Field of Streams: Episode 124 – This Is Crazy Baseball Right Now

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September 30, 2015

Episode 124 – This Is Crazy Baseball Right Now

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

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss end-of-season exhaustion, Brett Wallace vs. Clint Robinson as sleepers, sizing up Zach Davies, Dylan supposedly predicting great things from Lucas Duda, Brandon Phillips running on the basepaths more in 2015, Tyler Lyons’ potential as a starter, Mike Trout’s advantage over Bryce Harper, some questions of gamesmanship, and updating the Field of Streams stats.

Contest pick for Wednesday, September 30: Drew Smyly vs. MIA (Dylan and Matt).

Contest picks for Thursday, October 1: Josh Tomlin vs. MIN (Dylan) and Tyler Duffey @ CLE (Matt).

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Contest picks for Friday, October 2: Henry Owens @ CLE (Dylan) and Erasmo Ramirez vs. TOR (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Wednesday, September 30: Travis d’Arnaud, Welington Castillo, Chris Iannetta, Kyle Schwarber, Albert Pujols, Lucas Duda, Edwin Encarnacion, Clint Robinson, Brett Wallace, Anthony Rizzo, Paul Goldschmidt, Kolten Wong, Daniel Murphy, Jason Kipnis, Brandon Phillips, Matt Carpenter, Aramis Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Josh Donaldson, Adrian Beltre, Wilmer Flores, Eugenio Suarez, Francisco Lindor, Brandon Crawford, Starling Marte, Jason Heyward, Mike Trout, Chris Young, the Mets outfield, Jose Bautista, Bryce Harper, Marcell Ozuna, Michael Brantley, Lorenzo Cain, the D-backs outfield, Garrett Richards, Jon Lester, Drew Smyly, Edinson Volquez, Mike Leake, and Andrew Cashner.

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Approximately 49 minutes of joyous analysis.

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Damien
10 years ago

i have 5 total adds left in yahoo. I have Cashner, Richards, Arrieta, Liriano, Kluber, Archer and McCullers left to pitch this week. My pitchers that have already pitched are Pineda, Ross, and Wacha. I also have A.MIller and Jansen as my closers. Who should i drop and add for the rest of the week?

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Dylan HigginsMember
10 years ago
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Check out the list of guys we mention as candidates for Thursday. Brad and I will go over them a lot too, but you should see if Jerad Eickhoff, Taylor Jungmann, Rich Hill, Tyler Duffey, Josh Tomlin, Kris Medlen, or Patrick Corbin are available. Even Derek Holland or Andrew Heaney. All are worth spot starts on Thursday and I would add them now if those other guys aren’t getting another outing.

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