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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 PodcastEpisode6.44 - Absence of Field
6.44 bats around some MLB news (0:34), kicks around some football news (5:27), adds in some reality to IPs in our 2023 preseason projections (7:24), and…
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Episode 6.43 - The Limit of the Algorithm
6.43 bats around some MLB news (0:39), forecasts innings pitched through pitching order trends (5:40), and reviews Clayton Kershaw (22:49).
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Episode 6.42 - Nerdiest Looking Starting Pitcher
6.42 notes someone is homeward bound in the MLB (0:37), bounces around some NBA (4:28), continues forecasting plate appearances through games played & lineup…
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Episode 6.41 - Per Year Basis
6.41 forecasts pitchers & catchers reporting(0:40), forecasts Plate Appearances through games played & lineup order (5:54), and reviews Pablo Lopez (24:45).
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Episode6.40 - Converting Projections into Rankings
6.40 starts with some MLB topics (0:36), ponders how projections should get converted into rankings (7:40), and reviews Framber Valdez (22:08).
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Episode 6.39 - Real, Live (2023) Projections
6.39 wades through some MLB news (0:38), breezes through HDM season 3 (4:18), kicks off 2023 projects by releasing initial 2023 projections (8:50), and reviews…
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Episode 6.38 - Mothballing your fantasy season: Batting Order
6.37 breaks down the big hitter signings (0:37), kicks around some World Cup pulse checking (4:35), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball season by…
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Episode 6.37 - Mothballing your fantasy season: Taconite Mining
6.37 breaks down the big Wong [and other] signings (0:39), kicks around some World Cup pulse checking (3:03), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode6.36 - Mothballing your fantasy season: peeking at Free Agents
6.36 notes that Harper is going under the knife (0:39), cheers on the USA (3:44), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball season by peeking at the Free…
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Episode 6.35 - Mothballing your fantasy season II: Burn Bieber Burn
6.35 notes end of ‘22 season hardware (0:38), talks about some soccer (4:13), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy season by presenting some top 60 Fantasy…
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Episode 6.34 - Mothballing Your Fantasy Season
6.34 qualifies some offers (0:39), checks World Cup 2022 excitement levels (3:08), mothballs the 2022 Fantasy Baseball season by presenting some surprising…
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Episode 6.33 - Season’s End Bet Box
6.33 congratulates the Astros for winning WS 2022 (0:39), dives into the bet box (2:33), and reviews Trevor Rogers (28:42).
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Episode6.32 - Fantasy Extravaganza 2022
6.32 bats around some 2022 World Series banter (0:40) and dives into a Fantasy Extravaganza reviewing The Rings of Power (4:53), House of the Dragon (13:14)…
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Episode 6.31 - Stats 101 Lesson 7: Wrap Up
6.31 scrutinizes the 2022 MLB World Series (0:40), kicks around some EPL (2:57), wraps up Stats 101 with Lesson 7 (5:04), and reviews Charlie Morton (26:09)…
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Episode 6.30 - Stats 101 Lesson 6: Stochasticity
6.30 scrutinizes the MLB 2022 playoffs (0:37), presents Stats 101 Lesson 6: Stochasticity (7:14), and reviews Joe Musgrove (28:58). Players: Aaron Judge, Tony…
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Episode6.29 - Mission Statements for the Offseason
6.29 harkens the end of MLB Playoffs 2022 (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:49), presents some reflections on the end of the season including a…
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Episode6.28 - Stats 101 Lesson 5.1: More on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
6.28 demystifies the MLB playoffs format (0:36), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (3:44), presents Stats 101 Lesson 5.1: More on Artificial Neural Networks…
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Episode6.27 - Stats 101 Lesson 5: Advanced Inferential Statistics: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
6.27 unties a few MLB fantasy storylines (0:39), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:47), presents Stats 101 Lesson 5: Advanced Inferential Statistics…
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Episode6.26 - Stats 101 Lesson 4: Advanced Inferential statistics: PCA
6.26 unties some MLB storylines (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:13), presents Stats 101 Lesson 4: Advanced Inferential statistics: PCA (3:53)…
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Episode6.25.1 - Rings of Power Pod Special #0
6.25.1 provides some background for the ‘Rings of Power’ Amazon Show (2:07), dives into RoP Episode 0.0 (17:30), and dives into Episode 0.1 (29:29).
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Episode6.25 - Stats 101 Lesson 3: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Gaussian Modeling
6.25 bats around some MLB predictions (0:41), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (3:42), wanders through HOD episodes 0.0 & 0.1 (5:05), presents Stats 101…
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Episode6.24 - Stats 101 Lesson 2: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Linear Modeling
6.24 walks through the MLB standings (0:40), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:44), presents Stats 101 Lesson 2: Introduction to Inferential statistics…
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Episode6.23 - Stats 101 Lesson 1
6.23 mourns the tragedy of Tatis (0:44), finds some prospects in AA (3:07), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:57), presents Stats 101 Lesson 1: Data…
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Episode 6.22 - Stats 101 Lesson 0
6.22 inspects what brown can do for you (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:10), kicks around some football (4:34), presents “Stats 101 Lesson 0…
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Episode 6.21 - They Don’t Play in the Same Ballpark
6.21 bats around some MLB trade deadline topics (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:37), kicks around some EPL (5:06), wanders through Natural…
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Episode6.20 - Someone We Have Derided
6.20 peeks at the MLB standings (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:42), sets some second half over/unders (7:20), and reviews Dylan Cease (23:04).
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Episode6.19 - They Don’t Know Where He Is
6.19 bats around some ASG LA topics (0:39), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (5:08), opens the bet box (7:10), and reviews Chris Sale (28:38).
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Episode6.18 - Functional Programming
6.18 finds a graph of aggregate WAR by team draft picks (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (5:14), cleans up our thoughts & analysis on Ownership &…
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Episode 6.17 - Blowing Through the Peloton
6.17 examines a surprising bird (0:39), scans the Fantasy Leaders (3:35), scrutinizes the Fantasy horizon (6:41), discusses advancing machinery for analyzing…
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Episode6.16.0 - Obi Wan Finale
6.16.0 discusses the finale in the Obi Wan series - this one is heavy on Fantasy and light on Baseball. Back next week.
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Episode6.16 - Dive into Deltas
6.16 triages the injury bug (0:39), checks some Fantasy Baseball numbers (3:06), recaps Kenobi (4:35), dives into preseason projection deltas (10:23), and…
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Episode6.15 - As You Would Obviously Expect
6.15 waxes poetic about the individual best days ever in Fantasy Baseball (0:38), peeks at some Fantasy Baseball numbers (2:40), follows Kenobi through Episode…
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Episode6.14 - Let’s Take 2
6.14 traces some MLB storylines (0:37), notes some Fantasy numbers (2:57), finds Obi-Wan episode 3 (5:27), plays “let’s take 2” highlighting ownership changes…
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Episode6.13 - Robbie Ray-esque
6.13 finds run differential normalization in the MLB (0;40), notes fantasy benchmark stats (2:25), kicks off fantasy season with Obi Wan Episodes 1 & 2 (4:30)…
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Episode6.12 - Bot Commit
6.12 runs through some MLB Storylines (0:38), tracks some Fantasy numbers (6:30), notes the end of the EPL season (8:43), waxes about developing GitHub Actions…
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Episode 6.11 - Official Away Team
6.11 reviews some IRL baseball (0:42), notes an old man’s first pitching appearance (2:18), looks at plate appearance (PA) predictions (6:13), and reviews…
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Episode 6.10 - Fantasy Fantasy is Coming Back
6.10 sorts through some MLB storylines (0:40), notes some Fantasy benchmark numbers (1:37), finds Fantasy Fantasy coming (5:40), workshops ownership while…
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Episode6.09 - What a Guy
6.09 traces some MLB storylines (0:39) notes some Fantasy benchmark numbers (4:35), presents the new batter lineup lists for 2022 (11:35), and reviews Shohei…
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Episode 6.08 - Player A vs Player B
6.08 traces some MLB storylines (0:39), notes some top fantasy performers (5:06), presents a few blind profile comparisons through the player A vs player B…
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Episode 6.07 - Small Sample Statistical Storylines
6.07 finds Wil Myers pitching stat line (0:40), bounces around some NBA playoffs (2:57), wades through some small number statistics in search of statistical…
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Episode 6.06 - Should I have picked randomly?
6.06 rejoices the return of Baseball (0:41), bounces around some NBA playoffs (3:04), poses the question “should I have picked randomly” (5:17), and reviews…
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Episode 6.05 - If Matt Cain Had a Beard
6.05 wades through the first TGFBI FAAB (0:35) while asking if we are ready for Baseball(3:14), pencils in some House of the Dragon episodes for August (4:10)…
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Episode6.04 - Improves His Value Incrementally
6.04 notes that everyone's talkin’ bout MLB lineups (0:41), validates an ADP source (5:39), moves the synthetic player picking tool forward while discussing…
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Episode 6.03 - Man vs Machine
6.03 peeks in on Spring training (0:40), notes March Madness 2022 (3:25), presents work on the new batting order predictor tool while debuting man vs machine…
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Episode6.02 - In the order you think they are available
6.02 pings around some MLB news (0:40), watches the Obi Wan trailer (7:54), lays out a pu pu platter of TGFBI drafting notes (10:10), and reviews Max Scherzer…
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Episode6.01 - Projections… Are These Late?
6.01 wanders through the impact of canceled MLB games on Fantasy drafting (0:38), wonders at the secrets of Dumbledore (4:25), releases the official - as of…
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Episode 6.00 - Baking Those ABM Pies in the Sky
6.00 welcomes the new pod season with the prospect of canceled regular season games (0:43), hails TGFBI day (1:56), devises a new tool for EPL tracking (4:18)…
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Episode5.49 - Crisis of Purpose
5.49 seeks pitchers & catchers while asking whether we are ready for Fantasy drafts (0:40), assigns some Fantasy readings (4:07), kicks around some Football…
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Episode5.48 - Five Categories vs Four
5.48 ponders MLB start delays impacting Fantasy Baseball (0:38), marches with the increasing cadence of Fantasy news including Obi Wan (3:39) & TRoP (5:50)…
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Episode5.47 - Straight into Data Science
5.47 notes the 150 game AAA schedule (0:39), proclaims TGFBI league assignments (0:55), considers the Mandolorian (2:44), kicks around some football (5:56)…
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Episode5.46 - Committed
5.46 leafs through Twins HoF propaganda (0:41), finds the Mandalorian (2:37), acknowledges NFL playoffs progress (5:16), enumerates the commits made during a…
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Episode 5.45 - Where was my scraping?
5.45 scrutinizes some MLB HoF ballots (0:42), watches some LOTR: TROP teaser (3:44), kicks around some football (6:48), consolidates some stat scraping tools…
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Episode5.44 - Random Number Seed
5.44 sails through the doldrums of MLB news (0:41), leafs through the Book of Boba (3:55), kicks around some EPL (9:37), adds items to the synthetic draft…
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Episode5.43 - Some Pitchers Hit… Some Hitters Pitch
5.43 picks over the lack of MLB news (0:40), predicts the top 12 in Fantasy Baseball 2022 ADP (1:44), kicks around some football (7:55), makes some incremental…
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Episode5.42 - Freshness Test
5.42 glances at the Buck Showalter hiring (0:42), concludes season 0 of WoT (3:05), gut checks the synthetic draft machine (7:37), and reviews Wander Franco…
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Episode5.41 - Mount Doom? Mount Dragon?
5.41 bats around some MLB 2022 playoff predictions (0:42), winds the wheel of time (6:13), kicks around some EPL (10:39), loads up the synthetic draft machine…
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Episode5.40 - The Ways
5.40 finds a dearth of MLB news (0:43), turns the wheel on WoT 0.5 (3:31), kicks around some football (8:23), rewinds the synthetic drafting machine (9:16)…
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Episode5.39 - Data Product
5.39 finds another astrophysicist in baseball analysis (0:42), turns the wheel discussing WoT 0.3 & 0.4 (3:15), kicks around some football (8:50), makes some…
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Episode5.38 - Checkov's Yellow Submarine
5.38 leafs through the MLB news (0:39), turns the Wheel of Time discussing 0.1 and 0.2 (3:22), kicks around some EPL (6:44), walks through some Hot Stove case…
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Episode5.37 - Long and Winding Road
5.37 tallies the MLB awards predictions (0:39), turns the wheel of time (2:16), kicks around some EPL (8:28), walks the long and winding road towards…