Behind the Sims

SaberSim Data Scientists Wil and Eric join Jordan to discuss their work on SaberSim's brand-new 2023 golf sims and model. Their conversation includes why simulations are important for golf, how we built a sophisticated golf sim, and how to use this powerful data for your DFS lineups. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtF Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Andy & Jordan wrap up this short series of Behind the Sims with an update on where we've taken the Sanctity of the Sims discussion at SaberSim, as well as a meta-discussion on the purpose and goal of the Behind the Sims podcast. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtFStart Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Andy, Matt, Jordan, & Andrew continue their discussion about the SaberSim Philosophy and discuss the theoretical side of the optimal SaberSim process. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtFStart Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Matt, Andy, Jordan and Andrew discuss how to make adjustments to lineups and build your DFS process in a way that maximizes the value of SaberSim's powerful play-by-play game simulations as well as gives you control over your final lineups. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtFStart Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, Andy, Matt, Jordan and Andrew walk through the new features and power of SaberSim Pro and discuss how they can be applied to a DFS process. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_3834P9N4E&t=1s Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtFStart Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, Andy and Matt join Jordan and Andrew live to discuss the groundbreaking update to the SaberSim model. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtF Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode of Behind the Sims, Andy and Matt go deep into discussing simulation outputs and if filtering simulations will lead to better lineups. Join our Discord! Sign-up here: https://discord.gg/SNN2Xs5rtF Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Andy, Jordan, and Andrew kick off a more content-focused Behind the Sims discussing the our new DFS framework to help people learn how to adjust their DFS processes to SaberSim.

SaberSim Data Scientists Wil and Eric join Jordan to talk about how we built the best NFL simulator in the world and why you need sims to beat NFL DFS in 2022. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

SaberSim Data Scientists Wil and Eric join Jordan to talk about how we built the best NFL simulator in the world and why you need sims to beat NFL DFS in 2022. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Matt joins Jordan to discuss our new default build sliders and answer your questions about the slider backtesting project. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Matt joins Jordan to discuss our new default build sliders and answer your questions about the slider backtesting project. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Matt, and Elijah wrap up the slider backtesting projection with some updates on a change in direction and working through selecting new default sliders for MLB DFS. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Matt, and Elijah wrap up the slider backtesting projection with some updates on a change in direction and working through selecting new default sliders for MLB DFS. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Matt, and Elijah continue the investigation into our optimal sliders with a discussion about where your edge comes from in MLB DFS and how that affects the optimal sliders by ROI and omega ratio. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Matt, and Elijah continue the investigation into our optimal sliders with a discussion about where your edge comes from in MLB DFS and how that affects the optimal sliders by ROI and omega ratio. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Elijah, and Matt continue to break down the findings of our backtesting research, discuss a few strange findings, and discuss the next and final steps for this project. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Elijah, and Matt continue to break down the findings of our backtesting research, discuss a few strange findings, and discuss the next and final steps for this project. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Elijah, and Matt discuss the initial findings from our slider back-testing project. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Jordan, Elijah, and Matt discuss the initial findings from our slider back-testing project. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

Matt, Elijah, and Jordan talk about some roadblocks the team has recently faced with our contest simulation infrastructure, as well as discuss the next steps for our project: - What re-bucketing the slider dropdowns might ultimately look like- What to expect in future sports- The next steps for thinking about how we want to group the sliders for MLB 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-tno8pLIoTo Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/

Matt, Elijah, and Jordan talk about some roadblocks the team has recently faced with our contest simulation infrastructure, as well as discuss the next steps for our project: - What re-bucketing the slider dropdowns might ultimately look like- What to expect in future sports- The next steps for thinking about how we want to group the sliders for MLB 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-tno8pLIoTo Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/

Andy, Matt, and Elijah forge ahead on our work backtesting our sliders using the contest selection framework. This episode includes: Moving forward on making sure the simulation system is as efficient as possible Discussing how to reduce the noise of the Sim Precision slider How to go about preparing and presenting our initial findings from our analysis 00:00 Intro01:08 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V06mPOydk7k Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/

Andy, Matt, and Elijah forge ahead on our work backtesting our sliders using the contest selection framework. This episode includes: Moving forward on making sure the simulation system is as efficient as possible Discussing how to reduce the noise of the Sim Precision slider How to go about preparing and presenting our initial findings from our analysis 00:00 Intro01:08 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V06mPOydk7k Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/

In this episode, we take the framework we build from our contest selection analysis and lay the foundation to apply it to how we backtest our new SaberSim features, sliders, and models. SaberSim CEO Andy, founder Matt, and Data Scientist Elijah discuss: How contest simulation can make our research and analysis more quantitative How a contest simulation works, both in theory and as a technical implementation Issues with sim bias, when the same simulations are used to build lineups and “grade” them Our ongoing project to backtest our sliders in the lineup builder How we can improve our efficiency for future tests by re-engineering our code and improving our infrastracture 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBZU1zfAovE Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we take the framework we build from our contest selection analysis and lay the foundation to apply it to how we backtest our new SaberSim features, sliders, and models. SaberSim CEO Andy, founder Matt, and Data Scientist Elijah discuss: How contest simulation can make our research and analysis more quantitative How a contest simulation works, both in theory and as a technical implementation Issues with sim bias, when the same simulations are used to build lineups and “grade” them Our ongoing project to backtest our sliders in the lineup builder How we can improve our efficiency for future tests by re-engineering our code and improving our infrastracture 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBZU1zfAovE Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

We wrap up this series of Behind the Sims with a recording of our Office Hours livestream where Jordan is joined by SaberSim Data Scientist Eric to talk about his research and present our final findings. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qUQVD76VCko Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

We wrap up this series of Behind the Sims with a recording of our Office Hours livestream where Jordan is joined by SaberSim Data Scientist Eric to talk about his research and present our final findings. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qUQVD76VCko Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we discuss our findings from our contest simulations and focus on the real world applications of this research. We introduce the idea of comparing contest portfolios instead of individual contests to better mimic real-life contest selection, investigate what a real bankroll experiment looks like in our simulations, and begin to develop a usable contest selection framework. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8rU9AYNKUjc Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we discuss our findings from our contest simulations and focus on the real world applications of this research. We introduce the idea of comparing contest portfolios instead of individual contests to better mimic real-life contest selection, investigate what a real bankroll experiment looks like in our simulations, and begin to develop a usable contest selection framework. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8rU9AYNKUjc Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of contest simulation by asking the following questions: What is a contest simulation, and how can we use contest sims to better compare contests? What contests should we simulate and compare against each other? What’s the end product of a contest sim, and what metric should we use to determine if a contest is better? 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y7XCYUG_AcE Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of contest simulation by asking the following questions: What is a contest simulation, and how can we use contest sims to better compare contests? What contests should we simulate and compare against each other? What’s the end product of a contest sim, and what metric should we use to determine if a contest is better? 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y7XCYUG_AcE Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

This episode continues our DFS contest selection research with a focus on isolating and measuring the impact of individual contest characteristics. We also sift through some of the limitations of the approach taken thus far, including issues with data sample size and using fantasy point metrics to grade contests. We’ll also set the stage for the next phase of our research: contest simulation, which we dive into in the next episode. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kcVyBq99AN8 Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

This episode continues our DFS contest selection research with a focus on isolating and measuring the impact of individual contest characteristics. We also sift through some of the limitations of the approach taken thus far, including issues with data sample size and using fantasy point metrics to grade contests. We’ll also set the stage for the next phase of our research: contest simulation, which we dive into in the next episode. 00:00 Intro00:37 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kcVyBq99AN8 Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we kick off our research into optimal DFS contest selection strategy. We discuss our goals for this project, the characteristics and measurable metrics of comparing contests, walk through some of our initial findings, and lay a foundation for the next research steps into a more scientific approach to contest comparisons. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro02:23 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mWU3dPRDo4I Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim

In this episode, we kick off our research into optimal DFS contest selection strategy. We discuss our goals for this project, the characteristics and measurable metrics of comparing contests, walk through some of our initial findings, and lay a foundation for the next research steps into a more scientific approach to contest comparisons. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro02:23 Episode starts Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mWU3dPRDo4I Start Your Free 7-Day Trial of SaberSim Now: https://www.sabersim.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sabersim