RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 4/30/2015

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April 30, 2015

Episode 19 – So Much Dart-Throwing

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss a weird split mini schedule, a popular stack with a weather risk, identifying Tim Cooney, some cheap shortstop options, a bad matchup for Alfredo Simon, Jeffrey Braden Francoeur having DFS relevance, adjusting a contest pick, and Brad’s bullpen reports.

Contest pick for Thursday, April 30: James Paxton @ HOU (Dylan, Jason and Matt).

Contest picks for Friday, May 1: Tom Koehler vs. PHI (Dylan and Matt) and Miguel Gonzalez vs. TB (Jason).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Thursday, April 30: Evan Gattis, Russell Martin, Miguel Cabrera, Edwin Encarnacion, Joey Votto, Carlos Santana, Matt Adams, Jose Altuve, Ian Kinsler, Devon Travis, Robison Cano, Matt Carpenter, Josh Donaldson, Nick Castellanos, Kyle Seager, Jose Iglesias, Brad Miller, Mike Aviles, Jeff Francoeur, Darin Ruf, Kole Calhoun, Yoenis Cespedes, J.D. Martinez, George Springer, Jake Marisnick, Rajai Davis, Chris Sale, Daniel Norris, James Paxton, and Jacob deGrom.

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Approximately 26 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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