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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 s…

Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz


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    Episode 9.12 - Action Based Winning Percentage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 37:09


    9.12 starts with the Twins streak (0:39), glances at the TGFBI standings (2:14), watches Andor 2.7-2.9 (4:41), continues modeling MLB outcomes through winning percentage forecasting (12:20), reviews James Wood (24:26), and reviews Jake Irvin (31:17).

    Episode 9.11 - AI Working Autonomously

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 33:17


    9.11 resolves the KC K conundrum (0:40), peeks at the TGFBI standings (2:59), watches some more Andor (4:47), continues the “so I asked chatGPT” series by pondering agentic AI (10:42), reviews Mark Vientos (20:15), and reviews Griffin Canning (26:56).

    Episode 9.10 - How Many Ks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 29:54


    9.10 reports on some baseball action (0:37), glances at TGFBI stamdings (4:13), watches Andor Season 2.1 & 2.2 (7:07), scrutinizes some batting order adjustments (11:53), reviews Zach McKinstry (17:11), and reviews Cole Ragans (23:26).

    Episode 9.09 - Too Far Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 35:43


    9.09 debates some closer struggles (0:38), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:12), turns the wheel finishing WoT season 3 (4:08), notes what ails two underproducing TGFBI teams (7:50), reviews Spencer Torkelson (23:35), and reviews Tarik Skubal (29:21).

    Episode 9.08 - He is an angel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 36:39


    9.08 peeks at the MLB standings (0:38), winces at the TGFBI standings (3:49), turns the wheel with WoT 3.06 (5:18), formalizes a sketch model for forecasting rest of season stats (6:53), reviews Wilyer Abreu (21:16), and reviews Ryan Pepiot (27:44).

    Episode 9.07 - Data Anomaly? No

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 33:32


    9.07 solves an MLB mystery (0:39), marvels at a new banner (1:45), notes the names of the top 5 hitters (2:56), peeks at the TGFBI rankings (5:33), turns the Wheel of Time 3.04 & 3.05 (6:55), checks the MLB o/u tracking mechanism (12:55), reviews Francisco Lindor (22:26), and reviews Sandy Alcantara (27:40).

    Episode 9.06 - The Bats

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 31:54


    9.06 bats around the new bats (0:38), poses accountability in TGFBI (4:12), spins the Wheel of Time 3.03 (5:25), inventories the work the Toolz are doing that is available on GitHub (6:44), reviews Lawrence Butler (19:14), and reviews Bryan Woo (24:42).

    Episode 9.05 - Changing of the Guard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 36:31


    9.04 bounces around some MLB notes (0:39), turns the Wheel of Time with 3.02 (4:07), pulls out names of players who either jumped or fell in value when compared with pre-season 2024 rankings (7:54), reviews Spencer Steer (26:48), and reviews Bryce Miller (30:15).

    Episode 9.04 - Democratizing Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 35:26


    9.04 bats around some MLB storylines from Tokyo to Strider (0:37), checks the TGFBI pulse (4:28), turns the wheel of time into season 3 (5:37), tries democratizing data by asking chatGPT about the TGFBI draft postmortem (8:02), reviews Xavier Edwards (24:56), and reviews Luis Castillo (30:09).

    Episode 9.03 - Where's the but?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 32:17


    9.03 bats around some early spring training stories (0:38), fills in the blanks describing the TGFBI draft (3:18), sifts through the early returns from the spring training batting order scraping (6:43), reviews Adolis Garcia (18:20), and reviews Logan Gilbert (25:46).

    Episode 9.02 - Lookin' For Knuckleballs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 34:23


    9.02 finds some spring training storylines (0:39), asks ChatGPT for help converting forecasted 2025 stats into rankings (6:47), reviews Jurickson Profar (22:39), and reviews George Kirby (26:45).

    Episode 9.01 - People Agree

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 32:24


    9.01 notes MLB teams for sale (0:38), welcomes all the spring training news (2:15), forecasts MLB pitchers using consensus expert IP projections focusing on pitcher 31-60 (5:22), reviews Jackson Chourio (20:08), and reviews Garrett Crochet (26:09).

    Episode 9.00 - Mature

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 33:40


    9.00 scrutinizes PCA & Bregman (0:38), finds the start of our 10th season (2:50), presents probabilistic hitter forecasts using expert PA prediction averages (4:17), reviews Jarren Duran (22:19), and reviews Jack Flaherty(27:18).

    Episode 8.49 - Betting on the Logo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 34:13


    8.49 bats around some MLB player moves (0:37), reviews the preseason wins projections for teams in the MLB (5:37), and reviews Chris Martin (23:50).

    Episode 8.48 - So I asked ChatGPT

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 32:04


    8.48 bats around some MLB player movement (0:37), bounces into the Luka trade (4:00), asks ChatGPT for some insights on some outstanding action items from the recent predictions rollout (5:51), and reviews Ryan Pressly (21:54)

    Episode 8.47 - Looking at a lot of guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 28:58


    8.47 bats around some MLB player moves (0:38), finds the fantasy landscape barren (4:56), presents the initial pitcher projections (6:53), and reviews Jeff Hoffmann (20:43).

    Episode 8.46 - High Dimensional Linear

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 27:05


    8.46 bats around some MLB player movement (0:38), finds the end of Skeleton Crew (3:46), presents the 600PA version of the preseason 2025 predictions (6:58), and reviews Jorge Lopez (19:00).

    Episode 8.45 - Mismatched Literals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 28:18


    8.45 bats around some MLB player movement(0:39), finds At Attin in Skeleton Crew (4:07), continues cleaning up the stat-scraping repository (7:25), and reviews Trevor Megill (19:45)

    Episode 8.44 - Batting Order Pre-Spring Cleaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 28:05


    8.44 bats around the recent MLB moves (0:38), finds Skeleton Crew episodes 5 & 6 (3:50), reboots the batting order analysis with some GitHub updates (8:09), and reviews Ben Joyce (19:55).

    Episode 8.43 - AI as a Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 27:40


    8.43 bats around some MLB winter moves (0:38) , finds Skeleton Crew episode 4 (3:15), ponders AI as a Coach for fantasy baseball (5:11), and reviews Liam Hendriks (21:02).

    Episode 8.42 - AI as a Creative

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 30:52


    8.42 bats around some winter 2024 player movement (0:38), jumps into Skeleton Crew 1.3 (4:46), posits AI as a creative in Fantasy (6:55), and reviews David Robertson (24:50).

    Episode8.41 - AI as a Tutor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 32:35


    8.41 bats around some MLB player movement (0:33), finds the Skeleton Crew (3:51), tackles AI as a tutor (7:24), and reviews Giovanny Gallegos (27:10).

    Episode 8.40 - AI book review: Co-Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 34:47


    8.40 tracks some early offseason player movement (0:41), finds the Skeleton Crew's new release date (4:45), opens AI month with a book review of “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI" (6:23), and reviews Porter Hodge (28:09).

    Episode 8.39 - Childlike Empress

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 31:26


    8.39 huddles by the hot stove (0:38), notes Dune Prophecy (4:10), continues the stat-scraping cleanup with a new pull request (6:17), and reviews Josh Sborz (23:56).

    Episode8.38 - Big Ole Zero

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 29:42


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 33:42


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 27:45


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 32:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 33:57


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 33:01


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 33:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 29:44


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 31:07


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 31:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 30:42


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 34:38


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 34:07


    8.25 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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 30:41


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 33:25


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 31:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 32:06


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 30:30


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 32:31


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 32:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 33:24


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 30:09


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 29:33


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 33:09


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 35:34


    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).

    Episode 8.13 - Adley Enough

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 28:02


    8.13 scrutinizes some red crosses (0:41), ponders negative FIP (3:39), peeks at the TGFBI standings (5:42), bats around some scraping updates (8:54), and reviews Pete Fairbanks (21:42).

    Episode8.12 - BatCast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 34:33


    8.12 reads an article about homers (0:40), checks the TGFBI standings (2:23), finds some NBA adjacent Fantasy content (5:27), wanders into the new BatCast data release (8:21), and reviews Andres Munoz (21:45).

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