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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 PodcastEpisode8.06 - These Guys Are Brothers
8.06 welcomes opening weekend (0:39), bats around some Dune (3:03), peeks at the early batting order findings (6:22), and reviews Alexis Diaz (28:31).
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Episode 8.05 - Lightly Owned
8.05 wonders at Ohtani & Betts being on the same team (0:40), stumbles into some Fantasy news (2:47), wanders through some longitudinal ownership data (7:25)…
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Episode 8.04 - Relative to the Hype
8.04 bats around some MLB preseason topics (0:38), finds where Disney makes money (4:27), wonders at some prospects by setting some lines on top prospects…
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Episode8.03 - Expert Opinions
8.03 finds the end of the TGFBI draft (0:38), peeks at Korea (4:14), runs through the MLB O/U lines to get a sense of team values (7:37), and reviews Emmanuel…
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Episode 8.02 - Shelf Life
8.02 rejoices the return of TGFBI drafting (0:37), bats around the Acuna news (7:26), provides updates on the longitudinal pre-season Fantasy rankings (9:07)…
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Episode 8.01 - Slotting in Relievers
8.01 rejoices early spring MLB (0:39), notes TGFBI draft positions (3:36), watches the HOD season 2 teaser (4:27), realizes some relievers need slotting into…
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Episode 8.00 - Introduction to the Postseason
8.00 ponders some Fantasy Baseball League workings (0:42), workshops the pitching side of the Toolz top 100 (3:24), and reviews Devin Williams (25:39).
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Episode7.48 - No Reason For Optimism
7.48 hopes that calling the SB winners portends good fortune for 2024 picks (0:34), bats around some MLB (1:45), orders machine generated batting predictions…
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Episode 7.47 - Underlying Truths
7.47 finds some corner infield player movement (0:38), gives a prediction for the NFL final match (4:20) says so long and thanks for all the fish Chubbs (6:25)…
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Episode 7.46 - Can’t Afford Scales
7.46 finds an MLB name clone (0:38), sets a fantasy EPL lineup (3:17), reviews automated pitching rankings based on ‘real’ IPs (5:06), and reviews Eric Hosmer…
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Episode 7.45 - Completing the Journey
7.45 ponders some MLB questions including who is hosting the ‘24 ASG (0:38), predicts IP for starters in ‘24 (5:31), and reviews Spencer Steer (23:14).
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Episode 7.44 - Big Moves, Little Man
7.44 finds some Fantasy news chatter about Star Wars (0:43) , bats around some MLB topics (4:43), ticks forward the development of a consensus rankings…
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Episode 7.43- Close Enough
7.43 follows a few more offseason MLB moves (0:37), reacclimates to the 2024 teams by scrutinizing batting orders & pitching rotations (6:00), and reviews Luke…
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Episode 7.42 - Passing Some Muster
7.42 dives into some preseason ‘24 signings (0:37), continues workshopping preseason pitching rankings by tinkering with weights (5:05), and reviews Carlos…
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Episode 7.41 - Delta of Deltas
7.41 gives a quick MLB hot stove update (0:39), compares 2023 & 2024 preseason rankings while eyeing a longitudinal tracking tool (4:08), and reviews Christian…
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Episode 7.40 - Rankers to Consensus
7.40 predicts some MLB offseason player movement (0:37), tries some new queries on the 2023 MLB ownership data (7:25), and reviews Brandon Belt (26:01).
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Episode 7.39 - Next Stop, Prison
7.39 looks into offseason MLB pitcher movement (0:34), peeks at the NBA (2:53), slams together some way too early 2024 SP predictions (4:31), and reviews…
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Episode 7.38 - Everybody Looking 600
7.38 huddles up to the hot stove (0:40), kicks around some EPL (3:28), wanders through “Too Early” 2024 predictions (5:40), and reviews Garrett Cooper (23:50).
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Episode 7.37 - Select Guys That Look Like Alek Manoah
7.37 congratulates all the newly hired managers (0:40), probes the longitudinal ownership data that has accumulated over the season (3:35), and reviews Isaac…
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Episode 7.36 - All Sorts of Stuff
7.36 congratulates the Texas Rangers WS win (0:36), notes the release of Gold Glove awards (1:56), scrutinizes Votto’s release (3:43), roots through the bet…
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Episode 7.35 - Applied Statistics
7.35 wades into the ‘23 WS matchup (0:38), intros Bayesian Stats 101 for Fantasy Baseball (7:03), and reviews Joey Votto (18:37).
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Episode 7.34 - Mutually Exclusive
7.34 bats around some MLB ‘23 Championship Series talk (0:35), tests one of the Toolz on their knowledge of the ‘23 FBB season (4:18), and reviews Juan Yepez…
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Episode 7.33 - Too Many Shortstops
7.33 bats around some MLB ‘23 divisional playoffs (0:37), concludes Ahsoka season 1 & WoT 2 (4:22), does a postmortem on the Toolz TGFBI performances (11:17)…
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Episode 7.32 - Skip the Pitchers
7.32 welcomes the ‘23 MLB Playoffs (0:40), says so long to Tim (1:26), checks the final TGFBI standings (3:07), turns the wheel on WoT & Ahsoka (4:15), posits…
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Episode 7.31 - Pivoted So Hard
7.31 reads an MLB article about incredible stats (0:39), checks the TGFBI standings (5:23), rounds up WoT/Ahsoka episode 6s (6:55), wanders through players…
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Episode 7.30 - Going to the last day
7.30 finds clinching season in the MLB (0:34), checks the TGFBI standings (1:38), provides quick hits on Ahsoka & WoT (3:36), explores some Runs summary stats…
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Episode 7.29 - Rule Change Precipitates Change
7.29 reads a report on SBs (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (2:11), wanders through Ahsoka & WoT (3:23), tosses around some top 20 SP lists from the last 6…
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Episode 7.28 - Late and Pre-Processed
***Apologies for the audio quality**** 7.28 ponders the Astros/Rangers rivalry (0:35), check the TGFBI standings (2:32), wanders through Ahsoka Season 1 & WoT…
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Episode7.27- Given up on K(aves)
7.27 drools over 30/30 seasons while anticipating a 30/60 club (0:37), reports on the gut punch feeling of Mookie in Fenway in a Dodgers uni (2:35), checks the…
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Episode 7.26 - Optimisation Problems
7.26 ponders SoCal baseball (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (3:50), presents TGFBI pitching as an optimization problem (7:06), and reviews Trey Mancini…
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Episode7.25 - Good/Bad Ks Numbers
7.25 bats around some MLB topics (0:35), checks TGFBI standings (4:07), walks through a strikeout summary statistical analysis (6:30), and reviews Miguel…
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Episode 7.24 - Busy Guys
7.24 compares a no-hitter to a 1-hitter (0:38), checks TGFBI standings (2:48), notes the EPL’s return (6:13), tries modeling pitching rotation order for…
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Episode 7.23 - All the Closer Things
7.23 bats around some MLB trade deadline ‘23 moves (0:38), walks through some TGFBI news (4:08), works through all the closer things (6:28), and reviews…
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Episode 7.22 - If McGwire Fits
7.22 bats around Immaculate Grid (0:38), diagnoses TGFBI failings (5:34), and reviews Brandon Drury (23:22).
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Episode 7.21 - Win Odds
7.21 shows some AL bias while pondering the ‘23 ASG (0:38), checks the TGFBI standings but really considers closer movement (1:48), pours over run differential…
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Episode 7.20 - An Appropriate Time
7.20 tackles recent pitching gems (0:35), rejoices the ASG break’s chance for a breather in TGFBI (3:13), presents an update on the wins prediction model based…
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Episode 7.19 - The Tail is So Long
7.19 ponders ASG impact on Fantasy (0:35), checks TGFBI standings (5:56), sets some over/under lines for the bet box (8:07), and reviews Joey Meneses (29:34).
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Episode 7.18 - Run Differential Differential
7.18 hails the halfway point in the MLB season (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (2:47), talks about what to do when data disappears while presenting opponent…
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Episode 7.17 - Should/could be more SBs
7.17 bats around some MLB topics (0:38), checks TGFBI standings (6:10), scrutinizes some summary Stolen Base stats (7:15), and reviews Jake Cronenworth (21:14).
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Episode 7.16 - So Much GD Baseball
7.16 strolls through the CHW bullpen (0:41), check the TGFBI standings (3:34), wanders into Fantasy universe show speculation (6:45), continues examining…
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Episode 7.15 - Opponent Quality
7.15 tosses around some MLB topics (0:38), performs a TGFBI Toolz check-in (4:50), bats around some thoughts on modeling opponent quality for picking up more…
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Episode 7.14 - Lyrical Sounding Names
7.14 bats around some MLB topics (0:39), checks the TGFBI standings (3:59), checks preseason pitching projections (6:46), and reviews Ty France (24:50).
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Episode7.13 - On Pace For
7.13 hits around some MLB topics (0:38), checks Toolz Derby results & TGFBI standings (6:15), checks how preseason projections have shifted with current rest…
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Episode7.12 - Two-Spot Freddie
7.12 welcomes the Toolz derby while working through some Southern California bias (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:45), presents batting order scraping…
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Episode 7.11 - Most Beautiful Ballpark
7.11 explores the Pirates hometown (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (4:47), continues MLB team over/under tracking (9:07), and reviews Andrew Vaughn (24:00).
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Episode 7.10 - Ole Blisterfinger
7.10 finds Mexico City offensive (0:38), reports TGFBI standings (3:09), notes some recent add/drops (5:17), discusses pitching ratio stat convergence (7:37)…
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Episode7.09 - Coarse Grained Convergence
7.09 preps for the Pirates (0:36), checks the TGFBI standings(2:21), bids Mando adieu (4:03), wanders through MLB stat accumulation rates for the season so far…
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Episode 7.08 - Eight Other Guys Hitting
7.08 tackles important early season MLB stories (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:28), walks through recent add/drops (4:33), works through Mando (6:52)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 7.07 - Running a Big Cast
7.07 digests the Rays streak (0:38), reports TGFBI standings (2:55), works through some Mando stuff (5:07), checks in on actualized batting orders early season…
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Episode 7.06 - Ownership Actions
7.06 finds opening day 2023 (0:38), works through some ownership analysis automation algorithms leveraging GitHub Actions (4:46), and reviews Nathaniel Lowe…
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Episode 7.05 - Market Guesses
7.05 anticipates MLB opening day ‘23 (0:40), concludes Fall of Numenor (3:05), steps back for an exercise in predicting team quality posing the question of…
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Episode7.04 - Profound or Super Common Sense
7.04 bats around some WBC (0:38), reads some Fall of Numenor (3:14), worries about Mando (4:58), discovers correlations between hitting cats & team quality…
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Episode 7.03 - Everyone is older than I think
7.03 bats around some WBC form questions(0:39), presents the next book club entry: Fall of Numenor (3:05), wanders through some TGFBI drafting summary stats…
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Episode 7.02 - Spending Draft Capital
7.02 regales in MLB action (0:36), introspects the TGFBI draft progress (5:25), scrutinizes the Mando drop (8:15), presents incorporating drafting mechanics…
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Episode 7.01 - Where Pitchers Interleaved Batters
7.01 walks through some MLB changes (0:42), anticipates Mando’s return (2:57), combines hitter & pitcher rankings (5:41), and reviews Freddie Freeman (23:29).
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Episode 7.00 - Calm Down Algorithm
7.00 sets some intentions for the new season (0:36), notes that pitchers & catchers have reported (2:00), adjusts the algorithms hitting ranks (4:14), and…
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Episode 6.45.3 - 2023 SP Reviews (11-15)
6.45.3 reviews Aaron Nola (0:03), Shane McClanahan(9:41), Jacob deGrom (20:41), Dylan Cease (31:37), and Yu Darvish (38:38).
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Episode 6.45.2 - 2023 SP Reviews (6-10)
6.45.2 reviews Max Scherzer (0:02), Shane Bieber (4:49), Alek Manoah (13:23), Brandon Woodruff (18:53), and Justin Verlander (24:12).
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Episode 6.45.1 - 2023 SP Reviews (1-5)
6.45.1 reviews Sandy Alcantara (0:04), Gerrit Cole (7:54), Shohei Ohtani (13:25), Julio Urias (21:33), and Corbin Burnes (29:46)
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Episode6.45.0 - Human Touching Things
6.45 runs through some MLB rule changes (0:35), introduces the Pod specials that will be released that include aggregations of pitcher reviews (4:05), presents…