K ꓘ 120 - Inflation

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung [https://twitter.com/chadyoung]) is joined by two guests to talk inflation in keeper leagues. Justin Vibber [https://www.patreon.com/vibbot], creator of the Ottoneu Surplus Calculator, and Adam Scharf [https://ko-fi.com/blueshoes], who recently wrote a paper on inflation [http://docs.google.com/document/d/1PP-fMlnns7ZTABVA2ebc1ZEjET5HWScnYfyElTFVg34/edit] in Ottoneu, go from 101 (what is inflation and how does it impact leagues) to some more nuanced discussion of how thinking on inflation needs to evolve so we can be smarter fantasy players. Join Pitcher List Plus [https://pitcherlist.com/plus/] and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 8:10 - What is inflation and how does it impact both auctions and drafts in keeper leagues? 14:57 - Inflation can change who you think about as a keeper. 27:12 - The benefits and risks of trying to predict what your leaguemates will do. 37:13 - The risk of over- vs underestimating inflation. 44:29 - Adam recaps his paper and discusses the implications if we are under-calculating inflation. 58:19 - Is there an inflation curve across the value spectrum? Subscribe: Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-or-kut/id1551885984] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6RoNfxNKUjmQu3RkPC9gCi?si=aDxAWx20SryYPvbXAeQl3w&utm_source=copy-link] | Stitcher [https://www.stitcher.com/show/keep-or-kut] | TuneIn [https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/Keep-or-Kut-p1405564/] | Google Podcasts [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9vbW55LmZtL3Nob3dzL2tlZXAtb3Ita3V0LXBvZGNhc3QvcGxheWxpc3RzL3BvZGNhc3QucnNz?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid_7Wbl-31AhXkBkQIHWptBSoQ9sEGegQIARAC] | RSS [https://omny.fm/shows/keep-or-kut-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss] Connect: Twitter [https://twitter.com/keeporkut] | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+ [https://pitcherlist.com/plus/] Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus [https://pitcherlist.com/plus]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Keeper Cut podcast. I'm Chad Young. People not with us today, but I've got two
0:15.9	great guests. Guys, I'm really excited to talk to. First, I will introduce Adam Sharf. Adam, first time on the show,
0:23.7	we're really glad to have you. You are a, I know you from the auto new Slack, and you're an
0:28.7	auto new expert, I think, at this point. You've played a lot of years. You've made some auto new tools.
0:33.0	You do a lot in the space. Yeah, thanks for having me chat uh thanks for having me even though
0:38.9	that uh that joey weamer pick that you gave your audience didn't really work out so i'm hoping
0:44.2	to redeem myself here that's uh yeah it still could it's not it could so it could it's not it's not over
0:53.0	it was uh uninspiring second, but he can turn it around.
0:57.6	Yeah. So, Adam, you can find Adam at Co-F-F-F-I-C-F-I-C-F-E. I know there's like a coffee tie-in with that thing.
1:05.0	So it's supposed to be Co-F-F-F-E. I've never heard it pronounced. So you're breaking new ground, but the website is Co-F-Fi-F-I-K-O-F-E-O-F-I-F-I-K-O-T-O-F-I-FI-C-O-FI-FI-C-O-FI-F-E-S where you can find Adam.
1:21.0	He's got his GitHub profile there, and you can see the auto-new tools that he is making. There's some pretty cool stuff there around player values, managing your draft, things like
1:30.1	that.
1:31.3	So Adam, thanks for joining.
1:33.1	Our other guest is Justin Vibber.
1:35.2	Justin, I think you have been on the show before, but for those who don't remember,
1:38.7	you can find Justin on Twitter at Justin Vibber.
1:41.4	You can also find him at Patreon.
1:43.6	It's patreon.com slash
1:44.9	Vibot, VibB-B-O-T. And Justin, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me again, Chad.
1:52.0	Great to be here. So Justin is, you know, his Patreon is is mostly known for the surplus calculator.
1:58.4	If you're playing out of new, it's a really great tool. If you're not
2:02.4	playing out or new, it is a very useful concept. And we're going to talk a little bit about
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