Field of Streams: Episode 301 – The Cardinals Fan, The Nacho Man

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September 29, 2017

Episode 301 – The Cardinals Fan, The Nacho Man

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss grumpy Jon Lester, the Mets being interested in Robin Ventura, maybe possibly trusting Kyle Gibson, Dylan making an Andre Ethier joke, disagreeing a bit on J.P. Crawford’s immediate viability, hesitating to trust Carson Fulmer without seeing the Indians lineup, Matt believing in Brad Miller, Matt making a Victor Caratini joke, hobbies and video games for the offseason, and closing out the final show of season four.

Contest picks for Friday, September 29: Chris Stratton vs. SD and Denard Span vs. SD (Dylan) and Chris Stratton vs. SD and J.P. Crawford vs. NYM (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, September 30: Lucas Sims @ MIA and Max Kepler vs. DET (Dylan) and Carson Fulmer @ CLE and Jarrett Parker vs. SD (Matt).

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Contest picks for Sunday, October 1: Jose Urena vs. ATL and Lonnie Chisenhall vs. CWS (Dylan) and Daniel Mengden @ TEX and Joc Pederson @ COL (Matt).

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Approximately 44 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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Jackie T.
8 years ago

Think you have the days of the week off for the contest picks.

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Dylan HigginsMember
8 years ago
Reply to  Jackie T.

Ah yep, good catch. Thank you.

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