked in, 2022, he had the third highest strike out rate in baseball history. He had a 163 ERA last year. He could be a little shaky at times. Uh, what two different seasons in the, in the past five years.

He has an ERA over three. Uh, yeah, 350, three 455 in 2024 and 2021, 559 in 2019. He's 32 years old. I would take Mason Miller over Edwin Diaz. Yeah, I'm not saying I think I expect Edwin Diaz to, lose his job or anything, but it's not out of the realm of possibility given the stakes for the Dodgers and just the shakiness he's shown at times in his career. He lost his job. Two years ago. Was it 2024? Yeah. He lost his job for a couple weeks in 2024 even. Yeah. So I don't know. I'm sure there's

going to be a lot of teeth gnashing and hand wringing and garment rending. I think that's another thing people do when they're upset about the Dodgers signing another high profile free agent. If you are generally opposed to the Dodgers dominating baseball forever, there are worse outcomes than they keep signing record-breaking contracts for relievers every off-season because the last one didn't work. You know, like that's not a bad outcome if you're a Dodgers hater because it's an inherently volatile high variance way to spend money. Totally hear all that. But as we know, and as we just saw this past season,

Edwin Diaz when he's on, I mean, he is one of the best in all baseball. You know, 18% swinging strike rate. Velocity has been down a couple of ticks since coming back from knee surgery a couple years ago. But even with that, again, he's coming off a ridiculous season, right? And to be honest, I didn't think this deal was that egregious, right? Like three years, $69 million. It is a lot of money for a believer. Frankly, I'm shocked the Mets didn't bring him back because everything we heard was, well, they don't want to go four or five

years. All right, well, it was right there in front of you, three years, $69 million. You could have got that done. We'll talk about the Mets in just a second. Edwin Diaz's NFBC ADP right now is 39.8. How much can it go up? I think it probably will go up, right? You see Edwin Diaz signed with the best team in baseball.

That's one back-to-back world series. And if there's been one knock on Edwin Diaz, he hasn't had these gaudy save totals. He hasn't had more than 32 since 2018 when he was back on the Mariners. So, you know, we could easily see a 40 plus save season out of Diaz with ridiculous ratios and tons of strikeouts as well. So do you think that ADP will climb a lot? Obviously, it won't be that high in home leagues. Home leagues, he's probably like a fourth, fifth round pick in a 12th team league. But for NFBC drafts, do you think he gets much higher than, you know, 39 or pick 40?

Well, Andres Munoz is 37.01, so I could see him moving up to 36.99. I could see Edwin Diaz being the number one closer on the team in the league. That feels reasonable, even if I wouldn't necessarily rank it that way myself. Yeah, I think that's probably fine. And then, you know, I think there's that top tier closer where it's Andres Munoz Edwin Diaz, Mason Miller. I think Yohan Duran's probably like a half a tier below to start the next tier. So I think those three, in really any order, it's hard to argue with.

Yeah, yeah. And then we do get into that next tier, which is still pretty good. We have Yon Duran. We have Cade Smith. Our old is Chapman. All right, it starts to get a little bit shakier. But obviously, Chapman coming off a great season as well. Let's get to some of the fallout here.

You mentioned Tanner Scott for now is not going to be getting saves for next season. Roki Sasaki, we heard yesterday, is going to be in the Dodgers rotation. So taking a look at their six-man right now, it's Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glass-Nal, Shohei Otani, Emmichian, and Roki Sasaki. That's assuming they don't go out and make another move, which obviously they still can. It's very early in the offseason. On the Mets front, Devin Williams for now looks like they're closer. Earlier, signed a three-year, $51 million deal to go to the Mets.

We did see a report from John Morosi that the Mets are in on Robert Suarez. So there are still some moving parts. We just kind of assumed, all right, if Edwin Diaz goes somewhere else, it's just going to be Devin Williams' job. I'm not so sure. If Robert Suarez goes to the Mets, I'm not even sure he would be the closer. It might be a point-flipped between him and Devin Williams. But I guess if you're drafting right now,

it looks like Devin Williams is a closer for the Mets for now, assuming they don't sign Robert Suarez. And should be treated as a top 12 closer. I know he had a really bad 2025 season, but a lot of the skills indicators were still pretty good. He got a lot of swinging strikes. The whiff rate on the changeup was still not quite as good as it's been in the past, but still very solid. And I think we're all pretty much expecting a big bounce back from him. You know, it was a 479 ERA.

55% strand rate is shockingly low, but 311XERA, 268 FIP. But the skills indicators, like I said, for Devin Williams still look quite strong. So he's one, I would expect, if he is the Mets closer, while it's a little shaky and you're not going to feel as good about him as you do some of the elite closers, I do think you should end up with a very, very good closer and probably 30 plus saves out of him as a result. But Chris, can Devin Williams handle the big city of New York? Well, Queens is a smaller city, you know? Is it? I mean, yeah, I guess. Well, no.

Smaller than the Bronx? I don't know. In terms of population, I think Queens is the second biggest of the five boroughs. But, you know, the lights aren't as bright out and flushing as they are in the Bronx. As we know. All right, let's take a quick break. When we return, we'll talk about Kyle Schwerber right after this. Welcome back in, Emergency Edition of Fantasy Baseball today.

Kyle Schwerber is back with the Phillies on a five-year, $150 million deal. The Pirates tried. They swung. They missed. This always made the most sense. obviously, Schwerber is turning 33 in March, and he's a DH, but he's just been so durable, so productive. He's coming off a career year, 56 homers, 132 RBI. He finished as the seventh overall player in Roto leagues and probably a little bit higher

in points leagues just because he's so good in that format. Chris, this was probably the best move for Schwerber's fantasy value, although dreaming on Cincinnati was kind of fun too. I think this is probably the best move for his value. Yeah, I mean, look, Philadelphia is not a bad place to hit, and Cal Schwerber has the kind of power where it doesn't really matter where he's playing, right? He's not hitting them three rows deep. So I think Kyle Schwabers value doesn't really change much no matter where he goes. But, you know, we don't have to deal with like the uncertainty over a new ballpark,

the uncertainty of how he'll handle a new home and, you know, all that stuff that is kind of ineffable, but we know matters. So, you know, status quo is not a bad thing when you're talking about going back. to a very good lineup, a good ballpark, and a player who is coming off a career year. Now, that being said, I think it would be foolish to expect Kyle Schwaber to replicate his success from last season. He improved his homer total by 18 from the previous season. I think something like 40 to 45 homers and that 240 to 250 batting average is what we should expect and it will make him a very, very valuable player and potentially not super great draft

pick as a second rounder in a 12 team league, but that's where he's going to go. And if you want 45 homers, that that's the price you got to pay, I guess. Yeah, that's the next question that I was getting to Schwabber. The batting average has been better the past two years, 240 and 248, respectively. You know, he was down closer to 200, the two years prior to that. So I think that's still within his range of outcomes, but it just seems like he hasn't proved as a hiter the past couple seasons. Whatever adjustments he's made, he's clearly done so to help improve the batting average, and obviously it has worked for him. You mentioned the ADP for Schwerber. It's 24.5 going just ahead of Trey Turner, Pete Alonzo, who remains a free agent, James Wood and Pete Crowe Armstrong.

Last year for perspective, Schwerber's ADP was 69. So that is a big jump. coming off a career year. And typically, my default mindset, Chris, is do not pay for the career year. So what about you? Last year, the ADP was right around 70. Now it's up around 24. Would you actually pay the price for Kyle Schwabber? Probably not.

I just, a poor batting average and a lot of power, he's the extreme version of that. And you're obviously, you know, hoping for, I think it was like 245 combined runs in RBI, but I think you're hoping for more like 220. money. To me, that's the biggest lock for Schwerber, though. If you do look at his past four years, it's 100 plus runs, 100 plus RBI. Like, the counting stats seem to be a lock for him. And so that, like, that's a huge edge, and that's not something that, like, you look at like a Matt Olson who could put up similar numbers overall, but probably not going to have those same counting stats. Or, you know, I don't know who else. Roman Anthony or Brett, I don't know,

those guys are a clear step down. from Schwerber as power hitters. So look, it just comes down to if you're picking there and you feel like you can't pass up on 45 homers as like kind of a floor, or 40 homers as a floor, I guess, that's the price you're going to have to pay for Kyle Schorber. I think it makes building a team difficult when you invest a second round pick in a UT only player, right?

who I guess at some point will likely get outfield eligibility, but it's a question of does that come in July or September? That's a big difference. I think it makes it hard to build a team that way, especially when if you actually look at the order players are going in, Otani's number one and Schwabber's number 24. So if you're the guy who takes Otani at the top of the draft, you're out on Kyle Schwabler.

Yep. Unless you play in Yahoo and you want to fill up both, you tell the spots, I guess, but you shouldn't. Yeah. Now, Judge and Schwerber, that's a pretty good combo. That's a lot of power. That's a lot of power, a lot of runs, and a lot of RBI. I can get on board with that combo. Yeah, and you know, Trey Turner's going right there too. So imagine you start a roto draft, 12 team league.

Judge, Schwerber, Trey Turner, just kind of cover all bases. I know we're not supposed to brag about, like, our first three picks because, like, of course your first three picks are good. but like, I'd feel pretty good about starting the team that way. Yeah, yeah, that sounds pretty good. You know, we did an early draft at first pitch Arizona. It was like a draft champion's NFBC league. And Schwabler fell all to me at, all the way to me at pick 45. Oh, that's awesome.

The three, four turn in a 15 team league, like, sure, I'll take the shot there. Yeah, that's incredible. The current ADP, you know, second round pick and a 12 or even a 15 team league, not so sure I would get on board with that from a Roto perspective. in a points, points league, absolutely fine with it. I know Scott had Schwerber as like a top 20 player. So, you know, I don't want to speak for everyone on the podcast when we say that because I think Scott would take him at that price.

Yeah, no, I could see why some people would want to and just load up on all the power and the counting stat stuff. And then you got to figure out the batting average after that. But like I was saying, from a points league perspective, I think he's probably closer to like a one-two turn player. You know, the position eligibility does get a little wonky with building out your team. but just in terms of OBP and power and all the counting stats, he's so good from a points league perspective.

So, yeah, much, much higher on Schwaber in a points league. Roto, second round pick. Not sure it's going to be for me heading into 2026. All right, again, just to recap, Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers on a three-year $69 million deal. Kyle Schwerber headed back to the Phillies, five years, $150 million. And you just kind of have to wonder if this will open up

everything else now. Do we start to get some chatter about Pete Alonzo and Kyle Tucker and Robert Suarez? I think this is going to open things up and perhaps we get even a few more signings before winter meetings is out. We are going to wrap there for Chris. I am Frank. Thanks as always for tuning into fantasy baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify and we will be back again tomorrow or sooner. Bye-bye.