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

Episode6.36 - Mothballing your fantasy season: peeking at Free Agents 29.11.2022 32:32

6.36 notes that Harper is going under the knife (0:39), cheers on the USA (3:44), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy Baseball season by peeking at the Free Agent list (5:10), and reviews Alek Manoah (26:17).

Episode 6.35 - Mothballing your fantasy season II: Burn Bieber Burn 24.11.2022 35:12

6.35 notes end of ‘22 season hardware (0:38), talks about some soccer (4:13), continues mothballing the ‘22 Fantasy season by presenting some top 60 Fantasy Baseball ‘23 preseason rankings development (7:45), and reviews Blake Snell (28:06).

Episode 6.34 - Mothballing Your Fantasy Season 15.11.2022 35:20

6.34 qualifies some offers (0:39), checks World Cup 2022 excitement levels (3:08), mothballs the 2022 Fantasy Baseball season by presenting some surprising stats (4:51), and reviews Yu Darvish (26:36).

Episode 6.33 - Season’s End Bet Box 08.11.2022 36:28

6.33 congratulates the Astros for winning WS 2022 (0:39), dives into the bet box (2:33), and reviews Trevor Rogers (28:42).

Episode6.32 - Fantasy Extravaganza 2022 01.11.2022 30:01

6.32 bats around some 2022 World Series banter (0:40) and dives into a Fantasy Extravaganza reviewing The Rings of Power (4:53), House of the Dragon (13:14), and Andor (21:05).

Episode 6.31 - Stats 101 Lesson 7: Wrap Up 25.10.2022 37:10

6.31 scrutinizes the 2022 MLB World Series (0:40), kicks around some EPL (2:57), wraps up Stats 101 with Lesson 7 (5:04), and reviews Charlie Morton (26:09). Players: Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo, Jean Segura, Lance McCullers, Charlie Morton.

Episode 6.30 - Stats 101 Lesson 6: Stochasticity 17.10.2022 35:22

6.30 scrutinizes the MLB 2022 playoffs (0:37), presents Stats 101 Lesson 6: Stochasticity (7:14), and reviews Joe Musgrove (28:58). Players: Aaron Judge, Tony Gonsolin, Joe Musgrove

Episode6.29 - Mission Statements for the Offseason 11.10.2022 32:51

6.29 harkens the end of MLB Playoffs 2022 (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:49), presents some reflections on the end of the season including a look at end of season player rankings & KDS in TGFBI (6:34), and reviews Luis Castillo (24:27). Players: Sandy Alcantara, Luis Castillo, Tony Gonsolin.

Episode6.28 - Stats 101 Lesson 5.1: More on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) 04.10.2022 38:39

6.28 demystifies the MLB playoffs format (0:36), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (3:44), presents Stats 101 Lesson 5.1: More on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (7:04), and reviews Spencer Strider (25:51).

Episode6.27 - Stats 101 Lesson 5: Advanced Inferential Statistics: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) 27.09.2022 31:35

6.27 unties a few MLB fantasy storylines (0:39), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:47), presents Stats 101 Lesson 5: Advanced Inferential Statistics: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (4:10), and reviews Kevin Gausman (23:02).

Episode6.26 - Stats 101 Lesson 4: Advanced Inferential statistics: PCA 13.09.2022 38:50

6.26 unties some MLB storylines (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:13), presents Stats 101 Lesson 4: Advanced Inferential statistics: PCA (3:53), and reviews Logan Webb (27:46).

Episode6.25.1 - Rings of Power Pod Special #0 08.09.2022 42:23

6.25.1 provides some background for the ‘Rings of Power’ Amazon Show (2:07), dives into RoP Episode 0.0 (17:30), and dives into Episode 0.1 (29:29).

Episode6.25 - Stats 101 Lesson 3: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Gaussian Modeling 30.08.2022 42:03

6.25 bats around some MLB predictions (0:41), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (3:42), wanders through HOD episodes 0.0 & 0.1 (5:05), presents Stats 101 Lesson 3: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Gaussian Modeling (10:20), and reviews Frankie Montas (31:57).

Episode6.24 - Stats 101 Lesson 2: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Linear Modeling 23.08.2022 38:39

6.24 walks through the MLB standings (0:40), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:44), presents Stats 101 Lesson 2: Introduction to Inferential statistics: Linear Modeling (5:26), and reviews Jose Berrios (27:29)

Episode6.23 - Stats 101 Lesson 1 16.08.2022 40:46

6.23 mourns the tragedy of Tatis (0:44), finds some prospects in AA (3:07), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:57), presents Stats 101 Lesson 1: Data classes/Descriptive statistics: small numbers, large samples, ratios (7:26), and reviews Triston McKenzie (33:38).

Episode 6.22 - Stats 101 Lesson 0 09.08.2022 40:15

6.22 inspects what brown can do for you (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:10), kicks around some football (4:34), presents “Stats 101 Lesson 0: Overview of '(Frequentist) Stats 101' and Descriptive Statistics” (5:50), and reviews Max Fried (29:21).

Episode 6.21 - They Don’t Play in the Same Ballpark 02.08.2022 33:14

6.21 bats around some MLB trade deadline topics (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (2:37), kicks around some EPL (5:06), wanders through Natural Language Processing for interpreting transaction logs (8:12), and reviews Jack Flaherty (23:29).

Episode6.20 - Someone We Have Derided 26.07.2022 30:59

6.20 peeks at the MLB standings (0:37), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (4:42), sets some second half over/unders (7:20), and reviews Dylan Cease (23:04).

Episode6.19 - They Don’t Know Where He Is 20.07.2022 37:13

6.19 bats around some ASG LA topics (0:39), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (5:08), opens the bet box (7:10), and reviews Chris Sale (28:38).

Episode6.18 - Functional Programming 12.07.2022 33:40

6.18 finds a graph of aggregate WAR by team draft picks (0:38), checks some Fantasy topline numbers (5:14), cleans up our thoughts & analysis on Ownership & Projections (7:41), and reviews Lance Lynn (25:02).

Episode 6.17 - Blowing Through the Peloton 05.07.2022 32:12

6.17 examines a surprising bird (0:39), scans the Fantasy Leaders (3:35), scrutinizes the Fantasy horizon (6:41), discusses advancing machinery for analyzing splits (7:53), and reviews Freddy Peralta (25:08).

Episode6.16.0 - Obi Wan Finale 27.06.2022 14:59

6.16.0 discusses the finale in the Obi Wan series - this one is heavy on Fantasy and light on Baseball. Back next week.

Episode6.16 - Dive into Deltas 21.06.2022 31:05

6.16 triages the injury bug (0:39), checks some Fantasy Baseball numbers (3:06), recaps Kenobi (4:35), dives into preseason projection deltas (10:23), and reviews Tony Gonsolin (23:47).

Episode6.15 - As You Would Obviously Expect 14.06.2022 33:12

6.15 waxes poetic about the individual best days ever in Fantasy Baseball (0:38), peeks at some Fantasy Baseball numbers (2:40), follows Kenobi through Episode IV (4:28), does the splits by presenting a new tool for grabbing hitting splits from Fangraphs (8:33) while taking a look at some basic LHP vs RHP splits for hitters (13:14), and reviews Robbie Ray (25:24).

Episode6.14 - Let’s Take 2 08.06.2022 31:36

6.14 traces some MLB storylines (0:37), notes some Fantasy numbers (2:57), finds Obi-Wan episode 3 (5:27), plays “let’s take 2” highlighting ownership changes (11:51), and reviews Sandy Alcantara (22:55).