Field of Streams: Episode 126 – If He Gets Into The Lineup

Episode 126 – If He Gets Into The Lineup

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

In the final episode of the year, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss DFS philosophy for the final weekend, the Blue Jays’ “hangover lineup,” Matt’s playoff fever in Chicago, Francisco Lindor being the new Jhonny Peralta, Matt making a pirate joke, the rash lineup decisions sometimes made in the playoffs, Mike Mahtook’s excellence against lefties, the recent hype surrounding Matt den Dekker, Wei-Yin Chen’s opportune matchup, Chris Sale seeking the White Sox record for strikeouts in a season, mispronouncing all of the Twitter handles of our favorite followers, some managers possibly on their way out, and a final thanks to everyone involved in the podcast this year.

Contest picks for Friday, October 2: Henry Owens @ CLE (Dylan) and Erasmo Ramirez vs. TOR (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, October 3: Roenis Elias vs. OAK (Dylan) and Erik Johnson vs. DET (Matt).

Contest picks for Sunday, October 4: Nick Tropeano @ TEX (Dylan) and Jorge Lopez vs. CHC (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Friday, October 2: J.P. Arencibia, Hank Conger, Blake Swihart, Kyle Schwarber, Darin Ruf, Justin Bour, Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Anthony Rizzo, Adrian Gonzalez, Neil Walker, Logan Forsythe, Rougned Odor, Tommy La Stella, David Wright, Evan Lognoria, Matt Carpenter, David Freese, Kyle Seager, Wilmer Flores, Carlos Correa, Brad Miller, Ketel Marte, Corey Seager, Brandon Crawford, Aaron Altherr, the Pirates outfield, Mikie Mahtook, Steven Souza Jr., Shin-Soo Choo, Mike Trout, the Padres outfield, the Rockies outfield, Matt den Dekker, Chris Young, Wei-Yin Chen, Francisco Liriano, Henry Owens, Noah Syndergaard, Erasmo Ramirez, Chris Sale, Jake Arrieta, Dallas Keuchel, and Hisashi Iwakuma.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions.

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Approximately 51 minutes of joyous analysis.





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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John Wrightmember
8 years ago

Hank Conger has started once in the last two weeks (since Jason Castro returned from his quad injury), and it was against a lefty. Since Castro returned, Astros C starts vsRHP have been: Castro five, Max Stassi two, and Conger zero.