Seeking CD Player with Digital Inputs

If you intend to use a dedicated external DAC, why would you connect a source such as a streamer to a CD player and then to the DAC? Doing so increases the signal path and may degrade sound quality.

I would suggest a DAC or a DDC with multiple digital inputs such as Laiv micro DDC as a hub.  It cleans the signal instead of just lengthening your signal path without benefit.

Yes there are cd players with digital inputs. Depending on budget, a better option could be an external dac or integrated amp with built in dac that can support multiple digital inputs. 
So what’s the budget? Is there an already existing amp where this will be connected to?

Emotiva ERC-4 has digital inputs, built like a tank

Thanks for asking about the budget.  This is definitely a BUDGET system.  Used is OK (especially for the DAC, with no moving parts).  I would say we'd like to keep the whole digital chain at or below $400.  The TV has an optical out and I believe has HDMI out.

The writing was on the wall that streaming was going to become a dominant force fifteen years ago or so. Most good CD players began putting inputs on them and usually selling them as CD Player / DACs. Because the DAC was the primary function with a transport added. Slowly they migrated from CD Player with DACs to DACs with transports and finally many have discontinuing the transport all together. 

Most CD players built in the last ten years that are not consumer should have digital inputs.