Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/29/2015

Episode 40 -Pushover Southpaw

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins, Matthew Dewoskin, and Steve Adams discuss the return of Steve Adams, Dylan’s permanent love for Brian Dozier facing lefties, Dylan pitting the resident Twins and White Sox fans against each other, streaming against Stephen “The Anti-Nick Martinez” Strasburg, Matt defending some Brewers infielders, Matt and Dylan struggling to pronounce some names, Petco Park in 2015, Steve getting weird with a FOS pick, Dylan being responsible for Matt Adams’ injury, and Steve interviewing top draft picks.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 5/28/2015 – Bringer of Rain Pouring it On

Episode 234

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris discuss the injury news around Matt Adams and Scott Kazmir before finishing w/the brief injury scare around Wei-Yin Chen that turned out to be nothing… so far. They dive into the performances of Josh Donaldson, Alex Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez, David Ortiz, Mark Trumbo, Noah Syndergaard, and Anibal Sanchez. They end with some talk about call-ups Buck Farmer and Eduardo Rodriguez, both debuting tonight, Farmer’s 2015 debut and Rodriguez’s MLB debut.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/28/2015

Episode 39 – You Don’t Want To Be There When It Breaks

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss a doubleheader being skipped in DFS, more input on Mike Wright, a very appealing Tigers stack, James Paxton’s resurgence, failing to make sense of Nick Martinez, getting over Pedro Alvarez, and a look at Delino DeShields Jr.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/27/2015

Episode 38 – The Day of the Obvious Pick

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss the Marco Estrada trade and the predictable results, Lucas Duda’s strange splits, how taglines are decided, Matt Carpenter = good hitter, Dylan explaining his DFS process too much, being sad about Danny Santana, Matt making bad jokes, and Matt being in defense of Chase Anderson again.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 5/26/2015 – “Catching” Up

Episode 233

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris discuss the injury news around Devin Mesoraco, Yasmani Grandal, Yan Gomes, Jonathan Lucroy, Travis d’Arnaud, Matt Wieters, Avisail Garcia, Michael Morse, Shane Victorino, James Loney, Devon Travis, Steven Souza, Johnny Cueto, Danny Duffy, and Wily Peralta. They dive into the performances of Charlie Morton, Phil Hughes, Drew Hutchison, and Prince Fielder. They end with bullpen discussions about Oakland, Texas, and Arizona.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/26/2015

Episode 37 – Classic DFS Day

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss the Memorial Day weekend, some weather forecasts to keep an eye on, Brandon Crawford’s 2015 season, identifying Jose Urena, the Angels needing to trade for a left-handed bat, and Anthony Rizzo’s seemingly predictable aging curve.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/25/2015

Episode 36 – Is Bartolo Colon Benjamin Button?

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s Herculean accomplishment, acknowledging Mike Wright, no Carlos Rodon talk, Williams “The Typo” Perez, the return of Shaun Marcum, figuring out what we know about Phil Klein, welcoming back Jose Reyes, Matt not believing in any breakouts, and Joc Pederson’s platoon splits.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/22/2015

Episode 35 – Nick Swisher’s Slowly Rotting Corpse

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt being unable to complain, a big thanks to Paul Sporer for guest-hosting, “stackle,” Jon Lester straightening things out, what happened to and giving up on Ian Desmond, Carlos Carrasco underperforming his peripherals, Matt turning around on Ubaldo Jimenez, looking for feedback on how weekend picks are discussed, more Max Muncy love, and identifying Mike Wright.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 5/21/2015 – From Star to Superstar

Episode 232

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris discuss the Jacoby Ellsbury, Drew Pomeranz, Hyun-Jin Ryu, and Drew Smyly injury news before diving into the performances of Tim Lincecum, Rubby de la Rosa, Ryan Braun, Matt Kemp, Gregory Polanco, Justin Upton, Kendrys Morales, and George Springer.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/21/2015

Episode 34 – Stackin’ A’s

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In this episode, Paul Sporer discusses both Thursday slates covering every position. His favorite stacks include the Mariners in the afternoon and A’s in the evening. The Braves make a sneaky night stack v. Garza, too. Pitching is tough in the evening leading toward some high-dollar recommendations on the offensive side. Meanwhile the big arms in the afternoon are facing decent lineups.

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