Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz

Fantasy Toolz Podcast

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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...

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Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz

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Episode 10.15 - Math It 04.07.2026 24:26

10.15 notes the continuing soccer presence in MLB stadiums (0:41), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (2:07), finds Westeros in flames HoTD 3.1 (3:54), slicks up some platooning work (7:15), and reviews Alec Bohm (17:49).

Episode 10.14 - Attack of the Bryces 27.06.2026 34:08

10.14 wades into a sea of Blue Jay ASG ballots (0:37), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (1:11), notices the World Cup impacts baseball (4:06), looks at ownership trends (5:13), reviews Jung Hoo Lee (20:44), and reviews Robbie Ray (27:42)

Episode 10.13 - Felix Leiter 13.06.2026 33:49

10.13 bats around some MLB stats (0:39), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:35), explores XBH ratios (5:53), reviews Joc Pederson (19:51), and reviews Jack Leiter (26:11).

Episode 10.12 - Commander Cody 05.06.2026 29:29

10.12 scrutinizes the top 10 over the last 28 days (0:41), peeks at TGFBI standings (4:47), reviews the new Star Wars movie (6:20), analyzes BABIP as a way for finding regression candidates (10:13), reviews Kyle Manzardo (19:13), and reviews Colin Holderman (23:33).

Episode 10.11 - One of the Categories 29.05.2026 32:08

10.11 finds an old Brave (0:43), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:07), decides that renewed shall be scraper that was broken (4:04), reviews Luis Garcia (18:48), and reviews Cade Cavalli (25:07).

Episode 10.10 - Third Catcher 23.05.2026 32:15

10.10 pops an MLB quiz (0:41), peeks at TGFBI standings (3:58), seeks out some regression to the mean candidates (5:12), reviews Ivan Herrera (20:33), and reviews Michael McGreevy (26:48).

Episode 10.09 - On a Yo-Yo 16.05.2026 37:05

10.09 races through some hard pitches (0:41) scrutinizes recent run differential differentials (2:49) notes TGFBI standings (5:07) peeks at Fantasy doings (5:45) dives into TGFBI teams (6:55), reviews Kyle Isbel (25:57), and reviews Seth Lugo (39:49).

Episode 10.08 - That Means Over Time 03.05.2026 31:55

10.08 walks through the MLB standings (0:39), glances at the TGFBI standings (4:40), spices up the ownership scrapers (6:54), reviews Luis Robert Jr. (20:19), and reviews Nolan McLean (26:20).

Episode 10.07 - Very Sustainable 11.04.2026 33:46

10.07 ponders some young pitchers (0:40), scrutinizes TGFBI standings (3:44), analyzes HR convergence (6:18), reviews Liam Hicks (21:27), and reviews Sandy Alcantara (26:32).

Episode 10.06 - Light Mode Kinda Guy 05.04.2026 36:11

10.06 poses Schlittler vs. Alcantara (0:38), scrutinizes TGFBI (4:16), asks ChatGPT for advice on fantasy WAR (7:15), reviews Alex Bregman (23:57), and reviews Cade Horton (29:33).

Episode 10.05 - Really Tall Pirate 29.03.2026 36:36

10.05 extols the return of Baseball (0:38), enumerates the upcoming Fantasy properties (2:36), reintroduces the lineup of scraping tools (5:48), reviews Oneil Cruz (23:08), and reviews Bubba Chandler (29:39).

Episode 10.04 - Not My Catcher 21.03.2026 33:35

10.04 bats around some WBC (0:41), meanders through a quick quiz (3:45), reviews Hunter Goodman (23:54), and reviews Victor Vodnik (28:55).

Episode 10.03 - Measure of Asymmetry 14.03.2026 37:57

10.03 bats around some injuries (0:39), scrutinizes the TGFBI draft through statistical analysis (4:45), reviews Brice Turang (25:10), and Jacob Misiorowski (31:33).

Episode 10.02 - Two Servings of (Ben) Rice 07.03.2026 31:58

10.02 bats around injuries & suspensions (0:38), talks through TGFBI drafting & automation (6:00), reviews Steven Kwan (23:07), and reviews Cade Smith (27:25).

Episode 10.01 - Magic Eye Sense 28.02.2026 33:31

10.01 locks into ABS (0:37), visits Westeros with Dunk & Egg Episode 6 (2:57), leafs through the early returns of the preseason lineup scraping (6:30), reviews Brandon Nimmo (19:24), and reviews Nate Eovaldi (25:58)

Episode 10.00 - No Touching 19.02.2026 32:38

10.00 throws back a beer filled conversation (0:43), visits Westeros in Dunk & Egg Episode 5 (3:25), focuses on draft prep (7:00), reviews Drake Baldwin (21:00), and reviews Spencer Strider (27:36).

Episode 9.47 - Long Term Project 10.02.2026 33:47

9.47 bats around some MLB topics (0:36), visits A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms through episodes 3 & 4 (3:01), peeks at prior agent based drafting work (8:43), reviews Kyle Stowers (19:51), and reviews Eury Perez (27:12).

Episode 9.46 - Enigmaticness 01.02.2026 32:17

9.46 sets some expectations for prospects (0:39), works through Dunk & Egg Episode 2 (3:03), considers adding polish to several tools (6:54), reviews Rafael Devers (19:05), and reviews Robbie Ray (25:39).

Episode 9.45 - Jacob Coefficient 25.01.2026 29:24

9.45 scrutinizes the Gore trade (0:38), visits Dunk in Westeros 1.1 (2:54), updates the Alt Model’s pitching forecasts (6:20), reviews Jordan Westburg (18:24), and reviews Kyle Bradish (23:12).

Episode 9.44 - Mathematically Doing the Right Thing 17.01.2026 31:53

9.44 warms up at the hot stove (0:40), formulates some full season win predictions (6:47), reviews Trevor Story (21:54), and reviews Brayan Bello (26:54).

Episode 9.43 - Nestled Between 10.01.2026 31:06

9.43 tackles a baseball geography question (0:38), finds that winter is coming (1:56), adds meaningful denominators to the Alt model projections (3:45), reviews Zach Neto (17:33), and reviews Jose Soriano (24:51).

Episode 9.42 - Sort By Best 03.01.2026 36:21

9.42 warms up at the hot stove (0:40), finishes the book of dust (2:41), dives into consensus rankings (6:08), reviews Manny Machado (20:40), and reviews Michael King (28:27).

Episode 9.41 - Alt Model 20.12.2025 40:05

9.41 warms up around the hot stove (0:43), visits Lyra in The Rose Field (24-29) (6:30), asks AI about 2026 projections (9:45), reviews Trea Turner (26:17), and reviews Cristopher Sanchez (32:10).

Episode 9.40 - Continue to Degrade? 13.12.2025 34:11

9.40 warms up by the hot stove (0:37), cracks open chapters 17-23 in the third Book of Dust (4:04), scrutinizes pitching forecasts (9:48), reviews Ronald Acuna Jr (20:36), and reviews Chris Sale (26:23).

Episode 9.39 - Squashed Dynamic Range 06.12.2025 33:51

9.39 bats around some hot stove topics (0:45), cracks open The Rose Field 9-16 (2:49), pushes the first draft of the 2026 forecast run for hitting (6:44), reviews Cody Bellinger (18:35), and reviews David Bednar (25:35).