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

Episode7.12 - Two-Spot Freddie 16.05.2023 33:02

7.12 welcomes the Toolz derby while working through some Southern California bias (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:45), presents batting order scraping automation updates (6:01), and reviews Anthony Rizzo (24:45).

Episode 7.11 - Most Beautiful Ballpark 09.05.2023 33:18

7.11 explores the Pirates hometown (0:37), checks the TGFBI standings (4:47), continues MLB team over/under tracking (9:07), and reviews Andrew Vaughn (24:00).

Episode 7.10 - Ole Blisterfinger 02.05.2023 32:29

7.10 finds Mexico City offensive (0:38), reports TGFBI standings (3:09), notes some recent add/drops (5:17), discusses pitching ratio stat convergence (7:37), and reviews Ryan Mountcastle (23:46).

Episode7.09 - Coarse Grained Convergence 25.04.2023 32:59

7.09 preps for the Pirates (0:36), checks the TGFBI standings(2:21), bids Mando adieu (4:03), wanders through MLB stat accumulation rates for the season so far pondering whether or not we should believe actualized stats (8:10), and reviews Christian Walker (24:19).

Episode 7.08 - Eight Other Guys Hitting 18.04.2023 29:51

7.08 tackles important early season MLB stories (0:36), checks TGFBI standings (3:28), walks through recent add/drops (4:33), works through Mando (6:52), presents some MLB team quality automation (8:32), and reviews CJ Cron (21:18).

Episode 7.07 - Running a Big Cast 11.04.2023 31:45

7.07 digests the Rays streak (0:38), reports TGFBI standings (2:55), works through some Mando stuff (5:07), checks in on actualized batting orders early season (8:40), and reviews Vinnie Pasquantino (24:58).

Episode 7.06 - Ownership Actions 04.04.2023 34:16

7.06 finds opening day 2023 (0:38), works through some ownership analysis automation algorithms leveraging GitHub Actions (4:46), and reviews Nathaniel Lowe (26:09).

Episode 7.05 - Market Guesses 28.03.2023 31:51

7.05 anticipates MLB opening day ‘23 (0:40), concludes Fall of Numenor (3:05), steps back for an exercise in predicting team quality posing the question of whether the team makes the fantasy player better or the fantasy players make the team better (7:11) including a walk through of MLB preseason over/under lines (11:00), and reviews Jose Abreu (21:01).

Episode7.04 - Profound or Super Common Sense 21.03.2023 30:46

7.04 bats around some WBC (0:38), reads some Fall of Numenor (3:14), worries about Mando (4:58), discovers correlations between hitting cats & team quality (7:19), and reviews Matt Olson (22:36).

Episode 7.03 - Everyone is older than I think 14.03.2023 32:02

7.03 bats around some WBC form questions(0:39), presents the next book club entry: Fall of Numenor (3:05), wanders through some TGFBI drafting summary stats (8:00), and reviews Paul Goldschmidt(21:57).

Episode 7.02 - Spending Draft Capital 07.03.2023 35:04

7.02 regales in MLB action (0:36), introspects the TGFBI draft progress (5:25), scrutinizes the Mando drop (8:15), presents incorporating drafting mechanics into rankings(11:00), and reviews Pete Alonso (27:01).

Episode 7.01 - Where Pitchers Interleaved Batters 28.02.2023 32:24

7.01 walks through some MLB changes (0:42), anticipates Mando’s return (2:57), combines hitter & pitcher rankings (5:41), and reviews Freddie Freeman (23:29).

Episode 7.00 - Calm Down Algorithm 21.02.2023 30:00

7.00 sets some intentions for the new season (0:36), notes that pitchers & catchers have reported (2:00), adjusts the algorithms hitting ranks (4:14), and reviews Vlad Guerrero Jr (22:34).

Episode 6.45.3 - 2023 SP Reviews (11-15) 17.02.2023 46:58

6.45.3 reviews Aaron Nola (0:03), Shane McClanahan(9:41), Jacob deGrom (20:41), Dylan Cease (31:37), and Yu Darvish (38:38).

Episode 6.45.2 - 2023 SP Reviews (6-10) 15.02.2023 32:05

6.45.2 reviews Max Scherzer (0:02), Shane Bieber (4:49), Alek Manoah (13:23), Brandon Woodruff (18:53), and Justin Verlander (24:12).

Episode 6.45.1 - 2023 SP Reviews (1-5) 14.02.2023 35:54

6.45.1 reviews Sandy Alcantara (0:04), Gerrit Cole (7:54), Shohei Ohtani (13:25), Julio Urias (21:33), and Corbin Burnes (29:46)

Episode6.45.0 - Human Touching Things 14.02.2023 20:43

6.45 runs through some MLB rule changes (0:35), introduces the Pod specials that will be released that include aggregations of pitcher reviews (4:05), presents top 2023 SP pitcher rankings (4:55).

Episode6.44 - Absence of Field 07.02.2023 35:17

6.44 bats around some MLB news (0:34), kicks around some football news (5:27), adds in some reality to IPs in our 2023 preseason projections (7:24), and reviews Tyler Glasnow (24:14).

Episode 6.43 - The Limit of the Algorithm 31.01.2023 33:31

6.43 bats around some MLB news (0:39), forecasts innings pitched through pitching order trends (5:40), and reviews Clayton Kershaw (22:49).

Episode 6.42 - Nerdiest Looking Starting Pitcher 24.01.2023 38:45

6.42 notes someone is homeward bound in the MLB (0:37), bounces around some NBA (4:28), continues forecasting plate appearances through games played & lineup order (7:02), and reviews Zac Gallen (27:45).

Episode 6.41 - Per Year Basis 17.01.2023 33:15

6.41 forecasts pitchers & catchers reporting(0:40), forecasts Plate Appearances through games played & lineup order (5:54), and reviews Pablo Lopez (24:45).

Episode6.40 - Converting Projections into Rankings 10.01.2023 32:01

6.40 starts with some MLB topics (0:36), ponders how projections should get converted into rankings (7:40), and reviews Framber Valdez (22:08).

Episode 6.39 - Real, Live (2023) Projections 03.01.2023 35:22

6.39 wades through some MLB news (0:38), breezes through HDM season 3 (4:18), kicks off 2023 projects by releasing initial 2023 projections (8:50), and reviews Justin Verlander (27:27).

Episode 6.38 - Mothballing your fantasy season: Batting Order 13.12.2022 35:08

6.37 breaks down the big hitter signings (0:37), kicks around some World Cup pulse checking (4:35), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball season by talking about full seasons batting order analysis (7:56), and reviews Carlos Rodon (26:48).

Episode 6.37 - Mothballing your fantasy season: Taconite Mining 06.12.2022 28:26

6.37 breaks down the big Wong [and other] signings (0:39), kicks around some World Cup pulse checking (3:03), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball season by talking about compiling [or not] data from the season that was to help inform decisions for the seasons that will be (4:12), and reviews Shane McClanahan (16:40).