Field of Streams: Episode 129 – Maybe Joe Maddon Is Just Magic

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April 6, 2016

Episode 129 – Maybe Joe Maddon Is Just Magic

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Joe Maddon’s wizardry, drama in Arizona, Matt’s unintentionally misleading tweets about Josh Phegley, Dusty Baker’s use of Ben Revere, Logan Forsythe still being worthwhile even if he is no longer underrated, Kyle Gibson’s weird splits, speed-based DFS picks, liking Matt Moore despite his bad matchup, and treading lightly with Juan Nicasio.

Contest picks for Wednesday, April 6: Aaron Nola @ CIN (Dylan) and J.A. Happ @ TB (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Wednesday, April 6: Russell Martin, Josh Phegley, Jonathan Lucroy, Carlos Ruiz, Chris Colabello, Brandon Belt, Adam Lind, Justin Bour, Darin Ruf, Adrian Gonzalez, Joe Panik, Robinson Cano, Dee Gordon, Jason Kipnis, Daniel Murphy, Josh Donaldson, Kyle Seager, Matt Carpenter, Maikel Franco, Danny Valencia, Troy Tulowitzki, Jonathan Villar, Brandon Crawford, Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien, Steven Souza Jr., Kevin Pillar, Denard Span, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Christian Yelich, Miguel Sano, Bryce Harper, Ben Revere, Jose Fernandez, J.A. Happ, Juan Nicasio, Stephen Strasburg, Kenta Maeda, and Aaron Nola.

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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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