Episode 131 – Live With Paul Sporer

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson are joined by Paul Sporer in the first live podcast recording of the year. They discuss how live broadcasts are going to go, the weird schedule for this particular Friday, Paul’s DraftKings contests, picking left-handed batters against left-handed pitchers when appropriate, John Jaso’s hair, Matt Wisler’s weakness and potential, scouting Brad on the mound, cameos by puppies, Jake Lamb’s potential breakout, and Franklin Gutierrez’s viability.

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Episode 130 – A Bankrupt Man’s Dee Gordon

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Dylan’s brilliant Carlos Correa prediction being off to a good start, the first great Hawk Harrelson call of the year, attempting to find a comp for Elvis Andrus, 2016’s Francisco Lindor being the 2015 Jhonny Peralta of DFS options, Dylan trying to find upside in Jimmy Rollins, and Mat Latos and the typical White Sox player.

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Episode 129 – Maybe Joe Maddon Is Just Magic

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Joe Maddon’s wizardry, drama in Arizona, Matt’s unintentionally misleading tweets about Josh Phegley, Dusty Baker’s use of Ben Revere, Logan Forsythe still being worthwhile even if he is no longer underrated, Kyle Gibson’s weird splits, speed-based DFS picks, liking Matt Moore despite his bad matchup, and treading lightly with Juan Nicasio.

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Episode 128 – Make Baseball Fun Again

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Bryce Harper’s heroics on and off the field, Rich Hill taking a stance against Drake LaRoche and Adam Eaton, Matt using our new sponsor to go see his “friend and life coach” Chase Anderson, the unconvincing case for Michael Wacha, Dae-Ho Lee’s viability, Aaron Sanchez’s vulnerability, and Jon Niese’s potential.

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Episode 127 – The Beginner’s Guide to DFS

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In the first episode of the year, Dylan Higgins, Matthew Dewoskin, and Brad Johnson discuss the second year of the podcast at RotoGraphs, beginner’s strategies for DFS, the joys of home owning, the weird first day of baseball, how to strategize on Opening Day, the return of The Contest, bold and timid predictions, the #fieldofstreams hashtag, and podcast plans for the upcoming year.

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Episode 126 – If He Gets Into The Lineup

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In the final episode of the year, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss DFS philosophy for the final weekend, the Blue Jays’ “hangover lineup,” Matt’s playoff fever in Chicago, Francisco Lindor being the new Jhonny Peralta, Matt making a pirate joke, the rash lineup decisions sometimes made in the playoffs, Mike Mahtook’s excellence against lefties, the recent hype surrounding Matt den Dekker, Wei-Yin Chen’s opportune matchup, Chris Sale seeking the White Sox record for strikeouts in a season, mispronouncing all of the Twitter handles of our favorite followers, some managers possibly on their way out, and a final thanks to everyone involved in the podcast this year.

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Episode 125 – A Bit Bittersweet

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss their final episode together in 2015, how to handle the small early slate, not being able to take advantage of Toronto’s “hangover lineup,” trying to make sense of the DFS pricing algorithms, setting the bar low with Yangervis Solarte, the question mark that is Rich Hill, what to do with Derek Holland vs. Andrew Heaney, and a big thanks for Brad’s work this season.

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Episode 124 – This Is Crazy Baseball Right Now

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss end-of-season exhaustion, Brett Wallace vs. Clint Robinson as sleepers, sizing up Zach Davies, Dylan supposedly predicting great things from Lucas Duda, Brandon Phillips running on the basepaths more in 2015, Tyler Lyons’ potential as a starter, Mike Trout’s advantage over Bryce Harper, some questions of gamesmanship, and updating the Field of Streams stats.

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Episode 123 – Moose vs. Shark

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss handling a very rainy slate, a couple Escobars, being frustrated by a continual lack of options at shortstop, Christian Bergman’s splits, Brad’s ill-timed defense of Jonathan Papelbon, identifying Jorge Lopez, trying to trust Johnny Cueto, avoiding the matchup of Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, and bad DFS analysis to avoid.

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Episode 122 – Pitched Pretty Hate-ably

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s visit to Wisconsin, the Korean holiday of Chuseok, figuring out which players (and teams) still care, Texas pride, David Ortiz keeping an eye on the calendar for his matchup against Ivan Nova, seeing the glass half-empty or half-full for Albert Pujols’ matchup against Felix Doubront, the value of making your own fantasy decisions, the AL MVP, A-Rod vs. E-Rod, Ryan Braun insisting on playing hurt instead of being shut down, what it would take for Matt to buy White Sox season tickets, and Matt’s big fantasy football victory.

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