Keep or Kut

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) are deep into trade season and spend an hour breaking down some of their recent trades: who are they moving, who are they adding, and why? Plus a new tradition on the Keep or Kut Podcast: Players of the Week! Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast....

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) examine hitters who have seen significant shifts in the K% from 2023 to 2024. They also take an early look at who their keepers might be in the Keep or Kut Fantrax Listener Leagues.  Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 6:02 - Ronald...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) are really intrigued by the new Statcast bat tracking data. They aren't sure there are a ton of takeaways yet, but that won't stop them from diving in. Plus, debating a couple of intriguing trade offers. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Time...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) compare players who had early ADPs but are disappointing to players of the same position who had late ADPs and are crushing it. Pete apologizes for his mic in this episode! Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 4:05 - Xander Bogaerts o...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) take questions from our great listeners about struggling stars, relievers to target, and so much more! Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:36 - Drop Wyatt Langford ? 9:35 - Mason Miller has been unbelievable but his injury history...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) is back! He and Chad ( @chadyoung ) are looking at some slow starts to the season and debating who they are going to keep and who they are going to kut. They're looking at pitcher whose FIP is well-above their projected FIP and hitters whose wOBA is well-below their projected wOBA. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher Lis...

Keep or Kut - With Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) away, Chad ( @chadyoung ) is joined by Raymond Atherton ( @raymondatherton ), co-host of the Fantasy Aceball podcast , to talk about his move into keeper leagues, playing Ottoneu, and to break down a few players who are carrying or crushing his teams so far this year. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) are tired of talking about broken pitchers. It's time for some good news and good vibes on Keep or Kut. We're looking at seven players off to great starts and discussing what's working, what might continue to work, and who we are getting excited about. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Disc...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) (over)react to some early baseball! We have hard hit balls, tons of swings and misses, Pete excited about unexciting things like the Pittsburgh Pirates and Merrill Kelly , and plenty more to breakdown.  Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamp...

Keep or Kut As team's announce who makes and misses their rosters, you are probably figuring out who you should stash, who you should grab, and who you should cut. Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) review some of the more interesting calls teams have made and talk about how their valuations on those players have changed. Timestamps: 5:57 - Dealing with a draft with no pitching availa...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) discuss $1 bargains, as well as who they are targeting late in their deeper drafts. This episode covers a ton of names on both the hitting and pitching side of late-draft/late-auction situations. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 8:59...

Keep or Kut Springs stats aren't everything, but they are all we've got. So Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) Look at some over- and under-performers through the first couple weeks of games and determine if they are Keeping the insight from that performance or Kutting it. Timestamps: 4:34 - Our approach to spring stats 7:50 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers defense 15:13 - Edward...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) try to find potential future keeper values based on 2024 ADP. They used FantasyPros to navigate ADPs around the industry and landed on a slew of names - both pitchers and hitters - to target in your keeper startups.  Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podc...

Keep or Kut  With draft season underway, Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) are looking at some of their early draft results and wondering why certain players are where they are. Is Chad too low on Yoshinobu Yamamoto? Why is everyone sleeping on Jordan Lawlar? Plus four more questions about four more players. Timestamps: 6:04 - Is the hype too high on Yoshinobu Yamamoto ? 19:14 - Are...

Keep or Kut Chad and Pete take keeper questions live from PitchCon 2024. Live from PitchCon, Pete and Chad are taking listener questions ahead of keeper league deadlines, including the Ottoneu keeper deadline on 1/31. They compare Justin Steele and Cole Ragans, look at fair prices for some star players, and answer questions about how the free agent pool and inflation factor into their keep or cut...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) have to make some keeper decisions for their two listener leagues and are thinking about how to best value keepers in a draft league vs. auction league. ADP, player projections, and more come into play as they outline who they are keeping, what trades they made, and why. Why is Chad keeping Esteury Ruiz ? How does Mookie Betts's keeper...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) talk all things Ottoneu First Year Auctions. From what players Pete and Chad might want to be targeting, to their favorite formats on Ottoneu, this episode serves as a nice starter kit for first year auctions.  Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. T...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @chadyoung ) look through NFBC ADPs to find players who you should be picking for your keeper leagues. These six players may or may not be good values at their ADP for redraft, but they are primed to breakout and be more valuable next year than they are this year, making them ideal keeper league targets. Plus, they ask some questions based on recent...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) discuss the recent mock auction they were a part of on Couch Managers. The conversation kind of turns into a bit of a discussion about position depth this upcoming draft season, particularly at OF, SP, C, and 3B. Check out the results of the mock here: https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=656 Join Pitcher List Plus and get an...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @chadyoung ) is joined by two guests to talk inflation in keeper leagues. Justin Vibber , creator of the Ottoneu Surplus Calculator, and Adam Scharf , who recently wrote a paper on inflation 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...

Keep or Kut / On The Corner Nick Pollack reviews Chad Young's 2024 Mock Draft. Chad picked from the 12th spot in this draft Head to factormeals.com/kork50 and use code KORK50 to get 50% off Full Draft Board "League" info: Standard Yahoo H2H Category 5x5 scoring format 12-teamer, 23 rounds C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, 2 UTIL, 9 P, 4 Bench One-Way Ohtani (two separate players for DH and SP) Chad's picks...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) dive into Ottoneu arbitration. They go through the three leagues they compete against each other and look at who has received arbitration allocations that they wouldn't have expected. From prospects being hit too early in their careers to pitchers and the additional risk they carry, there are some good lessons about how to allocate your arb...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) break down the PitcherList mock that they are in the middle of, viewing it from a keeper league perspective despite it being drafted as a re-draft league. Interested in playing in this league? Let one of the hosts know! We have a few spots open for next season. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) tentatively pick their keepers in the Keep or Kut Ottoneu listener league. The league is FanGraphs 4x4. Interested in playing in this league? Let one of the hosts know! We have a few spots open for next season. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. T...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) are starting to look at off-season decisions, including their keeper choices in their Keep or Kut listener leagues. They go over some of their toughest choices, analyzing players who will force difficult decisions in the coming months. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while...