Fantasy Toolz Podcast

2.01 reviews the @darenw stats by state series (0:40), notes that the Silmarillion is free for prime Amazonians (1:58) , gets into fantasy with understanding rankings (5:12), evaluates the ADP lag argument (16:05), announces the recent LoMo move (24:51), tackles AI for sports analysis (25:38), and ends on a review of The Matrix (28:10).

2.00 dives into the Ray Tank (0:41), glances at recent player movement including JD Martinez (2:47) & Eric Hosmer (3:42), lays out the season’s aim & mission statement (5:58), lays out the season’s theme: Getting into Fantasy (13:06), complains about ESPN for being behind on the fantasy baseball front (23:58), wonders at the new MLB pace of play rules (25:32), presents the new review session theme (26:43), and reviews a foundational text movie (27:33).

1.48 analyzes where Yu went (0:38) & whether late signing will impact other fantasy relevant free agents (1:07), gives PECOTA (2:16) and FiveThirtyEight a mention (3:00), brainstorms the next steps for the news scraping zeitgeist model (4:15), bids season 1 adieu (14:06), glances at keeper decisions (23:24), wonders at the “Hollywood” moniker for a handsome pitcher (26:17), and ends on an eggy debate (27:29).

1.47 finishes La Belle Sausage book club series (0:40), drops by Westworld (3:50), goes into Solo reflection (5:20), continues evaluating MLB player movement impacts on Fantasy value (7:22), runs through a keeper case study (17:39), tackles some SB topics (23:35), and ends on an evergreen millennial debate (26:47).

1.46 bids the Indians logo adieu (0:40), skates across the Thames through chapters 16-20 of La Belle Sausage (2:15), sketches out a model for determining MLB trade impacts on fantasy value (5:32), reprises the article review segment with some Brewers chatter (16:24), investigates Twitter bot acquisition (23:56), previews the final game of the NFL season (25:22), and ends on a creamy debate (27:39).

1.45 laments the NFC championship results (0:39), posits a fantastical sports analytics topic (1:41), previews season 2’s “getting into fantasy” series by talking about types of fantasy (4:28), peeks at transaction logs for web scraping (19:20), reprises the award winning book club section with chapters 11-15 of La Belle Sausage (24:43), and ends by rolling up a fruity review (29:53).

1.44 tosses some kindling on the hot stove (0:38), continues the book club with chapters 6-10 of La Belle Sausage (2:14), reviews a fantasy baseball article (6:00), picks at some of statcast's fielding data (16:13), ponders the NFL playoffs (24:18), and jumps on a gravy train (27:04).

1.43 dives into book club discussion on chapters 1-5 of the Book of Dust Part 1 (0:38), glances at way too early fantasy player ranks (7:27), pads the bet box (15:20), inspects NFL playoffs week 1 (24:50), and provides a kit review (28:20).

1.42 wishes everyone a Happy New Year (0:42), proposes a book club (2:49), debates thank you note writing (3:25), contemplates offseason baseball stats (4:31), sketches out 2018 pod plans (14:23), wraps the 2017 NFL season (25:50), and rolls up a raw debate (30:41).

1.41 wishes everyone a Merry Happy (0:39), examines the NBA’s marriage to Christmas (2:00), struggles through a lean Fantasy Baseball news week (5:29), contemplates the ‘super seven’ concept (9:28), analyzes the distribution of global MLB hitting stats for Fantasy (14:31), throws water on the Vikings’ SB odds (24:22), says so long to the 747 (25:38), and fudges a review (27:28).

1.40 contemplates Kobe retiring two numbers (0:38), mulls Peter Jackson’s newest venture (2:10), debates MLB Winter Meetings player moves (3:52), deep dives on Star Wars Episode VIII (19:05), theorizes whether MSP will be ready for the Super Bowl (27:08), and ends with a caning (30:40).

1.39 breathes a sigh of relief that the Sloan Sports Analytics paper was submitted (0:39), considers MinneAnalytics Sportcon (3:06), ponders getting back into Fantasy shape (4:31) by discussing player moves (4:44) & what the pod can do for general fantasy preparation (15:24), blows off some Star Wars anticipation steam (21:14), and ends on a review that has everyone seeing red (24:33).

1.38 scrutinize the '18 Hall of Fame ballot (0:39), draft Ohtani landing spots (3:14) & notable free agent closer options (4:49), hold a Sloan Sports Analytics Conference manuscript writing project meeting (6:54), chew on some food for thought GC topics (15:40), banter about Twins & Sox off-seasons (24:40), take umbridge with Mpls Lakers throwback jerseys (27:15), and end on a tart review (28:22).

1.34.1 extends our Star Wars conversation from podcast 1.34 - skip over to 2:41 for new audio.

1.37 huddles round the hot stove (0:40), returns to Middle Earth (3:11), slings some growth chart development theory (6:39), scrutinizes age-based growth charts (14:48), bats around some Fantasy Football topics (25:19), and ends on a spicy debate (30:24).

1.36 celebrates the boys in orange (0:40), analyzes the Curse-shaw (1:36), snickers at the MLB awards finalists (3:25), contemplates MLB transaction logs (6:00), disaggregates the growth charts by position (14:39), considers discussing Stranger Things (23:15), prognosticates the 21st Century Fox acquisition (25:03), and ends on a layered debate (25:47).

1.35 wades through World Series topics(1:24), postulates ways of accounting for the DL in our growth charts (10:58), brainstorms some d3 for plotting our growth charts (18:13), dissects ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ (24:17), and ends on the great trick-or-treat candy debate (25:50).

1.34 reignites the Star Wars passion (0:40), bats around some World Series narratives (3:07), fawns over a Flower (5:28), plans the scope of the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference manuscript writing project (7:20), brainstorms some visualization options and techniques (20:34), assesses the MLB manager tango (28:03), looks over the Golden Company’s payroll (29:50), and ends on a fruity debate (31:27).

1.33 concludes BoJack season 4 by discussing 4.11 & 4.12 (0:40), bats around some AL playoff topics (3:18), kicks off the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference manuscript writing process by diving into some Project Management (6:26), designs the growth curves (18:39) while searching for Mr. 50 [per]Cent (20:38), bats around some NL playoff topics (25:58), and ends on a sticky palm debate (30:02).

1.32 examines BoJack 4.09 & 4.10 (0:40), compares dragons across Fantasyverses (4:09), starts the 2018 12 team ranking process (6:12) for round 5 (8:00), round 4 (11:07), round 3 (13:06), round 2 (18:50), round 1 (21:27), ponders the new Blade Runner (25:47), celebrates the long and winding road ahead towards the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (28:05), and ends on a wild debate (30:09).