Field of Streams: Episode 252 – The Only Way To Win Is To Not Play The Game

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April 7, 2017

Episode 252 – The Only Way To Win Is To Not Play The Game

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss being off to a hot start with their picks, Yasiel Puig’s new approach, forgetting about Miguel Gonzalez, Amir Garrett “winning” a rotation spot with the Reds, Clayton Richard’s surprising viability, Rajai Davis pounding lefties and leading off for Oakland, ironing out some new rules for the contest, the Padres playing Baseball Mogul, a borderline unbelievable Harold Reynolds quote, the White Sox controlling the weather, and narrowly escaping a recording disaster.

Contest picks for Friday, April 7: Steven Wright @ DET and Yasiel Puig @ COL (Dylan) and Josh Tomlin @ ARI and Matt Joyce @ TEX (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, April 8: Robert Gsellman vs. MIA and Randal Grichuk vs. CIN (Dylan) and Robert Gsellman vs. MIA and Matt Adams vs. CIN (Matt).

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Contest picks for Sunday, April 9: Clayton Richard vs. SF and Chris Carter @ BAL (Dylan) and Clayton Richard vs. SF and Mark Canha @ TEX (Matt).

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Approximately 43 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
8 years ago

Good stuff as usual guys!

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