RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 8/27/2015

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August 27, 2015

Episode 100 – Completely Arbitrary Milestone

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss celebrating the 100th episode, a particularly strange and shallow DFS slate, Anthony DeSclafani’s terrible pitching splits at home, Dylan finally digging too deep on a pick, considering any warm bodies in the Angels lineup to stack against Randy Wolf and the Tigers, Edwin Encarnacion being truly “en fuego,” trying to compare Rubby De La Rosa to Justin Verlander, making an obligatory obligatory Jhonny Peralta mention, Greg Holland and strange closer mentalities, and the empty apartment that is the new iTunes page.

Contest pick for Thursday, August 27: Joe Ross vs. SD (Dylan and Matt).

Contest picks for Friday, August 28: Aaron Nola vs. SD (Dylan) and Taylor Jungmann vs. CIN (Matt).

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Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Thursday, August 27:  Buster Posey, Chris Iannetta, Yasmani Grandal, Travis d’Arnaud, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Edwin Encarnacion, Brandon Belt, Jose Abreu, Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley, Cesar Hernandez, Logan Forsythe, Brian Dozier, Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner, Josh Donaldson, Adrian Beltre, Evan Longoria, Miguel Sano, Matt Carpenter, Erick Aybar, Starlin Castro, Troy Tulowitzki, Jung Ho Kang, Ketel Marte, Jhonny Peralta, Andre Ethier, J.D. Martinez, the Angels outfielders, Jose Bautista, Will Venable, the Mets outfielders, Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte, Nelson Cruz, Franklin Gutierriez, Jason Heyward, Byron Buxton, Zack Greinke, Marco Estrada, Madison Bumgarner, Joe Ross, Gerrit Cole, Jon Niese, Carlos Rodon, and Carlos Martinez.

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Approximately 44 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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cpjackson
10 years ago

Bummed that the Cubs/Giants game didn’t make DK’s early slates.

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