Field of Streams: Episode 222 – Mocked In The Draft

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August 22, 2016

Episode 222 – Mocked In The Draft

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s awesome picks of Robbie Ray and Kendall Graveman, Matt preparing for his fantasy football draft, Chris Carter’s giant home run, Josh Bell’s re-arrival and his jersey number, Michael Bourn’s uninspiring performance, stashing A.J. Pollock, Tyler Naquin’s walk-off inside-the-park home run, mixing up the Snells, looking for lefties in the Doug Fister / Jameson Taillon matchup, and starting to worry about Stephen Strasburg.

Contest picks for Monday, August 22: Doug Fister @ PIT (Dylan) and Homer Bailey vs. LAD (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Monday, August 22: Sandy Leon, Mike Zunino, Brian McCann, Wilson Ramos, Jason Castro, Josh Bell, John Jaso, Hanley Ramirez, Chris Carter, Carlos Santana, Anthony Rizzo, Daniel Murphy, Logan Forsythe, Jason Kipnis, Robinson Cano, Ben Zobrist, Jonathan Villar, Jake Lamb, Jose Ramirez, Kyle Seager, Kris Bryant, Xander Bogaerts, Francisco Lindor, Addison Russell, Didi Gregorius, Gregory Polanco, Mookie Betts, the Rockies outfielders, the Yankees outfielders, Ryan Braun, Tyler Naquin, Nelson Cruz, Seth Smith, Dexter Fowler, Nick Markakis, Doug Fister, Jameson Taillon, David Price, Carlos Carrasco, Jon Lester, and Jimmy Nelson.

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Dylan assists in producingFanGraphs Audio, Effectively Wild, and the FanGraphs Live Twitch channel. He also enjoys the Waxahachie Swap (RIP), the Air Bud principle, and the Oxford comma. You can Tweet him about any of those things @dhhiggins.

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