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 fantas ...
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Episode 9.21 -Sophomore Slump Experience
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34:599.21 takes in some Cape Cod Baseball League action (0:40), peeks at the TGFBI standings (3:30), works matrix magic into batting order similarities by team (3:50), reviews Jackson Merrill (16:56), and reviews Dylan Cease (25:46).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.20 - Doing It Right
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32:459.20 covers some Derby & ASG stuff (0:44), peaks at the TGFBI standings (5:00), continues the K rate deep dive (6:42), reviews Lourdes Gurriel (20:15), and reviews Zac Gallen (25:48).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.19 - At-Bat Indicator
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33:24Episode 9.19 - At-Bat Indicator by Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy ToolzVon Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.18 - Better Than The Worst Teams
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34:249.18 notes the current MLB standings (0:41), peeks at the TGFBI standings (4:58), performs a stat deep dive on strikeouts (6:34), reviews Jacob Wilson (18:38), and reviews Jacob Lopez (25:10).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.17 - Should I Have Known?
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34:189.17 plays up the Padres/Dodgers rivalry (0:40), checks the TGFBI standings (3:00), models O/U lines (5:55), reviews Josh Jung (20:26), and reviews Patrick Corbin (26:23).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.16 - Only Doing Five Innings
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Episode 9.15 - My Team and My Team
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32:409.15 feels the Burnes (0:37), notes some recent call ups (1:57), finds the TGFBI standings (3:20), walks through the recent trends in ownership (5:30), reviews Adolis Garcia (18:38), and reviews Jake deGrom (23:13).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.14 - Three Young Guys
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31:549.14 finds a fantasy wasteland (0:36), fixes on futility in Coors (1:54), finds futility in TGFBI (4:26), fights through platoon analysis by looking at lineup appearance patterns (6:20), reviews CJ Abrams (17:41), and reviews Michael Soroka (25:44).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.13 - Make It Stop
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35:299.13 performs some PCA while batting around some hot MLB starts (0:38), visits the last three episodes of Andor season 2 (6:00), diagnoses TGFBI futility (12:02), reviews Dylan Crews (22:25), and reviews MacKenzie Gore (27:46).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.12 - Action Based Winning Percentage
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37:099.12 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.11 - AI Working Autonomously
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33:179.11 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.10 - How Many Ks
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29:549.10 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.09 - Too Far Back
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35:439.09 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.08 - He is an angel
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36:399.08 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.07 - Data Anomaly? No
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33:329.07 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).…
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Episode 9.06 - The Bats
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31:549.06 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.05 - Changing of the Guard
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36:319.04 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.04 - Democratizing Data
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35:269.04 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.03 - Where’s the but?
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32:179.03 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.02 - Lookin' For Knuckleballs
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34:239.02 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 9.01 - People Agree
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32:249.01 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.49 - Betting on the Logo
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34:138.49 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.48 - So I asked ChatGPT
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32:048.48 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)Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.47 - Looking at a lot of guys
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28:588.47 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.46 - High Dimensional Linear
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27:058.46 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.45 - Mismatched Literals
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28:188.45 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)Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.44 - Batting Order Pre-Spring Cleaning
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28:058.44 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.43 - AI as a Coach
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27:408.43 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.42 - AI as a Creative
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30:528.42 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.41 - AI as a Tutor
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32:358.41 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.40 - AI book review: Co-Intelligence
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34:478.40 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.39 - Childlike Empress
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31:268.39 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.38 - Big Ole Zero
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29:428.38 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.37 - Trophy Culture
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33:428.37 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.36 - Gets Organized
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27:458.36 congratulates the Dodgers (0:40), works through some items to get organized during the offseason (3:37), and reviews Jaden Hill (20:58).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.35 - Good on Good Teams
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32:278.35 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.34 - Far more interesting games
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33:578.34 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.33 - And then there was one
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33:018.33 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.32 - Enumerated Role
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33:208.32 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)Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.31 - Forecasting Strikeouts 2
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29:448.31 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).…
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Episode 8.30 - Not Made for HRs
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31:078.30 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.29 - Dueling Elronds
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31:208.29 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.28 - Super Horse
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30:428.28 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.27 - Butterfly Warlocks
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34:388.27 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.26 - Curtail the Tail
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34:078.26 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.25 Diagonalize the Matrix
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30:418.25 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode 8.24 - McArthur Foundation
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33:258.24 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)Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.23 - Dragon Budget
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31:268.23 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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Episode8.22 - Teoscar Hernandez Sized Hole
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32:068.22 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).Von Fantasy Baseball Discussions by Fantasy Toolz
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