RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/07/2015

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May 7, 2015

Episode 24 – The Flopping Aces

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson are joined by Paul Sporer to discuss collecting all of the hosts from The Sleeper and The Bust, getting birthday-burned by Ubaldo Jimenez, a big homer day on Wednesday, a strong split slate on Thursday, purposely making non-obvious picks, closer looks at Jose Iglesias and Dee Gordon, more thoughts on hitter vs. pitcher histories, not giving up on struggling veterans, dealing with being a new Alex Rodriguez fan in 2015, and Joey Votto’s entertaining rage and ensuing apology.

Contest picks for Thursday, May 7: Hector Santiago vs. HOU (Dylan) and Carlos Frias @ MIL + Drew Pomeranz @ MIN (Matt).

Contest pick for Friday, May 8: Jarred Cosart @ SF (Dylan and Matt).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Thursday, May 7: Tyler Flowers, Victor Martinez, Stephen Vogt, Brian McCann, Evan Gattis, Jose Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Mark Teixeira, Ike Davis, Adrian Gonzalez, Yonder Alonso, Justin Bour, Brian Dozier, Ian Kinsler, Jose Altuve, Dee Gordon, Howie Kendrick, Trevor Plouffe, Nick Castellanos, Cory Spangenberg, Jose Iglesias, Jimmy Rollins, Brandon Crawford, Joc Pederson, Yoenis Cespedes, Rajai Davis, Josh Reddick, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Marisnick, Chris Archer, Collin McHugh, Jake Arrieta, Anthony DeSclafani, and A.J. Burnett.

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Approximately 62 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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Manley Ramirez
10 years ago

You guys can improve by making a concerted effort to stop sighing at the mention of every player or question put to you.

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