Keep or Kut

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) are back after a week off, and looking at some surprising top performers. Who is legit? Who is a sell high? And who were the best bats in the month of June? Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:39 - Will the swing and miss catch up...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) both take two “victory laps” on players they were right on so far, but also eat a pair of crows regarding two players they whiffed on. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Get 10% off your first month of therapy on us! - BetterHelp.com/pitcherli...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) & Chad ( @ChadYoung ) are joined by Matt Heckman of FanTrax and Prospects Worldwide to talk about his xwRC+ metric, highly ranked pitching prospects, and balancing injury vs. ETA for hitting prospects. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. 3:27 - xwRC+, featuring Yasman...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) & Chad (@ChadYoung) discuss six hitters. Three of them have had good-to-great seasons so far. The other three? Uh, not so much. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:10 - Pete thinks there is only two possible answers for what is going on with Max Muncy 13:...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @chadyoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) get the band back together after a couple weeks going solo. They take a look at some young players breaking out and debate whether they're players you should build around or players you can move for upgrades today. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the po...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) goes solo this week to break down several high-profile call-ups, as well as some players he is keeping his eye on as their potential call-ups loom. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 0:47 - John Schreiber ... who!? 6:06 - The Era of Adley Rutschman has beg...

Keep or Kut - Some players got off to hot starts and have cooled off, some players started cold and have gotten hot. Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) break down this small sample of hot and cold streaks. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:35 - Giancarlo Stanton is elite! 4:00...

Keep or Kut - There are guys being cut loose you might want or who maybe you should want. Chad ( @ChadYoung ) takes a look at some players being dropped at high rates in Ottoneu, ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS leagues. Plus, he answers some listener questions. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:16 - H...

Keep or Kut - This early in the season, a lot of numbers lie to you, but changes in K-rate, BB-rate and pull percentage for hitters can be telling. Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) look at some of the biggest changes in baseball across those three stats. 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 ) discuss some tough keep or kut decisions with players who are underperforming, and also identify some interesting sell-high candidates this early in the season. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 2:25 - Is it time to move on from Tr...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) respond to listener questions on everything from players available in most Ottoneu leagues to how to handle a rebuild. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Sign up at birddogs.com/pitcherlist for a FREE Birddogs hat with your pair of Birddogs. T...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) discuss the first few days of the season - high performers, low performers, and a few in-between. They also breakdown how the Keep or Kut Listener League #2 draft went on Fantrax, highlighting some picks they liked, and others they questioned. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord commu...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) is joined by his good friend and creator of Ottoneu, Niv Shah ( @Ottoneu ). The two of them discuss the creation of Ottoneu, breakdown their strategy for the Ottoneu Prestige League, and Niv shares some players and storylines he is excited about in 2022. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while suppo...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) breakdown the recent MLB transactions, discuss the fantasy implications of some of the recent injuries across the league, and dissect the Keep or Kut Listener Roto League results. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. 0:52 - Trevor Story is a Bos...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) are fired up to have baseball back. It might just be roster moves and Spring Training, but it's better than a lockout. And there is plenty to discuss, from Philly adding the big bats of Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos ; Chris Bassitt heading to the Mets; Kris Bryant heading to Coors; and Chris Sale and Jack Flaherty (and maybe Zac G...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) break down their own rosters, as well as the rosters of the top 3 teams in the Keep or Kut Ottoneu Listener League according to the Surplus Calculator. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. 3:24 - Carlos Rodón is a San Francisco Giant 9:30 - Otto...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) finish up their positional previews with starting pitching. In addition to going through their top 20 SP for keeper leagues, they dive into their strategies for drafting pitching. Plus looks at Jacob deGrom , Max Scherzer , Shohei Ohtani , and more. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) discuss their top 20 outfielders for keeper leagues. Although the tops of their lists are quite similar, a lot of different names appear on their back-10s. One of them even has a prospect in their top 20 and, spoiler alert, it isn't Chad! Timestamps 2:06 – quick update on how the Keep or Kut listener league auction is going 5:30 – Chad...

Keep or Kut - Using the soon-to-draft Keep or Kut listener leagues as an excuse, Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) invite Adam Howe ( @eightygrade ) onto the show to talk league settings. What scoring do you want to use? How big should your rosters be? What about keepers? And a whole lot more. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord co...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) go through many keeper and Ottoneu listener questions before providing a brief, but informative dissection of their thoughts on relief pitchers in keeper leagues. Timestamps 4:20 - Keep or Kut?: Gavin Lux , Nate Pearson , Tyler Mahle 10:05 - Pete brought about change to ESPN's keeper settings 14:00 - A listener is trying to figure out w...

Keep or Kut - Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) dive back into their top tens for keeper leagues with their 2B and SS rankings. With names like Fernando Tatis, Jr., Trea Turner , Brandon Lowe , and Bo Bichette at the top, plus youth like Wander Franco , Bobby Witt, Jr. , and more coming along, MI is more exciting than ever. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access...

Keep or Kut - With keeper deadlines approaching, Chad ( @ChadYoung ) and Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) take a quick break from the rankings to answer some listener questions. But then they get right back to it with their top 10 C for keeper leagues. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:03 - Keeper m...

Keep or Kut - It's time to make keeper decisions and get ready for drafts, so Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) are going position-by-position discussing their top ten lists for 5x5 keeper leagues. Today, they cover both CI spots. Join Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast. Timestamps 1:20 - How we...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) do a little mock draft, but with a twist. Rather than drafting to build the best team, this draft is focused on keeper value. In this eight-round draft, players are taken with their current NFBC ADP attached with Chad and Pete trying to identify players who will be good keepers for 2023. The result is a combination of sleepers, breakout...

Keep or Kut - Pete ( @PeteBBaseball ) and Chad ( @ChadYoung ) continue their analysis of the mock Ottoneu auction that wrapped up on December 10. They covered five teams in the last episode and wrap up with the other seven today. Going team by team, they break down their favorite values, thoughts on overpaid players, and much more. Let your prep for your Ottoneu auctions start here. Finished mock...