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Fantasy Toolz Podcast
To quote Dr. Evil, "The details of our lives are quite inconsequential." What's important is that we like fantasy, as it applies to the genre and the game derived from baseball statistics. We also enjoy developing analytical and computational “tools” for supporting the latter habit. Our goal is to share our fantasy baseball tools with a little help from the fantasy genre for context, allusion, and (fire and) ice breaking. In doing so, we hope to broaden the way our audience approaches fantasy…
Episodes
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 10.28 - How Sconnie
10.28 congratulates the dart smokers (0:41), runs with some Slow Horses (2:00), runs some of the projection machinery while diving into clustering (5:46)…
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Episode 10.27 - Cheerios
10.27 talks CS playoffs (0:41), roll calls Fantasy (2:59), finds some Slow Horses (5:28), iterates a bit on faWAR (8:38), reviews Logan Henderson (21:36), and…
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Episode 10.26 - Classically Evil
10.25 bats around some MLB playoffs (0:44), finalizes the TGFBI standings (3:27), chases some Slow Horses (3:47), opens the Bet Box (7:35), reviews Peter…
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Episode 10.25 - Horrific AL West
10.25 wades into the AL West (0:39), holds the obligatory PCA conversation (3:07), peeks at the TGFBI standings (6:38), finds Slow Horses season six (7:12)…
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Episode 10.24 - Duel Key
10.24 remarks on the AL playoff race (0:39), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:22), explores pitch count data (5:28), reviews Kade Anderson (19:07), and reviews…
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Episode 10.23 - High to Super High
10.23 bats around several September baseball topics (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:13), dives into the highest risers in ownership from the beginning…
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Episode 10.22 - Rolling in the Deep
10.22 finds the season with an eighth remaining (0:40), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (5:36), checks in on the lineup tracking tool analysis (7:41), reviews…
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Episode 10.21 - More TBF
10.21 Sales into MLB chatter (0:43), enters roster expansion season (5:37), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (7:34), dusts off the hitter regression candidate…
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Episode 10.20 - Same Story
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Episode 10.19 - Two Modes
10.19 bats around the trade deadline moves (0:42), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:20), visits Westeros 3.7 (3:55), continues poking at pitching regression…
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Episode 10.18 - Chum in the Water
10.18 extols the ultimate grand slam (0:39), peeks at TGFBI (6:21), visits Westeros 3.5 & 3.6 (7:03), opens the bet box (10:32), reviews Ryan Feltner (35:23)…
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Episode 10.17 - One Thing at a Time
10.17 takes little away from the ASG (0:41), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (2:22), visits Westeros HotD 3.4 (3:31), continues the “so I asked ChatGPT”…
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Episode 10.16 - Laying Breadcrumbs
10.16 ponders whether fantasy darling pitchers would be better on new teams (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (4:48), wonders into Westeros 3.2 & 3.3…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 10.15 - Math It
10.15 notes the continuing soccer presence in MLB stadiums (0:41), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (2:07), finds Westeros in flames HoTD 3.1 (3:54), slicks up…
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Episode 10.14 - Attack of the Bryces
10.14 wades into a sea of Blue Jay ASG ballots (0:37), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (1:11), notices the World Cup impacts baseball (4:06), looks at…
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Episode 10.13 - Felix Leiter
10.13 bats around some MLB stats (0:39), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:35), explores XBH ratios (5:53), reviews Joc Pederson (19:51), and reviews Jack Leiter…
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Episode 10.12 - Commander Cody
10.12 scrutinizes the top 10 over the last 28 days (0:41), peeks at TGFBI standings (4:47), reviews the new Star Wars movie (6:20), analyzes BABIP as a way for…
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Episode 10.11 - One of the Categories
10.11 finds an old Brave (0:43), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:07), decides that renewed shall be scraper that was broken (4:04), reviews Luis Garcia…
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Episode 10.10 - Third Catcher
10.10 pops an MLB quiz (0:41), peeks at TGFBI standings (3:58), seeks out some regression to the mean candidates (5:12), reviews Ivan Herrera (20:33), and…
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Episode 10.09 - On a Yo-Yo
10.09 races through some hard pitches (0:41) scrutinizes recent run differential differentials (2:49) notes TGFBI standings (5:07) peeks at Fantasy doings…
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Episode 10.08 - That Means Over Time
10.08 walks through the MLB standings (0:39), glances at the TGFBI standings (4:40), spices up the ownership scrapers (6:54), reviews Luis Robert Jr. (20:19)…
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Episode 10.07 - Very Sustainable
10.07 ponders some young pitchers (0:40), scrutinizes TGFBI standings (3:44), analyzes HR convergence (6:18), reviews Liam Hicks (21:27), and reviews Sandy…
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Episode 10.06 - Light Mode Kinda Guy
10.06 poses Schlittler vs. Alcantara (0:38), scrutinizes TGFBI (4:16), asks ChatGPT for advice on fantasy WAR (7:15), reviews Alex Bregman (23:57), and reviews…
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Episode 10.05 - Really Tall Pirate
10.05 extols the return of Baseball (0:38), enumerates the upcoming Fantasy properties (2:36), reintroduces the lineup of scraping tools (5:48), reviews Oneil…
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Episode 10.04 - Not My Catcher
10.04 bats around some WBC (0:41), meanders through a quick quiz (3:45), reviews Hunter Goodman (23:54), and reviews Victor Vodnik (28:55).
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 10.03 - Measure of Asymmetry
10.03 bats around some injuries (0:39), scrutinizes the TGFBI draft through statistical analysis (4:45), reviews Brice Turang (25:10), and Jacob Misiorowski…
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Episode 10.02 - Two Servings of (Ben) Rice
10.02 bats around injuries & suspensions (0:38), talks through TGFBI drafting & automation (6:00), reviews Steven Kwan (23:07), and reviews Cade Smith (27:25).
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 10.01 - Magic Eye Sense
10.01 locks into ABS (0:37), visits Westeros with Dunk & Egg Episode 6 (2:57), leafs through the early returns of the preseason lineup scraping (6:30), reviews…
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Episode 10.00 - No Touching
10.00 throws back a beer filled conversation (0:43), visits Westeros in Dunk & Egg Episode 5 (3:25), focuses on draft prep (7:00), reviews Drake Baldwin…
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Episode 9.47 - Long Term Project
9.47 bats around some MLB topics (0:36), visits A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms through episodes 3 & 4 (3:01), peeks at prior agent based drafting work (8:43)…
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Episode 9.46 - Enigmaticness
9.46 sets some expectations for prospects (0:39), works through Dunk & Egg Episode 2 (3:03), considers adding polish to several tools (6:54), reviews Rafael…
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Episode 9.45 - Jacob Coefficient
9.45 scrutinizes the Gore trade (0:38), visits Dunk in Westeros 1.1 (2:54), updates the Alt Model’s pitching forecasts (6:20), reviews Jordan Westburg (18:24)…
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Episode 9.44 - Mathematically Doing the Right Thing
9.44 warms up at the hot stove (0:40), formulates some full season win predictions (6:47), reviews Trevor Story (21:54), and reviews Brayan Bello (26:54).
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Episode 9.43 - Nestled Between
9.43 tackles a baseball geography question (0:38), finds that winter is coming (1:56), adds meaningful denominators to the Alt model projections (3:45)…
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Episode 9.42 - Sort By Best
9.42 warms up at the hot stove (0:40), finishes the book of dust (2:41), dives into consensus rankings (6:08), reviews Manny Machado (20:40), and reviews…
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Episode 9.41 - Alt Model
9.41 warms up around the hot stove (0:43), visits Lyra in The Rose Field (24-29) (6:30), asks AI about 2026 projections (9:45), reviews Trea Turner (26:17)…
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Episode 9.40 - Continue to Degrade?
9.40 warms up by the hot stove (0:37), cracks open chapters 17-23 in the third Book of Dust (4:04), scrutinizes pitching forecasts (9:48), reviews Ronald Acuna…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 9.39 - Squashed Dynamic Range
9.39 bats around some hot stove topics (0:45), cracks open The Rose Field 9-16 (2:49), pushes the first draft of the 2026 forecast run for hitting (6:44)…
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Episode 9.38 - First Splash
9.38 wades into offseason moves (0:41), cracks open The Rose Field 1-8 (4:00), dances around early ‘26 pre-season projections (9:38), reviews Kyle Tucker…
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Episode 9.37 - It Starts With Runs
9.37 warms up by the hot stove (0:40), opens the Rose Field (3:35), ponders what makes a winning TGFBI team (5:18), reviews Yandy Diaz (18:24), and reviews…
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Episode 9.36 - Obvious Trend
9.36 wades through MLB awards voting (0:40), scrutinizes 2025 preseason predictions (5:17), reviews Geraldo Perdomo (19:35), and reviews Brandon Pfaadt (27:39).
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Episode 9.35 - Within Margin of Error
9.35 rates the World Series (0:42), explores saves (5:31), reviews Noelvi Marte (20:11), and reviews Hunter Greene (26:50).
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Episode 9.34 - Middle Bins
9.34 bats around some WS observations before game 6 (0:38), notes the Twins manager search (5:25), looks through the MLB prediction machine results (6:28)…
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Episode 9.33 - Feelable Numbers
9.33 bats around some MLB ‘25 Championship series (0:41), rides some Slow Horses (3:52), works through some descriptive statistics on Runs (5:55), reviews…
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Episode 9.32 - Dennis Green Player
9.32 bats around MLB ‘25 playoff divisional round (0:40), continues cracking into curveball data (6:37), reviews Michael Busch (22:10), and reviews Matt Boyd…
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Episde 9.31 - Easy Grader
9.31 bats around the first round of the MLB ‘25 playoffs (0:43), walks through a quiz on 2025 MLB full season (5:27), reviews Hunter Brown (21:53), and reviews…
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Episode 9.30 - 7,000 ABs
9.30 finds the Guardians in the playoff chase (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:09), rides the Slow Horses (3:38), analyzes the fullish season TGFBI…
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Episode 9.29 - How is he that old?
9.29 bats around the Guardians surge (0:40), tosses around some Kershaw news (1:52), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (5:05), spots some Starfighter images…
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Episode 9.28 - One Sympathizes
9.28 bats around some MLB topics (0:40), notes TGFBI stagnation (5:14), investigates the hanging curve (5:50), reviews Jeremiah Jackson (21:28), and reviews…
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Episode 9.27 - Concentrated Dose of Stolen Bases
9.27 bats around playoff predictions (0:40), glances at the TGFBI standings (4:27), bonds over Bond news (5:48), investigates the stolen bases scene (7:15)…
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Episode 9.26 - No More Preamble
9.26 predicts prices for prospects (0:38), glances at the TGFBI standings (2:55), scrutinizes the relationship between walk & strikeout rates (6:33), reviews…
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Episode 9.25 - King of Disaggregate Analysis
9.25 brushes on some homer topics (0:40), glances at TGFBI standings (4:37), scrutinizes decisions (5:30), reviews Max (20:45), and reviews Addison Barger…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 9.24 - Significant Drop
9.24 brews some Brewers thoughts (0:44), notes the TGFBI standings (2:31), checks recent changes in player ownership (3:50), reviews Bennet Sousa (18:53), and…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 9.23 - Pelt Him With Balls
9.23 wonders at the Blue Jays (0:41), notes TGFBI standings (3:54), finds a Rose Field (4:48), dusts off the binomial PA predictor (5:37), reviews Nick Kurtz…
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Episode 9.22 - Closer Bloodbath
9.22 walks through the Twins fire sale (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (5:10), sorts through the bevy of player movement (6:18), reviews Ben Rice (20:41)…
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Episode 9.21 -Sophomore Slump Experience
9.21 takes in some Cape Cod Baseball League action (0:40), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:30), works matrix magic into batting order similarities by team…
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Episode 9.20 - Doing It Right
9.20 covers some Derby & ASG stuff (0:44), peaks at the TGFBI standings (5:00), continues the K rate deep dive (6:42), reviews Lourdes Gurriel (20:15), and…
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Episode 9.19 - At-Bat Indicator
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Episode 9.18 - Better Than The Worst Teams
9.18 notes the current MLB standings (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (4:58), performs a stat deep dive on strikeouts (6:34), reviews Jacob Wilson (18:38)…
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Episode 9.17 - Should I Have Known?
9.17 plays up the Padres/Dodgers rivalry (0:40), checks the TGFBI standings (3:00), models O/U lines (5:55), reviews Josh Jung (20:26), and reviews Patrick…