RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/05/2015

Episode 45 – A Little Rajai

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss returning from the submarine, keeping an eye on some catchers who are day-to-day, Matt refusing to put any faith in Tyler Flowers, Matt’s new favorite sneaky pick at first base, not worrying too much about low batting averages in DFS, being skeptical about Ruben Tejada’s success, betting against Dylan’s contest picks as a strategy, a foretelling matchup between Ubaldo Jimenez and Danny Salazar, a nebulous matchup between Odrisamer Despaigne and Michael Lorenzen, the Mariners DFA’ing Justin Ruggiano, and Matt’s dog ready to be activated.

Contest picks for Friday, June 5: Charlie Morton @ ATL (Dylan) and Kyle Ryan @ CWS (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, June 6: Jesse Chavez @ BOS (Dylan) and Chase Anderson vs. NYM (Matt).

Contest picks for Sunday, June 7: Ryan Vogelsong @ PHI (Dylan) and Kyle Hendricks @ WAS (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Friday, June 5: Brian McCann, Wilson Ramos, Miguel Montero, Tyler Flowers, Roberto Perez, Anthony Rizzo, Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler, Carlos Santana, Freddie Freeman, Jose Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt, Lucas Duda, Joey Votto, Justin Bour, Anthony Rendon, Jason Kipnis, Ian Kinsler, Dee Gordon, Logan Forsythe, Chase Headley, Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos, Yasmany Tomas, Evan Longoria, Luis Valbuena, Marcus Semien, Jose Iglesias, Ruben, Tejada, Chris Owings, Jhonny Peralta, Kole Calhoun, Nori Aoki, Angel Pagan, Billy Burns, Brandon Moss, Michael Brantley, Billy Hamilton, Avisail Garcia, Rajai Davis, J.D. Martinez, Yoenis Cespedes, A.J. Pollock, Curtis Granderson, Steven Souza, Brandon Guyer, Joey Butler, Ben Paulsen, Tsuyoshi Wada, Scott Kazmir, Charlie Morton, Jake Odorizzi, Carlos Martinez, Williams Perez and Tim Lincecum.

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Saturday, June 6: Dee Gordon and the rest of the Marlins, Josh Donaldson and the rest of the Blue Jays, David Price, the Tigers lineup, Salvador Perez, Lorenzo Cain, Madison Bumgarner, and Felix Hernandez.

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Sunday, June 7: Starling Marte, Giancarlo Stanton, Prince Fielder, Oakland lefties, Rays righties, Brandon Belt, and Chris Archer.

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Approximately 47 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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cpjackson
8 years ago

Don’t look now… but Tulo is raking!