RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 4/22/2015

Episode 13 – Sample Sizes Are Fun In April

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins, Matthew Dewoskin, and Steve Adams discuss mixing up players and their former teams, the red-hot Joey Votto, the polarizing J.A. Happ, why NOT to use Jose Reyes against righties, pining for Eduardo Escobar, looking forward to Matt’s birthday, and Matt and Dylan facing off for the first time.

Contest picks for Wednesday, April 22: Archie Bradley vs. TEX (Dylan) and J.A. Happ vs. HOU (Matt).

Contest picks for Thursday, April 23: Kyle Hendricks @ PIT (Dylan), Jeff Locke vs. CHC (Matt) and Jordan Lyles vs. SD (Steve).

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Contest pick for Friday, April 24: Carlos Martinez @ MIL (Dylan, Matt and Steve).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Wednesday, April 22: Derek Norris, Evan Gattis, Kevin Plawecki, Justin Morneau, Mike Morse, Eric Hosmer, Robinson Cano, Jose Altuve, Kyle Seager, Mike Moustakas, Will Middlebrooks, Jed Lowrie, Justin Upton, George Springer, Giancarlo Stanton, Alejandro De Aza, Anthony Gose, Michael Cuddyer, John Mayberry, Oswaldo Arcia, Seth Smith, Johnny Cueto, Corey Kluber, Archie Bradley, and Jarred Cosart.

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Approximately 29 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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