Episode 132 – “Matt’s Play That He Likes An Awful Lot And Will Probably Be Making”

The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live!

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s trip to Milwaukee to watch the Brewers, a Eugenio Suarez vs. Carlos Correa update, our newest iTunes review, the Tigers representing “the obvious stack,” Matt hating the Twins, the player known as “Joe’s Churches,” scooping up Nomar Mazara, and Hawk Harrelson not possibly caring any less.

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The first week of the season is always a fun time of the year. The limited amount of data in the books makes it difficult to provide any sort of valuable analysis and any advice is going to essentially be given based on the tiniest of sample sizes. So what’s a fantasy player to do? Nothing. That’s right, the best moves you can make now are no moves.

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Monday’s Roto Riteup believes it’s the little extra that makes things extraordinary. That, and a hint of paprika.

On the agenda:
1. Shin-Soo Choo and Nomar Mazara
2. Various News and Notes
3. Streaming Pitcher Options

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Today’s Roto Riteup is all about stuff.

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It has been a wacky first week of baseball. One part heartbreaking, two parts breathtaking, eight parts endlessly fascinating, the sport never ceases to amaze. Some storylines (I can’t even avoid that pun if I tried) with serious fantasy implications emerged last week — namely, the historically great start to Trevor Story‘s career and the earth-shattering injury that ended Kyle Schwarber’s season.

I’m here, like everyone else, to discuss the former. I’m sure you’ve read your fair share of takes. This fruit is hanging so low, I almost stepped on it. I hope this doesn’t exhaust you, and I hope this doesn’t bore you. Because Story is more than just a statistically anomalous home run-hitting machine. He has a ceiling, and he has a floor, and I want to find out where — or, perhaps more abstractly, who — exactly they might be.

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• Santiago Casilla blew his first save of the season against the Dodgers today, though a key bobble by Kelby Tomlinson is taking away some of that heat. Casilla loaded the bases with one out, then induced what seemed to be a game-ending double play ball to Tomlinson. Tomlinson bobbled the ball, allowing the run to score, and only getting one out. Casilla’s job is safe for now, but Sergio Romo and Hunter Strickland both pitched scoreless innings, earning themselves holds, and would be next in line for saves. Again, don’t see it happening just yet as a result of today’s blown save since Casilla is not 100% to blame. Romo pitched the 7th and Strickland came in with a runner on in the 8th. Don’t think this is indicative of who is necessarily next in line, just thought it was worth noting.

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Agenda

1. Recommended Reading and Lineup Role
2. Daily DFS
3. SaberSim Observations
4. Tomorrow’s Targets – Bassitt, Tomlin, Moss, Adams, Szczur
5. Factor Grid

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It is the first full weekend of baseball! Watch out for rain delays and managers pulling pitchers during a no-hitter. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello again. We’re back for season for of breaking down two-start pitchers for the upcoming week. After two solid years, last year was a bit of a struggle:

35-48
4.66 ERA
7.1 K/9
2.2 BB/9
1.41 WHIP

I’ll completely understand if that’s turned you off from my #analysis, but I’m back again to try win over your hearts. Let’s see what we can do. As usual, I’m back trying to help guide you through the pitfalls of grabbing guys making two starts in the week to come, with the caveat of sub-50 percent ownership in ESPN leagues. If you think those guidelines are too high or low, please, please feel free to chime in on the comments section. The only way this can get better is through help from you, the reader.

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Rather than start changing and editing my initial tiers after less than a week of games, I am going to take a page out of Justin Mason’s book and go over some of those undrafted first basemen. The guys you had no room for or simply didn’t think about as those last couple rounds just flew by you.

Unless you are in very deep leagues, you should still have better options available to you at first base. These are guys you should reserve for deeper leagues or if you completed punted on first base or suffered an injury. In no way are these guys you should build your squad around. I tried to key on guys who are garnering relatively regular playing time and can help you in those counting stats, with the last two guys giving a potential boost in BA and OBP.
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