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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 2.11 - Good to See You Wallenby
2.11 drops into Westworld (0:41), bats around some miscellaneous baseball talking points (2:08), ponders the conundrum: so your team doesn’t have power (5:10)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.10 - A Very Crichton Podcast
2.10 visits Westworld 2.01 and 2.02 (0:39), analyzes a figure relating Ks/Hs/BBs/HRs (1:20), premieres a new segment: random hitters doing well (2:43)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.09 - An Elusive Category
2.09 visits Milwaukee (0:40), works through the ‘18 NBA first round playoffs (1:48), ponders the conundrum: so your team doesn’t get wins (3:51), dips into…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.08 - Vulture Saves
2.08 celebrates Joe Mauer’s fantasy irrelevant achievement (0:41), rants about the new MLB TV ad paradigm (2:30), discusses MLB action in the PR & snow (3:21)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.07 - Forlorn Banjo
2.07 scrutinizes the achievement of hitting the cycle (0:42), acknowledges the new Solo trailer (2:50), ponders the conundrum: so your team doesn’t steal bases…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.06 - Profiling People Picking Players
2.06 celebrates baseball’s return (0:39), peeks in the bet box (2:23), gets into fantasy add/drops by examining ownership data (4:58), performs player spot…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.05 - Narrowing Outcomes
2.05 gets ready for baseball with some MLB thoughts (0:42) & picks RoY candidates (3:25), gets into fantasy with some roster management deep thoughts (5:28)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.04 - Analytica
2.04 analyzes the Cambridge Analytica story (0:42), tackles the 2018 NCAA madness (2:08), peeks at THE BAT projection system (3:21), ponders the DL (5:02)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.03 - Mouse Droids
2.03 covers the MLB news of the day (0:37), touches TGFBI topics (2:57), gets into roster construction (4:42), presents hitting archetypes as a vehicle for…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.02 - So Much Slow Mo
2.02 banters about The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational (0:40), bats around some hot MLB topics (2:20), gets into fantasy with draft preparation musings…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.01 - Mental Uploads
2.01 reviews the @darenw stats by state series (0:40), notes that the Silmarillion is free for prime Amazonians (1:58) , gets into fantasy with understanding…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 2.00 - JD on the Rocks
2.00 dives into the Ray Tank (0:41), glances at recent player movement including JD Martinez (2:47) & Eric Hosmer (3:42), lays out the season’s aim & mission…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.48 - Where Do Yu Go
1.48 analyzes where Yu went (0:38) & whether late signing will impact other fantasy relevant free agents (1:07), gives PECOTA (2:16) and FiveThirtyEight a…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.47 - A Quiet Rode
1.47 finishes La Belle Sausage book club series (0:40), drops by Westworld (3:50), goes into Solo reflection (5:20), continues evaluating MLB player movement…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.46 - Verifiable Action Scenes
1.46 bids the Indians logo adieu (0:40), skates across the Thames through chapters 16-20 of La Belle Sausage (2:15), sketches out a model for determining MLB…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.45 - Golden Monkeys
1.45 laments the NFC championship results (0:39), posits a fantastical sports analytics topic (1:41), previews season 2’s “getting into fantasy” series by…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.44 - Enter Lord Asriel
1.44 tosses some kindling on the hot stove (0:38), continues the book club with chapters 6-10 of La Belle Sausage (2:14), reviews a fantasy baseball article…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.43 - La Belle Sausage
1.43 dives into book club discussion on chapters 1-5 of the Book of Dust Part 1 (0:38), glances at way too early fantasy player ranks (7:27), pads the bet box…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.42 - Dancing Around Game Theory
1.42 wishes everyone a Happy New Year (0:42), proposes a book club (2:49), debates thank you note writing (3:25), contemplates offseason baseball stats (4:31)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.41 - Lean Times Potpourri
1.41 wishes everyone a Merry Happy (0:39), examines the NBA’s marriage to Christmas (2:00), struggles through a lean Fantasy Baseball news week (5:29)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.40 - Jedi Holograms
1.40 contemplates Kobe retiring two numbers (0:38), mulls Peter Jackson’s newest venture (2:10), debates MLB Winter Meetings player moves (3:52), deep dives on…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.39 - Absurd Creatures
1.39 breathes a sigh of relief that the Sloan Sports Analytics paper was submitted (0:39), considers MinneAnalytics Sportcon (3:06), ponders getting back into…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.38 - Throwback Umbridge
1.38 scrutinize the '18 Hall of Fame ballot (0:39), draft Ohtani landing spots (3:14) & notable free agent closer options (4:49), hold a Sloan Sports Analytics…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastPod Special 1.34.1 - Just Another Empire
1.34.1 extends our Star Wars conversation from podcast 1.34 - skip over to 2:41 for new audio.
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.37 - Early Gandalf
1.37 huddles round the hot stove (0:40), returns to Middle Earth (3:11), slings some growth chart development theory (6:39), scrutinizes age-based growth…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.36 - The Boys in Orange
1.36 celebrates the boys in orange (0:40), analyzes the Curse-shaw (1:36), snickers at the MLB awards finalists (3:25), contemplates MLB transaction logs…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.35- Boolean Mask
1.35 wades through World Series topics(1:24), postulates ways of accounting for the DL in our growth charts (10:58), brainstorms some d3 for plotting our…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.34 - Hiring Some Mercenaries
1.34 reignites the Star Wars passion (0:40), bats around some World Series narratives (3:07), fawns over a Flower (5:28), plans the scope of the Sloan Sports…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.33 - What is our Alderaan?
1.33 concludes BoJack season 4 by discussing 4.11 & 4.12 (0:40), bats around some AL playoff topics (3:18), kicks off the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.32 - Defend Your IP
1.32 examines BoJack 4.09 & 4.10 (0:40), compares dragons across Fantasyverses (4:09), starts the 2018 12 team ranking process (6:12) for round 5 (8:00), round…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.31 - Epic Poems
1.31 congratulates everyone for another happy Fantasy season (0:39), considers the MLB playoffs (1:38), bats around some Fantasy Baseball stretch stories…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.30 - Pocket Aces
1.30 bats around some MLB topics (0:39), considers Fantasy MVP suspects (6:08), deliberates on Fantasy Cy Young candidates (17:14), brings back the acclaimed…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.29 - Ser George’s Dragons and Trees Full of Cherries
1.29 pops some champagne for MLB teams clinching playoff spots (0:40), discusses losing graciously (1:49), complains about west coast sporting event air times…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.28 - Spotting the Grim
1.28 peeks at the MLB standings (0:40), picks apart Bojack 4.1 & 4.2 (2:04), provides some playoff pitching advice for a listener (4:56) while suggesting a few…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.27 - Kyber Regressions
1.27 rekindles old feelings for Star Wars (0:40), bats around some MLB topics (2:05), presents a draft abstract (for the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.26 - The Statistician’s Ivory Tower
1.26 dives into GoT for the last time in a long time (0:40), proposes new fantasy & shows to obsess over (4:25), pokes at the relationship between doubles and…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.25 - Path of Totality
1.25 reflects on the GoT 7.6 over/unders (0:37), waxes poetic about a few GoT topics (2:36), poses GoT 7.7 over/unders (5:08), reevaluates the draft (6:33)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.24 - 0.5 Dragons
1.24 congratulates one of the Toolz on making the playoffs (0:39), examines GoT 7.5 (1:25), poses GoT 7.6 over/unders (5:28), reflects & collects on the 2B v…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.23 - Wizards in Remission
1.23 recovers from the Toolz' recent Baseball stadium tour antics (0:39), considers GoT 7.4 while simultaneously forecasting 7.5 (2:05), posits that rolling…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.22 - Lannister Strategery
1.22 hits into a triple play discussion (0:39), strikes up a GoT 7.3 conversation (1:54), touches on some trade fallout (3:49), peruses some park effects info…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.21 - Pineda Coladas
1.21 bats around some GoT Episode 7.2 talking points (0:38), opens the inbox to find a listener question (5:46), characterizes mid-tier pitching replacement…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.20 - The Long Night
1.20 argues the results of GoT 7.1 predictions (0:40), holds a nose at catcher strategery (4:48), presents growth in the growth chart work (18:40), recalls the…
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Episode 1.19 - Seven Blessings
1.19 makes GoT 7.1 predictions (0:40), bats around some screwball MLB topics (3:54), dives deep on three pitchers (6:36) including Kershaw (7:30), Kluber…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.18 - Brandishing swords, lasers, wands, and stolen bases
1.18 pours over the '17 all-star selections (0:40), brandishes with alacrity an obtuse argument about fantasy vocabulary (2:25), checks the pulse of pre-season…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.17 - Flawless Theoretically
Episode 1.17 picks apart the newest GoT trailer (0:40), waxes poetic about a fantasy birthday (1:57), pours over the MLB standings (3:00), banters about a…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.16 - Steady Neddy
Episode 1.16 basks in the glory of Prince Night (0:40), admires the fashionability of the Washington Senators’ hats (3:00), applies some faWAR (fantasy wins…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.15 - An Unexpected (Home Run) Party
Episode 1.15 evaluates sith inspired Patriots memes (0:40), banters about their trade deadline (2:25), owns up to an ownership model oversight (5:26), presents…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.14 - The Lay of Leithian
Episode 1.14 ponders algorithm bounties (0:39), questions the importance of the Volquez no-hitter (2:05), adds some new Tolkien to the reading list (4:07)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.13 - Break the Wheel
Episode 1.13 talks body slamming (0:37), extols the new GoT trailer (1:35), poses new over/unders (5:33) for a few perplexing pitchers (6:00) and a few…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.12 - Your Overconfidence is Your Weakness
Episode 1.12 explores the utility and beauty of locks on our Nation's waterways (0:40), plays with the concept of toxic assets in fantasy (3:30), tackles the…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.11 - These Blast Points, Too Accurate
Episode 1.11 basks in the glory of live baseball (0:39), confronts GRRM’s blog post about spin offs (2:33), coerces fantasy stats into growth charts (5:27)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.10 - That was no laser blast!
Episode 1.10 ponders the possibilities posed by the GoT spinoffs (0:39), welcomes newly anointed white walker hitters (3:03), dips a foot into machine learning…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.09 - Welcome to the Machine
Episode 1.09 celebrates recent toolz success (0:42), shoots through a few outlier hitters (2:30), dips a toe into some machine learning algorithms in the guise…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.08 - Fantasy Savior Complex
Episode 1.08 savors mesobreweries (0:40), bangs through a few topical pitching quandaries (2:21), talks league evaluation spreadsheet tools (6:15) and the…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.07 - Cripples and Bastards and Broken Things
Episode 1.07 scrutinizes the Last Jedi trailer (0:42), reintroduces the Bastardo Strategy (5:03), forecasts RBIs (19:39), ponders wildlife’s place at ballparks…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.06 - He Will Learn Patience
Episode 1.06 suppresses nascent Corey Dickerson attraction (0:38), contemplates Tony Romo’s future (1:54), anticipates non-CGI Leia (3:33), urges everyone to…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.05 - Chasing Chimera
Episode 1.05 plans a trip to Vegas (0:38), contemplates the implications of the new GoT trailer (2:14), continues the ADP (average draft position) analysis…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.04 - Anticipating Feline Complications
Episode 1.04 mourns the passing of a New English staple(0:41), gets Patriotic comparing WBC to a 12-team mixed league(1:17), contemplates prospect…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.03 - It's Treason Then
1.03 uncovers some nerdy references on the internet (0:39), argues about late round upside pitchers (3:08), hits one into the middle infield banter (5:20)…
Fantasy Toolz PodcastEpisode 1.02 - The Great War
1.02 scrutinizes the new GoT teaser (0:43), pits aging fantasy stalwarts against each other (2:30), forecasts Wins (6:15), promotes some new draft evaluation…