The Art Of Stacking

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Code Breaker - Season 1, Episode 10: Josh Larky (@jlarkytweets), PlayerProfiler's Head of Analytics, discusses the math and theory behind the art of stacking. How analytics enthusiasts are "supposed" to behave on social media. In-depth breakdowns of stacking combinations and how they fared in Underdog Fantasy's flagship best ball tournament from 2020. Why fantasy gamers are contradicting their own assumptions by NOT stacking. Follow the RotoUnderworld summer interns on Twitter: Neel Gupta, analytics - @Neel2112 Michael O'Connor, analytics - @Moconnor_0713 Jessie Dombrowski, content - @FFB_Jessie Get the "World Famous" Draft Kit today, and you'll have all our rankings for season long leagues (1QB/SF/Best Ball). Josh Larky's full player projections, as well as signature team insights/trends are included in our draft kit, too(PlayerProfiler.com/DraftKit) Start drafting on the Underdog Fantasy app NOW: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-rotounderwold, Code UNDERWORLD to get $25 FREE with your 1st deposit Get 12% off ThatRCodingSite.com with promo code: codebreaker RB and WR Breakout Ratings have been UPDATED to include draft capital. Get the Breakout Finder app today: www.breakoutfinder.com Get the Dynasty Deluxe package: www.playerprofiler.com/dynasty-league-rankings Intro and outro by Boda. Find him on Spotify or Soundcloud (his hip-hop tracks are legit). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to CodeBeraker, presented by Underdog Fantasy.
0:29.1	Episode 10 of CodeBeraker, we made it.
0:31.3	Double digits.
0:32.3	Ha-le-luya.
0:34.3	The popularity of this show has given me faith that numbers and in-depth analysis can
0:39.2	be fun and I'm happy to buck the trend of more common fantasy football podcasts.
0:44.9	You know the ones, it's two dull male voices they go back and forth and they high five
0:50.0	each other over their top 10 running back rankings for standard scoring redraft leagues.
0:55.8	No offense to the 95% of other fantasy football podcasts out there.
1:01.1	That actually do this.
1:03.4	Today's episode will be all about the art of stacking and I'll be diving into the theory
1:10.1	as well as some math behind it.
1:12.3	I couldn't be more excited for you to listen to this episode and I have a massive article
1:16.8	dropping on playerprofiler.com early next week with even more goodies and information
1:23.4	to help you understand stacking theory and the concrete numbers behind why you should
1:29.1	be stacking in best ball drafts.
1:32.6	There's the great analytics versus film debate.
1:36.7	But I've noticed another phenomenon which is at odds with analytics people like myself.
1:42.9	It's the idea that real analytics people, real coders, should be locked away, turned
1:48.9	the key, locked away in a dark room, producing results for someone with better social skills
1:54.2	to swoop in, present the research and take credit for it.
1:58.6	Very few analytics people in general and this carries over to the fantasy football industry.
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