Fantasy Toolz Podcast

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Synopsis

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 baseball. Our podcast presents our methods to the public in the spirit of OpenSource - through freely helping others we promote active conversation that improves our tools.

Episodes

  • Episode 8.10 - Executed Appointed Game Plans

    07/05/2024 Duration: 30min

    8.10 finds another Patriot League baseball standout (0:40), explores the corporatization of May the 4th (2:11), notes some TGFBI progress (4:53), presents a new wrinkle in the Wins modeling experiment: scraping MLB moneylines for determining crowd sourced MLB win predictions (6:58), and reviews Paul Sewald (22:00).

  • Episode 8.09 - No Reason to be Careful

    30/04/2024 Duration: 33min

    8.09 bats around some elite Fantasy Baseball performers (0:40), checks the TGFBI standings (3:45), wanders through players with the largest positive ownership deltas in April '24 (7:02), and reviews Jordan Romano (27:10).

  • Episode 8.08 - Good Closer Size

    23/04/2024 Duration: 32min

    8.08 bats around some early season MLB starts (0:38), drops in a look at the TGFBI standings then performs some early season TGFBI diagnostics (6:44), and reviews Jhoan Duran (24:36).

  • Episode 8.07 - This week in Fantasy

    16/04/2024 Duration: 29min

    8.07 ponders the early MLB call-ups (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (2:56), reveals the automatic MLB game predictor page https://fantasy-toolz.github.io/predictions.html (4:46), and reviews David Bednar (19:38).

  • Episode8.06 - These Guys Are Brothers

    02/04/2024 Duration: 33min

    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).

  • Episode 8.05 - Lightly Owned

    26/03/2024 Duration: 32min

    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), and reviews Raisel Iglesias (24:11).

  • Episode 8.04 - Relative to the Hype

    19/03/2024 Duration: 32min

    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 (7:25), and reviews Camilo Doval (25:27).

  • Episode8.03 - Expert Opinions

    13/03/2024 Duration: 33min

    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 Clase (25:42)

  • Episode 8.02 - Shelf Life

    05/03/2024 Duration: 33min

    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), presents the TGFBI draft scraper (14:32), and reviews Edwin Diaz (25:29).

  • Episode 8.01 - Slotting in Relievers

    27/02/2024 Duration: 29min

    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 the Toolz Top 100 (5:37), and reviews Josh Hader (20:21).

  • Episode 8.00 - Introduction to the Postseason

    20/02/2024 Duration: 35min

    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).

  • Episode7.48 - No Reason For Optimism

    13/02/2024 Duration: 35min

    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 into top-60 hitter ranks (4:37), and reviews Patrick Wisdom (30:16).

  • Episode 7.47 - Underlying Truths

    06/02/2024 Duration: 29min

    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) predicts 2024 PAs (7:43), and reviews Rhys Hoskins (22:54).

  • Episode 7.46 - Can’t Afford Scales

    30/01/2024 Duration: 29min

    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 (21:38).

  • Episode 7.45 - Completing the Journey

    23/01/2024 Duration: 32min

    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).

  • Episode 7.44 - Big Moves, Little Man

    17/01/2024 Duration: 33min

    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 tracking tool (8:33), and reviews J.D. Davis (23:06).

  • Episode 7.43- Close Enough

    10/01/2024 Duration: 34min

    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 Voit (30:12).

  • Episode 7.42 - Passing Some Muster

    04/01/2024 Duration: 32min

    7.42 dives into some preseason ‘24 signings (0:37), continues workshopping preseason pitching rankings by tinkering with weights (5:05), and reviews Carlos Santana (24:07).

  • Episode 7.41 - Delta of Deltas

    19/12/2023 Duration: 27min

    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 Vazquez (21:20).

  • Episode 7.40 - Rankers to Consensus

    05/12/2023 Duration: 33min

    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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