Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 6/14/2015 – Buxton Is Here

Episode 241

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette discuss the injury news for Corey Dickerson, Martin Prado, Lance Lynn, Aaron Sanchez, and Bryce Harper then dive into the call-ups: Byron Buxton, Francisco Lindor, Domonic Brown, Allen Webster, and Steve Cishek before closing with around the league chatter.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/12/2015

Episode 50 -Despite What People Said

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt finding air conditioner service, reaching the milestone of 50 episodes, Matt refusing to be interested in Kurt Suzuki, finding a Phillies hitter worth attention in DFS, wanting more from Brett Lawrie, remembering the useful Tommy Milone, enjoying Bartolo Colon’s at-bats, trying to assess Felix Hernandez’s potential in his start against the Astros, taking the weekend off, and trying to guess Matt’s Field of Streams picks.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 6/11/2015 – The Deep End of the Pool

Episode 240

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris start off with injury news about Andrew Miller, Ryan Zimmerman, Miguel Gonzalez, and Zack Cozart. For player performances, they talk about some deeper league guys in Kyle Gibson, Chris Coghlan, Stephen Drew, and Chris Heston before finishing up with some call-ups: Mason Williams, Jorge Polanco, Kyle Kubitza, and Taylor Jungmann.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/11/2015

Episode 49 – Hearsay Tweet Reading

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss Brad’s near miss at winning big, Dylan having a contest not fill up for the first time, a weird day for pitching options, evaluating Chi Chi Gonzalez, exceptional weather in Baltimore, Robinson Cano’s price being too cheap to avoid, J.J. Hardy’s perfect matchup, and Giancarlo Stanton planning his revenge on Chris Rusin.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/10/2015

Episode 48 – Speaking of Walkers

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s dirty air conditioner and his cleaning adventures, Tom Koehler’s reverse splits that could cause him trouble in Toronto, an unfortunate — and accidental — nickname for Shane Greene, Dylan asking great questions, Matt giving Yasmany Tomas the eye test, and Matt wanting to check in on his lead in the contest.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 6/9/2015 – Prospecting: Who’s Left?

Episode 239

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris look at Carlos Correa’s debut so Eno get a chance to give us his thoughts, they also discuss the less-heralded of the two Astros call-ups in Vincent Velasquez. They end the news segment discussing Rafael Soriano and Matt Holliday before getting into the performance discussion surrounding Chris Sale, Erasmo Ramirez, Andre Ethier, Joe Panik, and Chris Colabello.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/09/2015

Episode 47 – Looking For A Real Shutdown

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss dealing with the heat, closer looks at Eduardo Rodriguez and Carlos Correa, a multitude of options in a full slate, the Detroit Tigers vs. Jon Lester, trying to stay optimistic about Chase Utley, some risky pitchers that may rack up strikeouts, and a cameo from Dylan’s roommates making breakfast in the background.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/08/2015

Episode 46 – Is Your Refrigerator Running

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Dylan’s frustrations with technology, a tangential dialogue on baseball ethics, bad matchups for Marco Estrada, Dylan trying to do podcast research via his cell phone, Anthony DeSclafani getting a second chance to try to strike out a Philadelphia batter, Dylan continuing to defend Chris Young, Matt’s trip to Cleveland in September, and Dylan preparing to throw his modem in the river.

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RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 6/7/2015 – Correa Called Up

Episode 238

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette take a more free-flowing approach and bounce from topic to topic, starting with Carlos Correa’s call-up and ending with some discussion of a huge trade they pulled off in LABR.

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RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/05/2015

Episode 45 – A Little Rajai

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss returning from the submarine, keeping an eye on some catchers who are day-to-day, Matt refusing to put any faith in Tyler Flowers, Matt’s new favorite sneaky pick at first base, not worrying too much about low batting averages in DFS, being skeptical about Ruben Tejada’s success, betting against Dylan’s contest picks as a strategy, a foretelling matchup between Ubaldo Jimenez and Danny Salazar, a nebulous matchup between Odrisamer Despaigne and Michael Lorenzen, the Mariners DFA’ing Justin Ruggiano, and Matt’s dog ready to be activated.

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