Field of Streams: Episode 250 – Live With Brad Johnson To Close It Out

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September 30, 2016

Episode 250 – Live With Brad Johnson To Close It Out

In this live broadcast, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson do the last live recording of the year to discuss the tie between the Pirates and the Cubs, the controversial Cardinals’ walkoff, picking on Adam Plutko, numerous weather warnings, Freddy Galvis and the numerous bad hitters with plenty of homers, comparing Matt Kemp to Jermaine Dye to Yasmany Tomas, Carlos Gomez’s resurgence with the Rangers, Enrique Hernandez’s track record vs. Madison Bumgarner, bad lineups on fan appreciation day, and The Daily Grind Invitational.

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Friday, September 30: Brian McCann, Jose Lobaton, Salvador Perez, Matt Wieters, Tom Murphy, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Abreu, Eric Hosmer, Brandon Moss, Matt Adams, Paul Goldschmidt, Chris Davis, Pedro Alvarez, Chris Carter, Rougned Odor, Brian Dozier, DJ LeMahieu, Jean Segura, Ryan Schimpf, Robinson Cano, Ben Zobrist, Jonathan Schoop, Manny Machado, Jose Reyes, Kris Bryant, Jonathan Villar, Nolan Arenado, Kyle Seager, Yangervis Solarte, Adonis Garcia, Freddy Galvis, Asdrubal Cabrera, Francisco Lindor, Aledmys Diaz, Carlos Correa, Jose Peraza, Addison Russell, Dansby Swanson, the Brewers outfielders, the Rockies outfielders, the Tigers outfielders, the Orioles outfielders, the Padres outfielders, the Mariners outfielders, Matt Kemp, Carlos Gomez, Christian Yelich, Dexter Fowler, Robbie Grossman, Enrique Hernandez, Madison Bumgarner, Rich Hill, Yu Darvish, Carlos Rodon, Carlos Martinez, Brad Peacock, Taijuan Walker, and Daniel Norris.

Contest pick for Friday, September 30: Brad Peacock @ LAA (Dylan) and Robert Gsellman @ PHI (Matt).

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Contest pick for Saturday, October 1: Tyler Anderson vs. MIL (Dylan) and Wei-Yin Chen @ WAS (Matt).

Contest pick for Sunday, October 2: Sean Manaea @ SEA (Dylan) and Tyler Skaggs vs. HOU (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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