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

Episodes

Episode 9.38 - First Splash 29.11.2025 31:32

9.38 wades into offseason moves (0:41), cracks open The Rose Field 1-8 (4:00), dances around early ‘26 pre-season projections (9:38), reviews Kyle Tucker (20:34), and reviews Shota Imanga (24:19).

Episode 9.37 - It Starts With Runs 22.11.2025 30:22

9.37 warms up by the hot stove (0:40), opens the Rose Field (3:35), ponders what makes a winning TGFBI team (5:18), reviews Yandy Diaz (18:24), and reviews Drew Rasmussen (23:02).

Episode 9.36 - Obvious Trend 15.11.2025 35:26

9.36 wades through MLB awards voting (0:40), scrutinizes 2025 preseason predictions (5:17), reviews Geraldo Perdomo (19:35), and reviews Brandon Pfaadt (27:39).

Episode 9.35 - Within Margin of Error 09.11.2025 33:21

9.35 rates the World Series (0:42), explores saves (5:31), reviews Noelvi Marte (20:11), and reviews Hunter Greene (26:50).

Episode 9.34 - Middle Bins 02.11.2025 32:09

9.34 bats around some WS observations before game 6 (0:38), notes the Twins manager search (5:25), looks through the MLB prediction machine results (6:28), reviews Will Smith (19:07), reviews Tyler Glasnow (26:35).

Episode 9.33 - Feelable Numbers 18.10.2025 34:17

9.33 bats around some MLB ‘25 Championship series (0:41), rides some Slow Horses (3:52), works through some descriptive statistics on Runs (5:55), reviews Nathan Lukes (19:44), and reviews Shane Bieber (26:46).

Episode 9.32 - Dennis Green Player 11.10.2025 35:23

9.32 bats around MLB ‘25 playoff divisional round (0:40), continues cracking into curveball data (6:37), reviews Michael Busch (22:10), and reviews Matt Boyd (30:19).

Episde 9.31 - Easy Grader 04.10.2025 34:33

9.31 bats around the first round of the MLB ‘25 playoffs (0:43), walks through a quiz on 2025 MLB full season (5:27), reviews Hunter Brown (21:53), and reviews Jose Altuve (28:19).

Episode 9.30 - 7,000 ABs 27.09.2025 34:11

9.30 finds the Guardians in the playoff chase (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:09), rides the Slow Horses (3:38), analyzes the fullish season TGFBI category numbers (5:24), reviews Brayan Rocchio (20:11), and reviews Tanner Bibbee (26:05)

Episode 9.29 - How is he that old? 20.09.2025 36:15

9.29 bats around the Guardians surge (0:40), tosses around some Kershaw news (1:52), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (5:05), spots some Starfighter images (6:03), conducts a fantasy playoff matchup case study (7:02), reviews Bryce Harper (20:44), and reviews Walker Buehler (30:36).

Episode 9.28 - One Sympathizes 13.09.2025 33:10

9.28 bats around some MLB topics (0:40), notes TGFBI stagnation (5:14), investigates the hanging curve (5:50), reviews Jeremiah Jackson (21:28), and reviews Trevor Rogers (26:31).

Episode 9.27 - Concentrated Dose of Stolen Bases 06.09.2025 37:13

9.27 bats around playoff predictions (0:40), glances at the TGFBI standings (4:27), bonds over Bond news (5:48), investigates the stolen bases scene (7:15), reviews Andy Pages (22:20), and reviews Yoshinobu Yamamoto (27:49).

Episode 9.26 - No More Preamble 30.08.2025 32:50

9.26 predicts prices for prospects (0:38), glances at the TGFBI standings (2:55), scrutinizes the relationship between walk & strikeout rates (6:33), reviews Freddy Peralta (18:05), and reviews Christian Yelich (25:05).

Episode 9.25 - King of Disaggregate Analysis 23.08.2025 33:54

9.25 brushes on some homer topics (0:40), glances at TGFBI standings (4:37), scrutinizes decisions (5:30), reviews Max (20:45), and reviews Addison Barger (24:55)

Episode 9.24 - Significant Drop 16.08.2025 28:32

9.24 brews some Brewers thoughts (0:44), notes the TGFBI standings (2:31), checks recent changes in player ownership (3:50), reviews Bennet Sousa (18:53), and reviews Mauricio Dubon (24:23).

Episode 9.23 - Pelt Him With Balls 09.08.2025 34:19

9.23 wonders at the Blue Jays (0:41), notes TGFBI standings (3:54), finds a Rose Field (4:48), dusts off the binomial PA predictor (5:37), reviews Nick Kurtz (20:30), and reviews Luis Severino (26:27).

Episode 9.22 - Closer Bloodbath 03.08.2025 34:37

9.22 walks through the Twins fire sale (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (5:10), sorts through the bevy of player movement (6:18), reviews Ben Rice (20:41), and reviews Will Warren (27:40)

Episode 9.21 -Sophomore Slump Experience 26.07.2025 34:59

9.21 takes in some Cape Cod Baseball League action (0:40), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:30), works matrix magic into batting order similarities by team (3:50), reviews Jackson Merrill (16:56), and reviews Dylan Cease (25:46).

Episode 9.20 - Doing It Right 19.07.2025 32:45

9.20 covers some Derby & ASG stuff (0:44), peaks at the TGFBI standings (5:00), continues the K rate deep dive (6:42), reviews Lourdes Gurriel (20:15), and reviews Zac Gallen (25:48).

Episode 9.19 - At-Bat Indicator 13.07.2025 33:24

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Episode 9.18 - Better Than The Worst Teams 30.06.2025 34:24

9.18 notes the current MLB standings (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (4:58), performs a stat deep dive on strikeouts (6:34), reviews Jacob Wilson (18:38), and reviews Jacob Lopez (25:10).

Episode 9.17 - Should I Have Known? 23.06.2025 34:18

9.17 plays up the Padres/Dodgers rivalry (0:40), checks the TGFBI standings (3:00), models O/U lines (5:55), reviews Josh Jung (20:26), and reviews Patrick Corbin (26:23).

Episode 9.16 - Only Doing Five Innings 17.06.2025 38:42

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Episode 9.15 - My Team and My Team 10.06.2025 32:40

9.15 feels the Burnes (0:37), notes some recent call ups (1:57), finds the TGFBI standings (3:20), walks through the recent trends in ownership (5:30), reviews Adolis Garcia (18:38), and reviews Jake deGrom (23:13).

Episode 9.14 - Three Young Guys 03.06.2025 31:54

9.14 finds a fantasy wasteland (0:36), fixes on futility in Coors (1:54), finds futility in TGFBI (4:26), fights through platoon analysis by looking at lineup appearance patterns (6:20), reviews CJ Abrams (17:41), and reviews Michael Soroka (25:44).