RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/12/2015

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May 12, 2015

Episode 27 – The Vedder Cup

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss The Vedder Cup, still not believing in Nick Martinez and other pitchers with poor peripherals, evaluating hitters who are underrated based on their pitcher-friendly home park, Noah Syndergaard’s debut, hoping for Mike Napoli to turn things around, the ambiguous sustainability of Dee Gordon’s early success, Troy Tulowitzki looking particularly human, not being ready to jump off Chris Sale’s bandwagon, and pitchers with high velocities that are not notching many strikeouts.

Contest pick for Tuesday, May 12: Noah Syndergaard @ CHC (Dylan and Matt).

Contest pick for Wednesday, May 13: Jimmy Nelson vs. CWS (Dylan and Matt).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Tuesday, May 12: Stephen Vogt, Derek Norris, Yasmani Grandal, Salvador Perez, Pedro Alvarez, Joey Votto, Prince Fielder, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Abreu, Dee Gordon, Dustin Pedroia, Mookie Betts, DJ LeMahieu, Devon Travis, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado, Mike Moustakas, Luis Valbuena, J.J. Hardy, Troy Tulowitzki, Jung-Ho Kang, Gregory Polanco, Starling Marte, Christian Yelich, Bryce Harper, Coco Crisp, Hanley Ramirez, Mookie Betts, the Orioles outfield, the Padres outfield, A.J. Burnett, Anthony DeSclafani, Jake Arrieta, Collin McHugh, Nathan Eovaldi, Chris Archer and Mike Bolsinger.

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Approximately 32 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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Joe
10 years ago

About syndergaard do you see him blowing away the projections of 44 IP this season?

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Dylan HigginsMember
10 years ago
Reply to  Joe

That’s entirely reasonable, but I wouldn’t feel great about it. Should have a bright future but is unlikely to immediately have a huge fantasy impact in standard formats this year.

That said, could have his shining moments in DFS considering his strikeout potential.

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