Josh Larky
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Josh Larky is the Director of Fantasy and Gambling at The 33rd Team. He joins us with a unique blend of educational and professional experience.
Josh studied economics at the University of Redlands, double minoring in Math and Psychology. Working on his honors thesis was the catalyst to realizing he exclusively wanted to pursue work in the sports industry. Focusing on the impact of the 2008 recession on Major League Baseball, Josh demonstrated MLB’s economic resilience through econometric research. Â
Post-college, Josh pursued a Masters in Business Analytics at the University of Texas at Austin to acquire the technical skills needed to land an analytics role with a professional sports team. While attending a sports analytics conference at MIT, Josh met Matt Kelley, the founder of PlayerProfiler, and began conducting fantasy football research for him while completing grad school. He worked with Southwest Airlines for his capstone project, analyzing their employee incentives and perks program to assess its effectiveness.Â
Year-long stints with the Detroit Tigers (baseball analytics) and San Diego Padres (business analytics) followed, and Larky continued his fantasy football research during this time. Despite 100 percent accuracy with his attendance projection while working for the Padres (Josh predicted zero fans in 2020 due to Covid), he was Covid-furloughed in May 2020. That summer, he started his own R coding business, ThatRCodingSite.com, where he teaches people analytics and coding using football datasets.
The 2020 NFL season was his first full-time season in the fantasy industry, as he led all DFS (daily fantasy sports) efforts for PlayerProfiler. After the season concluded, he was promoted and began leading all analytics projects for the site. Early in the 2022 NFL offseason, Josh joined FTN, another company in the fantasy and gambling space, to lead their analytics efforts. During his time in this industry, Josh has done everything from coding a DFS optimizer from scratch to creating viral TikTok videos, and he prides himself on his versatility.
When The 33rd Team reached out, Larky jumped at the opportunity to lead this new department. Josh has a general disdain for groupthink and the commonly traveled path and is confident the fantasy and gambling department’s content and tools will never read or operate like any other site’s.
Outside of work, Josh rock climbs, snowboards and eats burritos.
Josh'S CONTRIBUTIONS
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2023 Rookie Running Back Best Ball Primer
This rookie running back primer will help you with your rookie research and any upcoming…
By Josh Larky & Ryan Reynolds
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2023 Best Ball Fantasy: Players to Run to, Players to Run From
Josh Larky and Ryan Reynolds chat with Zach Cohen about early players to target and…
By Josh Larky & Ryan Reynolds
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Best Ball Targets, Fades for 2023 Start With Jaguars Pairing
Josh Larky details his early round best ball targets and fades, with 12 polarizing players…
By Josh Larky
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2023 Rookie Wide Receiver Best Ball Primer
This rookie wide receiver primer will help you with your rookie research, as well as…
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2024 Futures Betting: Teams to Bet on (or Avoid) to Win Super Bowl 58
Ryan Reynolds and Josh Larky examine the 2024 Super Bowl odds, detailing the bets they…
By Ryan Reynolds & Josh Larky
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Estimated 2024 Super Bowl Odds For Teams Landing Aaron Rodgers, Lamar Jackson
Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson rumors are swirling, and Super Bowl odds are estimated for…
By Josh Larky & Ryan Reynolds
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Super Bowl LVII Betting: 11 Player Props to Target
Josh Larky, Ryan Reynolds and Ben Wolby provide 11 Super Bowl player props to take ahead…
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Super Bowl LVII Betting and DFS Preview Show
The 33rd Team's betting and DFS experts break down everything you need to know to…
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Super Bowl LVII: Ultimate Guide to Prop Betting, Office Pool Picks
Josh Larky, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Farley and Ben Wolbransky break down their favorite props and…
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Super Bowl LVII Betting: Parlay These Kadarius Toney Props
Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will provide plenty of…
By Josh Larky