Keep or Kut

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) are back together... again! For Episode 115 they break down six interesting players who are interesting not only for September but certainly heading into the 2024 draft season as well. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 11:31 - Chad and...

Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) is joined by Niv Shah (@ottoneu), the creator of Ottoneu and Chad's co-manager in Ottoneu league 13. They have some tough choices to make this September and discuss those decisions, along with a handful of under-rostered players who might be a fit for your roster. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, whi...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) are back together and catching up on all the news Chad missed while he was out of the country. Plus, a series of listener questions as the Ottoneu trade deadline approaches. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 5:18 - What do you do with...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) is joined by Matt Heckman (@heckman_matt115) of PitcherList and Fantrax on this special episode of Keep or Kut to talk news, prospects, and a little bit about our own upcoming keeper decisions in Listener League #2. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 4:46 -...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) discussed the moves and news from the trade deadline that they did not talk about in the last episode. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 5:38 - Justin Verlander is heading back to Houston 11:25 - Jack Flaherty 's Orioles debut was, in...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) got together on Monday and tried to review the trade deadline before the trade deadline. They offer thoughts for keeper leagues related to the deals that had already happened. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 5:27 - The Angels go for...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) held a draft for the third straight week. This time, it was rookie hitters. Each host picked a rookie to fill C, CI, MI, 2 OF and U, looking for players who are valuable now and into the future. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 4:25 -...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) conducted a mock draft of the current pool of rookie starting pitchers. The rules were simple: they had to be a starting pitcher and they had to be a rookie, having already made their MLB debut. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 8:05 -...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) drafted their 2023 Keeper League All Stars. The rules were simple: ignoring rookies and prospects, draft a C, MI, CI, OF, SP, and RP who look to have excellent keeper value going forward based on 2023 NFBC ADP results. The final rosters were... Pete: C - Sean Murphy CI - Yandy Díaz MI - Ketel Marte OF - Jarren Duran SP - Mitch Keller RP - C...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) both have injured players on their rosters (don't we all...) including some future studs we hate to give up. But understanding their trade value can help you compete this year instead. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 5:17 - L ast wee...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) check outs some recent news, including some exciting call-ups. Then they turn their attention to the trade value of injured stars and other players who are a bit hard to pin down. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 3:43 - Pete trades aw...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) break down some recent trades in their keeper and Ottoneu leagues, as well as discuss players who have been dropped at a high rate over the last month in Ottoneu leagues that they think you should target. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timesta...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) take a look at the latest news and notes, discuss some fun prospects, and then dive into a handful of players whose top 100 draft price looks like a waste as of now. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:05 - Elly De La Cruz is here and...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) respond to some Twitter listeners' questions about their Ottoneu and keeper league teams. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 6:15 - Jeff asks if he should seek a trade in order to acquire some pitching after all of the recent injuries t...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) introduce the Keep or Kut Breakout Meter! They look at a handful of players who were being picked outside the top-200 in drafts but are inside the top-50 on the ESPN Player Rater, rating each on a 1-10 scale based on how much they believe in the breakout. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Disco...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) reach the 100 mark! To honor this monumental number, they bring up 100 players in this information-packed episode. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:55 - Julio Urías and Dustin May to the IL. Gavin Stone up! Bobby Miller up! 8:44 - J...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) wanted to look at potential buy lows, but it isn't enough these days to identify pitchers with a poor ERA but great peripherals, or hitters with bad results and a great xwOBA. So we go a level deeper and find pitchers whose ERA and FIP and hitters whose wOBA and xwOBA are ugly. And then we figure out who we might want to keep around. Join P...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) talk trades in their Ottoneu and keeper leagues as well as take questions from listeners, sharing their thoughts. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:03 - Eloy Jiménez had an appendectomy 6:48 - Alex Kirilloff is back, Oscar Gonzalez i...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) Pull up pre-season projections and current rest-of-season projections to do a little compare and contrast and find who has moved the most. Plus a quick review of news and notes around the game. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:54 -...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) break down the recent news around the league and identify the ten biggest improvers in terms of K% from 2022 to 2023 so far in the young season. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:30 - By far the most important news - Liam Hendriks is...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) break down the recent news around the league and how that will impact your keeper and Ottoneu teams. They then dive into six stats that stick out to them so far this season and what they mean going forward. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Times...

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) go through the recent injuries, some happenings around the league, respond to some "true or false" statements, and eventually hone in on players they are targeting right now as potential cheap keeper options for 2024. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the pod...

Keep or Kut - With teams finishing up 3-4 games before we recorded, Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) look at some very small samples to determine who they are worried about and who they aren't. For each player, Chad makes a bold statement and Pete agrees or (more often) pushes back. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while...

Keep or Kut - As draft season wraps up, Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) talk about the players you are most likely to find on their rosters, as well as players they wish you could find on their rosters. Each host covers two hitters and two pitchers they are excited about. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supportin...

Keep or Kut - It's the Third Annual Pitcher List Podcast Network Post-350 ADP Mock Draft! After Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) joined On The Wire and In The Deep to discuss interesting names with late ADP, this year Keep or Kut got to host. Adam Howe (@eightygrade) from On the Wire and Jordan White (@buntsingles) and Chris Weber (@shwebsi) of In the Deep joined us for a draft, with ea...