Fantasy Toolz Podcast

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 classes/Descriptive statistics: small numbers, large samples, ratios (7:26), and reviews Triston McKenzie (33:38).

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: Overview of '(Frequentist) Stats 101' and Descriptive Statistics” (5:50), and reviews Max Fried (29:21).

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 Language Processing for interpreting transaction logs (8:12), and reviews Jack Flaherty (23:29).

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).

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).

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 & Projections (7:41), and reviews Lance Lynn (25:02).

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 splits (7:53), and reviews Freddy Peralta (25:08).

6.16.0 discusses the finale in the Obi Wan series - this one is heavy on Fantasy and light on Baseball. Back next week.

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 reviews Tony Gonsolin (23:47).

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 IV (4:28), does the splits by presenting a new tool for grabbing hitting splits from Fangraphs (8:33) while taking a look at some basic LHP vs RHP splits for hitters (13:14), and reviews Robbie Ray (25:24).

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 (11:51), and reviews Sandy Alcantara (22:55).

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), performs a TGFBI diagnosis looking at the distribution of stats in each category in TGFBI (8:49), and reviews Lucas Giolito (23:42).

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 tools for automating Fantasy ownership data collection (9:53), and reviews Nester Cortes (17:41).

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 Aaron Nola (20:32).

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 presenting a new ownership scraping tool (6:30), and reviews Julio Urias (16:59).

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 Ohtani (25:26).

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 device highlighting some small number statistics(8:34), and reviews Adam Wainwright (24:49).

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 storylines (5:38), and reviews Shane Bieber (24:00).

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 Zack Wheeler (23:29).

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), scrutinizes the bet box (6:02), and reviews Brandon Woodruff (22:52).

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 hypothesis testing (7:56), and reviews Jacob deGrom (23:10).

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 (5:28), and reviews Walker Buehler (26:46).

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 (28:52).

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 now - 2022 Fantasy Toolz projections (8:18), and reviews Corbin Burnes (24:44).

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), presents progress in the development of the player picking ABM including the first 1,000 synthetic 2022 pre-season drafts (7:14), and reviews Gerrit Cole (26:52).