RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/08/2015

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May 8, 2015

Episode 25 – A Chubby Set of Catching Gear

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt’s wife passing her driving test, Adam on Adam action, taking a good look at team splits for the first time, searching through worthwhile options that don’t happen to have the platoon advantage, forcing Matt to choose against Vance Worley, Carlos Rodon’s first Major League start, Matt being forced to watch White Sox baseball this weekend, Dallas Cy-chel, Matt attracting hate mail, and Dylan declaring his approval of Giancarlo Stanton.

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

Contest picks for Saturday, May 9: Travis Wood @ MIL (Dylan) and Carlos Rodon vs. CIN (Matt).

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Contest picks for Sunday, May 10: Jesse Chavez @ SEA (Dylan) and Michael Lorenzen @ CWS (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Friday, May 8: Jason Castro, Brian McCann, Russell Martin, Wilson Ramos, Edwin Encarnacion, Mike Morse, David Ortiz, Prince Fielder, Joey Votto, Adrian Gonzalez, Mark Teixeira, DJ LeMahieu, Howie Kendrick, Dee Gordon, Devon Travis, Josh Donaldson, Nolan Arenado, Luis Valbuena, Jimmy Paredes, Andrelton Simmons, Jhonny Peralta, Troy Tulowitzki, Jacoby Ellsbury, Adam Jones, Jayson Werth, Jonny Gomes, Mookie Betts, Jose Bautista, Brandon Moss, Kevin Kiermaier, Joc Pederson, Kole Calhoun, most Padres hitters, Matt Harvey, Francisco Liriano, Trevor Bauer, Jason Hammel, Sonny Gray, and Jarred Cosart.

Suggested DFS stacks worth attention for Saturday, May 9: Yankees hitters vs. Wei-Yin Chen, Orioles lefties at Chase Whitley, Blue Jays hitters vs. Joe Kelly,  Tigers hitters vs. Jeremy Guthrie, Twins righties at Bruce Chen, Cardinals lefties at Vance Worley, Dodgers righties at Jorge De La Rosa, D-backs hitters (and runners) vs. Tyson Ross, and A’s righties at Jason Happ.

Suggested DFS stacks worth attention for Sunday, May 10: Yankees hitters vs. Bud Norris, Blue Jays hitters vs. Clay Buchholz, Red Sox hitters at R.A. Dickey, Indians lefties vs. Trevor May, Rays righties vs. Wandy Rodriguez, Mets hitters at Chad Billingsley, Pirates righties vs. Tyler Lyons, Cardinals righties at Jeff Locke, Reds hitters at John Danks, Marlins hitters at Ryan Vogelsong, Dodgers hitters at Kyle Kendrick, Padres at an undecided pitcher (!), Detroit righties vs. Jason Vargas and Royals lefties at Shane Greene.

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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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sancho
10 years ago

What is your take on James Shields friday?

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Dylan HigginsMember
10 years ago
Reply to  sancho

Lukewarm. Love him as a pitcher in general, and the D-backs don’t have many lefties, but Arizona is not a great place to pitch. Not a bad pick but there are better ones I think.

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