Fantasy Toolz Podcast

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 (3:37), pits preseason fantasy experts against the unwashed masses (5:21), puts some numbers to last week’s Game Theory primer (17:24), dips a toe into the flood of NFL consciousness (28:10), digests a disturbing BoJack trend (29:53), and en...

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 Bastardo targets (15:04), peers at the bottomless depths of game theory applications for fantasy (17:56), punts around some NFL week 1 topics (29:51), and proselytizes a holy triumvirate (31:32).

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) regarding the growth chart platform (4:39), workshops a second abstract for Sloan regarding fantasy ownership models (18:05), gathers for some Magic talk (29:44), readies for opening day in the NFL (30:50), and ends on a sauer debate (32:50).

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 homers by postulating that doubles are just failed homers (6:55), doubles up the doubles talk by postulating that doubles age into homers over a career (19:05), looks askance at Fantasy Football (30:55), bats around some banter on the player...

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), applies the age curve work done on pitchers to hitters (19:44), banters about a special corona (30:42), and ends on a nutty debate (33:04).

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 SS side bet (7:36), talks pitching match-ups & run differentials (18:52), bats around some astro. topics (29:50), and ends on a hole debate (32:17).

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 3-week linear regression models can describe the trajectory of a player by statistic (6:06), introduces a new scraping tool and presents a few potential applications (18:43), banters about branding New England staples (29:14), and ends on perp...

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 (5:45), engages the autocorrelation elephant in the room (20:28), honors a future HoFer (32:35), and ends on a sodium fueled debate (34:33).

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 strategies using the Fantasy Tools Toolbox (7:47), starts a dialogue about pitch level statcast data (20:09), scrutinizes the iPhone news alert mechanism (28:08), contemplates some MLB topics (29:35), and ends on a lean debate (31:58).

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 ASG induced fantasy delirium tremens (29:08), bats around some MLB topics (30:11), and ends on a wrap (31:13).

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 (10:44), & Tywin (13:58), contemplates three hitters including Zimmerman (17:55), Bellinger (22:25), & Correa (25:25), ponders the Home Run derby (28:33), and ends on a review that falls flat (30:27).

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 stolen base analysis (5:55), drinks from the game logs fire hose (18:16), gut checks Harry Potter primary source rankings (29:20), and wraps with a poky review (31:49).

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 frozen treat in Atlanta (4:45), pitches the idea of a pitching faWAR model (6:43), revisits the early season Ks analysis (18:50), gets excited about the NBA draft results (29:20), and ends on a review that’s best up in the air (32:02).

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 above replacement) metric cleaning (5:12), creeps on some minor leaguers (18:05), banters about the NHL draft (28:37), and ends on a berry unexpected review (30:28).

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 the eHR (expected home run) predictive model (15:10), rages against the dying of the NBA finals (27:20), and ends with a local review (29:46).

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), applies PCA (Principle Component Analysis) in the quest for Bastardos (6:05), revisits the runs forecasting work (17:37) and speculates on a few Runs based player targets (26:54), snoozes through some NBA Finals banter (31:04), and ends with a...

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 head-scratching hitters (14:06) from a recent clustering update, peeks in the bet box (19:12), bats around some MLB topics (32:46), reports news from Jupiter (34:46), and ends on a ballpark staple (36:06).

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 elephant in the room: the DL (5:12), waxes poetic about pitch level stat stabilization using statcast data (14:58), poses potential Minnesota road trips (25:40), fights THE narrative dominating the NBA playoffs (27:20), and ends on a perplexi...

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), fires up the statcast analysis engine to look at stat stabilization (16:27), predicts the outcome of Wiz/Cs game 7 and worries about the NBA lottery (29:47), conjectures about the correct times for jersey investment (30:31), and ends on a Frie...

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 and K-means clustering (4:42) by presenting pitching clusters (12:05), forecasts the numerator of the batting average equation (17:01) and continues the 4 player case study of LeMahieu, Beltre, Altuve, & Trout from 1.09 (22:00), banters abo...

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 of K-means clustering (5:29) by presenting 7 GoT themed hitter clusters (9:41), forecasts a key piece of the batting average equation (18:38) including a 4 player case study of LeMahieu, Beltre, Altuve, & Trout (25:38), rewinds the award wi...

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 mechanics of automating the collection and presentation of league stats (9:56), waxes poetic about saves forecasting (16:45) and closer archetypes (21:59), presents a midweek bet box entry (29:30), delves into the NBA playoffs (30:53), and ends...

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 (28:39), and ends on a dish best served messy (29:43).

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 keep the first week in perspective (4:47), investigates the mystery of ERA (17:48) while offering some regression candidates (21:48), reprises the highly anticipated weather segment (27:39), and ends on a fishy debate (29:07).

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 (4:23) with some season over/unders (8:12), worships at the altar of the king of stats - homers (15:09), plans statcasting optimal home run catching seats (24:49), reprises the highly touted soccer segment (26:00), and ends with some crock-pot...