RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 6/12/2015

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June 12, 2015

Episode 50 -Despite What People Said

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Matt finding air conditioner service, reaching the milestone of 50 episodes, Matt refusing to be interested in Kurt Suzuki, finding a Phillies hitter worth attention in DFS, wanting more from Brett Lawrie, remembering the useful Tommy Milone, enjoying Bartolo Colon’s at-bats, trying to assess Felix Hernandez’s potential in his start against the Astros, taking the weekend off, and trying to guess Matt’s Field of Streams picks.

Contest picks for Friday, June 12: Hector Santiago vs. OAK (Dylan) and Chase Anderson @ SF (Matt).

Contest picks for Saturday, June 13: Kyle Hendricks vs. CIN (Dylan) and Jimmy Nelson vs. WAS (Matt).

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Contest picks for Sunday, June 14: Nate Karns vs. CWS (Dylan) and Anthony DeSclafani @ CHC (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Friday, June 12: Any Rockies catcher, Francisco Cervelli, Travis d’Arnaud, Mike Zunino, Yasmani Grandal, Pedro Alvarez, Brandon Belt, Joey Votto, Justin Bour, Ben Paulsen, Eric Hosmer, Adrian Gonzalez, Brian Dozier, Dee Gordon, Neil Walker, Logan Forsythe, Howie Kendrick, Evan Longoria, Trevor Plouffe, Maikel Franco, Josh Donaldson, Brett Lawrie, Jose Reyes, Marcus Semien, Troy Tulowitzki, Jhonny Peralta, Elvis Andrus, Steven Souza Jr., Brandon Guyer, Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Alex Rios, Lorenzo Cain, Michael Cuddyer, Pirates outfielders, Nelson Cruz, Delino DeShields, Torii Hunter, Cameron Maybin, Kelly Johnson, Danny Salazar, David Price, Mike Fiers, Johnny Cueto, Chase Anderson and Felix Hernandez.

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Approximately 26 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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Justin
10 years ago

Kershaw is pitching today, so it’s unlikely that Grandal gets the start since Ellis typically catches.

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