Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz

Fantasy Toolz Podcast

Sports EN ↓ 471 episodes

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...

Author

Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz

Category

Sports

Podcast website

soundcloud.com

Latest episode

Jul 4, 2026

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android 5M+ downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

Episode8.38 - Big Ole Zero 18.11.2024

8.38 welcomes the hot stove conversations (0:36), continues cleanup month by looking through the stat-scraping repository (5:17), and reviews Felix Bautista (19:26).

Episode 8.37 - Trophy Culture 11.11.2024

8.37 trips over MLB award season (0:39), finds some Star Wars news (4:00), validates the MLB predictions from the season (5:20), and reviews Orion Kerkering (24:20).

Episode 8.36 - Gets Organized 04.11.2024

8.36 congratulates the Dodgers (0:40), works through some items to get organized during the offseason (3:37), and reviews Jaden Hill (20:58).

Episode 8.35 - Good on Good Teams 29.10.2024

8.35 wanders through some World Series ‘24 reactions (0:40), prepares for cameos in the Gollum movie (3:12), dives into how our ‘24 MLB pitching projections did on average (4:43), and reviews tommy Kahnle (24:20).

Episode 8.34 - Far more interesting games 21.10.2024

8.34 settles on the ‘24 World Series matchup while looking back at the conference championships (0:37), finds the upcoming Dune show (4:13), assesses: How did our projections do on average (6:37) and reviews Blake Treinen (25:18).

Episode 8.33 - And then there was one 15.10.2024

8.33 heralds the ‘24 conference championship series (0:39), rides slow horses to conclusion (3:07), peeks at the preseason ‘24 projections against full season stats (4:27), and reviews Lucas Erceg (23:33).

Episode8.32 - Enumerated Role 07.10.2024

8.32 bats around some MLB topics (0:38), tackles Slow Horses Episode 4.5 & RoP 2.8 (3:48), performs a TGFBI ‘24 autopsy (10:20), and reviews Luke Weaver (24:29)

Episode 8.31 - Forecasting Strikeouts 2 01.10.2024

8.31 litigates the ‘24 AL Central (0:39), finds the ‘24 season spilling into an extra day (3:13), reports the TGFBI standings (3:51), finds the penultimate RoP season 2 episode (4:20), develops the mechanism for building a longitudinal dataset forecasting strikeouts weekly (11:24), and reviews AJ Puk (20:49).

Episode 8.30 - Not Made for HRs 24.09.2024

8.30 bats around some final ‘24 MLB regular season topics (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (5:14), (6:56), starts modeling xHR - expected HR (11:42), and reviews Justin Martinez (24:45).

Episode 8.29 - Dueling Elronds 17.09.2024

8.29 scrutinizes a fireable offense (0:42), peeks at the TGFBI standings (2:57), fantasizes about dueling Elronds by covering Slow Horses season 4 & Rings of Power season 2 (5:35), continues modeling Ks by forecasting based on xFIP (11:00), and reviews Chad Green (24:00).

Episode 8.28 - Super Horse 10.09.2024

8.28 bats around some MLB storylines (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI (3:28), finds the Rings of Power season 2 episodes 3 & 4 (3:48), ponders what makes a great TGFBI team (9:38), and reviews Seranthony Dominguez (23:04).

Episode 8.27 - Butterfly Warlocks 03.09.2024

8.27 jumps into Rings of Power season 2 episodes 1 & 2 (0:36), notes roster expansion (6:50), peeks at the TGFBI standings (8:50), dives into recent ownership deltas (11:47), and reviews Kyle Finnegan (29:32).

Episode 8.26 - Curtail the Tail 28.08.2024

8.26 judges MLB storylines (0:39), peeks at TGFBI standings (3:50), prepares for Rings of Power season 2 (5:41), diagonalizes the matrix by modeling strikeouts as a function of advanced pitching stats (8:09), and reviews Hector Neris (25:05).

Episode 8.25 Diagonalize the Matrix 20.08.2024

8.25 continues the Little League discussion foisting tradition (0:39), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings (2:52), peeks at Rings of Power (5:49), investigates 2024 K accumulation in Fantasy (6:55), and reviews Kirby Yates (22:51).

Episode 8.24 - McArthur Foundation 13.08.2024

8.24 walkers through a Giant closer conversation (0:41), bats around the standings (2:32), scrutinizes TGFBI (4:40), peeks in the bet box (6:11), and reviews James McArthur (27:12)

Episode8.23 - Dragon Budget 06.08.2024

8.23 wanders through the House of the Dragon (0:40), notes the White Sox streak (4:44), scrutinizes the TGFBI standings while diving deep on team construction (7:09) and reviews Michael Kopech (22:25).

Episode8.22 - Teoscar Hernandez Sized Hole 30.07.2024

8.22 flies through HoD 2.4/5/6 (0:39), bats around some MLB deadline trades (6:01), creates a benchmark Bayesian approach for dynamically forecasting games played for the rest of the season (9:55), and reviews Carlos Estevez (25:46).

Episode 8.21 - Not Nailed Down 23.07.2024

8.21 ponders potential midseason MLB moves (0:37), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:11), finishes the Acolyte (5:29), flips through the recent ownership data for pulling out a few interesting player names (9:49), and reviews Alex Lange (22:15).

Episode 8.20 - Perpetually Like 17.07.2024

8.20 forecasts the derby hangover (0:38), glances at the TGFBI standings (4:25), checks the preseason PA predictions (5:37), and reviews Jose LeClerc (23:23).

Episode 8.19 - Pages 09.07.2024

8.19 finds some MLB stadiums (0:39), peeks at some TGFBI standings (4:38), catches up on some Acolyte (5:36), dives deeply into some MLB lineups: Red Sox, Reds, & Cardinals (9:00), and reviews Kenley Jansen (24:03).

Episode8.18 - Stick Algorithmically 02.07.2024

8.18 bats around some MLB power rankings (0:40), visits Westeros (4:20), dives into TGFBI looking at possible paths towards better seasons (11:09) and reviews Adbert Alzolay (26:19).

Episode 8.17 - Dynamic Team 25.06.2024

8.17 scrutinizes some thought provoking posts (0:37), shrinks at the TGFBI standings (4:46), dives into the Acolyte (6:45), wanders through lineup order modeling for forecasting rest of season stats (11:48), and reviews Craig Kimbrel (22:07).

Episode 8.16 - Accounting for Realized Stats 18.06.2024

8.16 dusts off some MLB topics (0:35), peeks at the TGFBI standings (4:06), workshops rest of the season projections (7:29) , and reviews Tanner Scott (21:21).

Episode8.15 - Makeup Choice 11.06.2024

8.15 pops across the pond for the MLB in London (0:37), peeks at the TGFBI standings (2:47), occasions the Acolyte (5:45), wanders through the value of some surprising top 40 players (10:25), and reviews Clay Holmes (27:23).

Episode 8.14 - Much-Maligned Things 04.06.2024

8.14 finds too much Yankee coverage (0:39), bats around some TGFBI (5:07), determines we should watch The Acolyte (6:57), mucks about in the much-maligned wins model (8:05), and reviews Ryan Helsley (28:10).

Listen to the Fantasy Toolz Podcast podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.