RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 7/28/2015

Episode 78 – A Japanese 34

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss a recap of some of Monday’s picks, Kris Bryant trying to turn things around, Alex Rodriguez’s birthday heroics, Matt’s jokes causing Dylan to be speechless, Jeff Samardzija attempting to escape from Chicago, Dylan rambling about the volatility of batted ball types, the non-crispy and crispy Chris Youngs, and Matt’s dog declaring its fan allegiance.

Contest pick for Tuesday, July 28: Brett Anderson vs. OAK (Dylan and Matt).

Contest picks for Wednesday, July 29: Patrick Corbin @ SEA (Dylan) and Tom Koehler vs. WAS (Matt).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Tuesday, July 28: Russell Martin, Evan Gattis, Josh Phegley, Chris Davis, Freddie Freeman, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Abreu, Adam Lind, Devon Travis, Jason Kipnis, Kolten Wong, Robinson Cano, Josh Donaldson, Danny Valencia, Maikel Franco, Alex Rodriguez, Matt Carpenter, Kris Bryant, Jung Ho Kang, Carlos Correa, Jhonny Peralta, Brad Miller, Jose Bautista, Chris Colabello, Charlie Blackmon, Hunter Pence, Ryan Braun, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Young, Michael Brantley, James Shields, Noah Syndergaard, Jordan Zimmermann, Jose Fernandez, Brett Anderson, Jaime Garcia, and Hishashi Iwakuma.

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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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