RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/28/2015

Episode 39 – You Don’t Want To Be There When It Breaks

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss a doubleheader being skipped in DFS, more input on Mike Wright, a very appealing Tigers stack, James Paxton’s resurgence, failing to make sense of Nick Martinez, getting over Pedro Alvarez, and a look at Delino DeShields Jr.

Contest pick for Thursday, May 28: Mike Wright vs. CWS (Dylan and Matt).

Contest picks for Friday, May 29: Wily Peralta vs. ARI (Dylan) and Lance McCullers vs. CWS (Matt).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Thursday, May 28: Brian McCann, James McCann, Yan Gomes, David Ortiz, Billy Butler, Carlos Santana, Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Miguel Cabrera, Mark Teixeira, Ian Kinsler, Neil Walker, Ben Zobrist, Adrian Beltre, Pablo Sandoval, Alex Rodriguez, Chase Headley, Elvis Andrus, Marcus Semien, Jung Ho Kang, Mike Aviles, Kole Calhoun, Rajai Davis and the rest of the Tigers outfield, Brett Gardner, Nick Markakis, Gregory Polanco, Starling Marte, Mookie Betts, Mark Canha, Eduardo Rodriguez, Corey Kluber, James Paxton, A.J. Burnett, Shelby Miller and Buck Farmer.

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Approximately 30 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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Sancho
10 years ago

No love for Eduardo Rodriguez? Other options excluded