Field of Streams: Episode 244 – It Just Blew Up In A Bad Way

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September 22, 2016

Episode 244 – It Just Blew Up In A Bad Way

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Alex Cobb’s poor outing, the White Sox tragic number and their season going like Mat Latos’, Matt having feel, Brad Miller’s big year at the plate, Asdrubal Cabrera’s big second half, the return of Josh Collmenter, Ender Inciarte’s awesome game-saving catch, and remembering the good Mike Fiers.

Contest pick for Thursday, September 22: Blake Snell vs. NYY (Dylan and Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Thursday, September 22: Salvador Perez, Yasmani Grandal, Nick Hundley, Buster Posey, Sandy Leon, David Ortiz, Mike Napoli, Justin Bour, Freddie Freeman, Miguel Cabrera, Dustin Pedroia, Logan Forsythe, DJ LeMahieu, Ryan Schimpf, Jose Altuve, Jose Ramirez, Jonathan Villar, Jung Ho Kang, Nolan Arenado, Francisco Lindor, Jose Reyes, Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Miller, Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, the Red Sox outfielders, the Braves outfielders, Yoenis Cespedes, J.D. Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Mike Trout, Joc Pederson, Corey Dickerson, Rajai Davis, Brandon Guyer, David Price, Seth Lugo, Blake Snell, Justin Verlander, Ervin Santana, and Luis Cessa.

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Approximately 25 minutes of joyous analysis.

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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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Mirage5
9 years ago

Thanks guys. Don’t blame yourselves for yesterday’s train wreck of pitchers. Unfortunately like Dylan says… Baseball is really crazy sometimes. Those were the right picks. Sale was just really surprising. I wonder if his motivation to pitch right now is zero.

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