Field of Streams: Episode 266 – Return Of The Clevinger

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May 26, 2017

Episode 266 – Return Of The Clevinger

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Dylan and Matt’s amateur plumbing repair, Adrian Gonzalez’s power outage, being scared of Twins hitters, Dylan being half right on Lucas Duda, the Cubs’ cold bats this year, the wheels falling off on Joe Biagini, one of the “affordable speedsters,” a strong disagreement on trusting Joe Ross, solving the mystery of Yolmer Sanchez, investigating Leury Garcia, Matt’s softball opponents’ unique strategy, and Matt’s recent Twitter absence.

Contest picks for Friday, May 26: Dan Straily vs. LAA and Freddy Galvis vs. CIN (Dylan) and Mike Clevinger vs. KC and Lucas Duda @ PIT (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, May 27: Mike Foltynewicz @ SF and Chris Carter vs. OAK (Dylan) and JC Ramirez @ MIA and Mitch Moreland vs. SEA (Matt).

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Contest picks for Sunday, May 28: Joe Ross vs. SD and Leury Garcia vs. DET (Dylan) and Joe Ross vs. SD and Juan Centeno vs. BAL (Matt).

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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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g_cloud
8 years ago

Would like to know more about the Fangraph discussion, where can I find it?, on hitting coaches especially as they refer to the Twins. I have had this theory for a long time and have been severely castigated by other loyal Twins fans whenever I brought up the possibility.

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Dylan HigginsMember
8 years ago
Reply to  g_cloud

As is often the case, the illustrious Jeff Sullivan has you covered (at least in terms of the 2017 Twins so far) :

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-twins-are-now-hitting-with-more-of-a-clue/

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