Fantasy Baseball Today - 🚨Spencer Schwellenbach & Francisco Lindor Injury Updates! (2/10 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: February 10, 2026

Spencer Schwellenbach will start the season the 60-day IL due to right elbow inflammation. Francisco Lindor is dealing with a hamate bone injury! What does it all mean?? Also, Justin Verlander is back with the Tigers! 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. Pitchers and catchers are reporting, and it was supposed to be a fun time in the baseball world. It hasn't been so fun. Welcome into an emergency edition of fantasy baseball today on Tuesday, February 10th. Look, it was always expected that we would get a bunch of injury updates and things as teams start to report. I totally get that. But on the first day here, we learn Spencer Schwellenbach is going to start the season on the aisle. Francisco Lindor could need hammay bone surgery.

I guess some good news. Justin Verlander is headed home to the Detroit Tigers. That depends on whose perspective you're asking for. It's a nice story for the Tigers. Bad news for multiple Tigers sleeper pitchers though. Yeah. Yeah, it's probably pushes out Troy Melton and Reese Olson, although Olson we kind of got some injury stuff. Olson may not be ready for the start of the season, yeah. Yeah, so we'll talk about it.

But first, Spencer Schwellenbach is going to start the season on the 60-day IL. due to right elbow inflammation. And here was the tweet from Mark Bowman who covers the team for MLB.com. Spencer Schwellenbach is dealing with right elbow inflammation. The Braves are hoping he's just dealing with bone spurs, but he'll miss significant time. He'll begin the season on the 60-day IL.

Last year, the velocity was up across the board for Schwellenbach, and he was great when he pitched, and then he suffered a fractured right elbow in early July, which ended his season. According to Fantasy Pros, Schwellenbach was the SP21 in ADP. He was a top 85 pick. Chris, is he even worth drafting and stashing now?

How far did you lower Schoenbach in your rankings? In a league with IL spots, he's definitely worth drafting and stashing. I have where I dropped him to in the rankings, which is about the 120th SP. So I think that's about 380 in my, yeah, 386 in my overall rankings. I suppose in a you don't get quite that deep in a 12-team league with your bench. I think that's about 360 spots or so, 350. But in a 15-team league, I guess you could take the flyer,

but this feels super ominous. A guy who last year, you know, we saw the velocity spike across the board, but I think it's worth really honing in on the velocity spike in season. So he ended the 2024 season averaging 96.4 miles per hour with his four seamer in September. He opens 2025 at 96.7. The 97.2 in May, 97.4 in June. He was throwing harder than he ever had.

And the thing with Spencer Schwellenbach that we've talked a lot about, but it's worth remembering is he was a couple of. converted shortstop and relief pitcher in college who had Tommy John surgery, I think as soon as the Braves drafted him and then they converted him to starting pitcher. And he made the jump from, I think, 64 innings in 2023 to like, wasn't like 180? If you include the playoffs? Right around 170 total. Right around 170 in 2024. He was awesome. He rocketed through the minors. But then we we see that we see him fail to make it through the 2025 season with a higher velocity his elbow fractures and then after an entire off season of rest you know that this guy hasn't thrown a pitch in a

game since like last June we're talking eight months at this point that he hasn't thrown a pitch in competitive action and he's already breaking down that's that's pretty scary and you know the report is they're hoping it's bone spurs, well, that could go a bunch of different ways. You know, if it's just bonespurs, okay, but they're already saying he's going to be out until at least late May. It's February 10th right now. So you start doing the math, like, this is at least 100 days that Spencer Schwellenbach's going to be out from now. Yeah, I don't know, man. Being told a player is going to begin the year on the 60 day IL 45 days, 43 days before the start of the season.

That's pretty worrisome. Yeah, if you just look at the timelines, right? Carlos Rodon, for example, had DeBrydement surgery clean up bone spurs right after the season ended, and he's not expected to return to the Yankees until May. So that's from November to May, which is like six months. And now we're talking about Chuelanbach, who I haven't seen that he's going to have surgery to clean up bone spurs. if that's actually what it is.

But if it is, he's probably out longer than just the 60 days on the IL. I mean, it could be, if he even returns, maybe the second half of the season, something like that, on top of the fact

that he fractured his elbow last year. So I always had him a little bit lower than the consensus and rankings in ADP, just because I wanted to see him in spring training. I've done some early drafts here

and he was just a complete avoid for me until I saw him in spring and I was open to the possibility where if he looked like himself, like yeah, I'll move him, way back up the rankings. I loved them last year going into the 2025 season,

but I needed to see it first before I invested here. So my gut reaction, I dropped them down to SP80. I mean, based on where you have them, it sounds like I need to lower him even further than that. In these NFBC leagues where there are no IL spots, I don't think you could draft Spencer Schwellenbach

at all. In draft and hold leagues, you know, maybe you could take a shot very late, something like that. And those are 50 round leagues, just to give context of how you're going 750 picks deep in a 15 team. Some of them are 12 teams. You go 600 deep in that. Yeah.

So look, in standard home leagues, given what we know right now, and look, most people aren't going to draft until the end of March, so we'll have a little bit more information by then. We might even know that Chihuamak is out for the season at that point. So then, okay, obviously, you're just not drafting him. And I think that's a real possibility. Yeah, yeah.

Again, it's just like compounding things. Fractured elbow, and then he shows up the spring, and he's still kind of dealing with something here, with his elbow. Obviously, not good for Schwellenbach. So if you have IEL spots, maybe he's one of your last picks in the draft and you just kind of stash him and see what happens. But obviously, pretty ominous news there on Spencer Schwellenbach. What happens next for the Atlanta Braves? Last week, we got a report that Hurston Waldrop could begin the season in the minors. I mean, that sounds more like a developmental thing. They still want him to work on, you know,

his command and things like that. But he looked pretty good in the second half of the season last year. Roster Resource has Chris Sale, Spencer Strider, Ronaldo Lopez, who's coming back from injury, Grant Holmes, who's coming back from injury, and Bryce Elder in their rotation. Who's coming back from being Bryce Elder? Lots of question marks there. It makes it a lot more likely that Hurston Waldrop is in this rotation,

and Chris, I just wonder when, not even if, it feels like when will the Braves sign somebody? Obviously, Zach Gallen is still out on the market, but just speculation on my porn. I haven't seen them linked to him, but it would make a lot of sense. That would not be a luxury. You look at this rotation and like,

okay, we all like sale. Big injury concerns there. We have no idea of Spencer Strider. We had no idea of Spencer Strider is like a major league caliber pitcher anymore. He didn't really pitch like one last year. Rinaldo Lopez is coming back from shoulder surgery. Grant Holmes tore his UCL last year

and is going to try to pitch through. it. Bryce Elder's bad. Like, this is a bad rotation right now. They really need Spencer. Like, it could be really good. There's a lot of upside in this rotation. But just in terms of like, you're talking the median outcome for this group is like, what, 140 really good

innings from Chris Sale, no idea from Strider, Lopez, Holmes. Waldrop, like, at least there's some upside there. I would prioritize him over Elder, but, you know, maybe the Braves don't view it quite the same way. I think this is a team that really needs Zach Allen or a Zach Gallen type, at least like I get that he was pretty bad last season. He was better in the second half. Very dependable, though. He's going to make his 30 starts. You know, I think he's done that for the last five years. So yeah, things are not great for for the Atlanta rotation right now. It could work out. Grant Holmes, you know, I think there's some deep sleeper appeal. Reinaldo Lopez, he pitched way over his head in

24 but even baking in some regression he should have been useful but just with the injuries those guys have both had the last year i i think you have to have real concerns about what it's going to look like so yeah the this does not look great for the braves right now outside of zach gallant top remaining free agent starting pitchers you have chris bassett zach letel yeah Lucas gilito those guys are all useful like i think those guys would all be upgrades over Waldrip and might be the number three starters for this team. They might need two of those guys. Yeah, I think they probably like, yeah.

Yeah, that's, that's, it's a rough, it's a rough situation for the Braves right now. Yeah, it's still very much so up in the air and we'll see how they respond. I think if you liked Hurston Waldrop as a sleeper, you probably like him even more because there's just opportunity there. And like you said, in deeper leagues, you know, taking a stab on a Ronaldo Lopez or Grant Holmes, they've shown promise in the past. Like there are things to be excited about, but again, it's coming back from those injuries. We don't really know what to expect from those guys.

So big news here on Chwellenbach, who will start the season on the 60-day IL. Let's take a quick break when we return. We just got an update on Francisco Lindor. We'll talk about that right after this. Welcome back in fantasy baseball today. A little emergency edition here, pitchers and catchers reporting, and we are getting a ton of news. The hits they keep on coming.

Just before we went on to record here, we got this tweet. from Jorge Castillo, baseball reporter for ESPN. Francisco Lindor will be evaluated for a stress reaction in his left hamate bone. David Stern said surgery is possible and would include a six-week recovery. Stern said he's confident Lindor could be ready for opening day if he undergoes the surgery. Lindor also had right elbow de Breitman surgery in October to remove bone spurs from his elbow, and his ADP was 15.8, the second shortstop off the board behind Ellie Day of the cruise. Everything is up in the air right now. He could still be ready for opening day.

But Chris, we kind of have these compounding things now where it's the elbow debridement. It's the hamate bone. The hamate bone could sap Lindor of some power. He doesn't have incredible raw power either. And this is a player that typically gets off the slow starts already. So how far do you see yourself dropping Lindor in the rankings? Yeah, I don't know how concerning either the elbow debridement surgery or the handmate bone. surgery if he has it which look it's easy for me the person who doesn't have to undergo anesthesia and get a knife cut into my skin to say he should just have the surgery but I'd rather it not be hanging over him all season I'd rather just get it

done I don't think either surgery on its own would be too concerning I think the the idea the hamate bone sap strength I'm not going to say there's nothing to it but when I've done you know research into it various studies that have been conducted by actual medical organizations they seem to indicate that there's very little effect for ham hamate bone injuries at least once you get them fixed there are I think

I want to say Matt Olson one of his bad seasons was a result of a hamate bone early on in his career So, you know, there are anecdotal evidence to suggest it, but I think on the whole, it's not a particularly concerning injury. It's just, like you said, the compounding nature of, well, small risk coming back from elbow surgery and small risk coming back from hamate bone surgery. And he's 32. And now I think the biggest concern is he's going to miss all spring training. And that's just always a tough thing to ask a player to do, right? like everybody's building up right now you've got to start building up in late march or early

April when everybody's already fully built up there's injury risk on top of that if he's trying to you know hurry back from the injury the the first couple of weeks of returning to action are always the biggest risk of injuries um that's why we always see these February and March injuries um so I definitely think you have to downgrade Lindor I don't think he's a one-two turn guy. My initial reaction to this is two-three turn. I dropped into 26 in my overall rhodo rankings. And then I saw Zachary Netto at 36, and I thought about it, because, you know, obviously I think you're, one, you're giving Lindoran Edge because he's just more projectable, right? We just have a much longer track record of him playing at this level. And two,

the counting stats are just going to be so much better. Yeah. In that. Matt's lineup. But now with this injury, it's like, well, is he going to be back by opening day? You know, they can say they're optimistic if it happens, but it's not a guarantee. Any kind of setback is going to cost him playing time. If it, you know, if it impacts him, if it drops his performance by 5% even, well, you know, 95% of Francisco Lindor might just be Zachary Netto. He's coming off of 2626 season.

He had 23 and 30 the year before. And he did that 26-26-26 in 128 games. In 128 games, yeah, because he was coming back from shoulder surgery last year. So I'm going to leave Lindor ahead of Netto for now, and I'm going to rank him around the 2-3 turn. But I could be talked into lowering Lindor from there. And I know we're going to have our shortstop preview Thursday night? No. Wednesday.

Is that next week? Yeah, tomorrow. Wednesday night? Okay. So we'll talk a little more about it then. And, you know, I love the position previews because it's a good opportunity to kind of test myself and make adjustments to those rankings. So we're going to see with a couple more days and, you know, a couple more quotes, hopefully, from Lindor and the Mets to get a better idea. But right now, I think it's a full round drop at least, even with the hope that he's ready for opening day.

Yeah, so I haven't made the adjustment to my rankings yet. I do have Netto higher than both you and Scott. I have him 27th overall in my Roto ranking. That's real close. That is right around the point. I mean, if I was on the clock, early third round, right this second, I probably would take Neto over Lindor, just the nature of how I draft. I'm more risk-averse.

But again, it could turn out where Lindor is ready for opening day. And, you know, maybe, look, he'll probably still get off to his slow start like he always does. But, you know, maybe this is something we're overreacting to right now. Again, it's a situation that's still kind of up in the air. So I would probably play it safe. I don't know that I want to use a third round pick on Netto, even though that's where I have him rank technically. It's just, I wish there was more of a track record,

but it's probably fine. If I'm on the clock right now again, I probably would take Netto over Lindor. So that moves Lindor and it's like the early third round range for me of the rankings. And last but not least, we mentioned this earlier, but he is coming home. Justin Verlander to the Tigers on a one year,

$13 million deal. 11 million of that deferred here. and he's turning 43 years old later this month. He did perform well in the second half last year. 13 starts, 260 ERA, 120 whip, just under a strikeout per inning, three walks per nine. Look, he very clearly is far removed

from the pitcher that he once was, but I think he could still be serviceable in spurts and streamer in the right matchups. Good home park, obviously good division to pitch in. His ADP and draft and hold leagues over the past month is 522, so pretty much an afterthought. Chris, do you have any interest in maybe using your last round pick on Justin Verlander back in Detroit? I think this is exactly the type of player where the answer to that question

depends on what their early season schedule looks like. Because if, you know, let's take a look. First half, their first series at San Diego at Arizona versus St. Louis at Minnesota versus Miami. are the first five. St. Louis, Minnesota, Miami. That sounds kind of good. Yeah. I mean, even San Diego seems like they're going to be a pretty mediocre lineup this year.

And, you know, at Arizona, you'd hope he slots in third can avoid get at San Diego versus St. Louis at Minnesota to start the season. Their first home is pretty useful. Their first home series is that one against St. Louis. It's April 3rd through the 5th. You know they won for Rlander in their first home series. That has to happen. So, um, I, I, I, I, I, yeah, I could be into a late round pick on Justin Verlander.

I don't think it needs to be anything more. Yeah. Than one of your final picks. And there's a lot of pitchers who are interesting with the final picks of the draft. So I don't even know if he's going to make that cut. But, you know, if the schedule works out well for him and you, you're looking at, I don't know, uh, Bailey Ober or Kodi Senga in that. same range and their schedule isn't as good. I think you can go ahead and go with Justin Verlander. Yeah, I'd probably take a shot on those other guys. I think there's

probably just, if they're healthy in themselves, there probably is just more upside at this point in their careers. But yeah, as a streamer, again, in these draft and holds, if you want to just pick them up and use them in the right matchups type thing. Brian Beow and Brady Singer, you know, just look at whatever the matchups are and just, you know, whoever has the best matchups and it might be Verlander, you know? Yeah, in a standard 12 team league, I don't think that you need to draft Justin Verlander. The bigger news. Very much a streamer.

The bigger news is what this does for the rest of the rotation, kind of the fallout here, but the Tigers update a rotation. Terrick Scuba, Framber Valdez, Jack Flaredi, Verlander, Casey Mise. That's with now Troy Melton, Drew Anderson, who they signed from the KBO, had a ton of strikeouts there. And Reese Olson, who might not have been ready for the start of the season anyway. Those guys are all on the outside looking in. Sony Gibson Long, too, as well.

Yeah, so injuries are going to happen. You know, those guys will probably get. opportunities at some point. But, you know, if you were hoping on Troy Melton for this year, I think it's probably more a dynasty long-term look. Troy Melton could be good down the stretch if they, you know, don't bring back Terrick Scouble the following year. And Verlander, you know, probably only has one year left or whatever it might be. Flaherty's a free agent after this year. Yeah, there will be opportunities in the long run. But yeah, Troy Melton, 2027 and beyond, but I'm not so sure it happens this year for him. So, all right, again, the big news all across the

Schoenbach starting the season on the 60-day aisle due to right elbow inflammation. Lindor could need hamate bone surgery. They say he's going to be ready for opening day, but TBD on that. And Verlander to the Tigers on a one-year deal. We are going to wrap there for Chris, I, and Frank. Thanks as always for tuning in to fantasy baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. And we will be back again later tonight with our third-based preview.

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