Keep or Kut

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.Timestamps6:02 - Ronald Acuna Jr’s strikeout rate is way up compared to his 2023 mark, but really in line with the rest of his career. What should we expect going forward?13:25 - Gleyber Torres has also seen a spike in his K% compared to last year.22:37 - Manny Machado has really struggled to perform as a top stud since the start of 2023. Is this the beginning of a downfall?30:31 - Jack Suwinski has cut his strikeout rate but essentially gotten worse at everything else.38:10 - Anthony Volpe has made some improvements to his approach, leading to a much lower K%.41:46 - Elehuris Montero, Michael Massey, David Fry, Christopher Morel have all really improved their strikeout rates.46:11 - Who are Chad and Pete planning to keep in the Keep or Kut Fantrax Listener Leagues as of right now?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.Timestamps3:50 - The new bat tracking data is another reminder that Giancarlo Stanton is utterly unique, but does it really tell us much right now?14:38 - Should we be worried about hard swings being related to injuries?24:43 - Who has the longest swing in MLB?25:50 - What do we make of inconsistencies between EV and bat speed, particularly with someone like Corbin Carroll?32:10 - Squared Up and Blasts look interesting, but there is still a lot of noise there, and it’s not clear this tells us more than existing Statcast data.46:03 - Pete is trying to trade Xander Bogaerts and we are looking at a possible trade of Bogaerts and Yusei Kikuchi for Oneil Cruz.54:52 - Chad is having a hard time giving up his last round Michael Harris II for Shohei Ohtani.1:01:05 - A case study on why talent isn’t enough to win a league - strategy matters.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.Timestamps4:05 - Xander Bogaerts or Ezequiel Tovar?12:05 - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. or Alec Bohm?23:36 - Shota Imanaga or Kevin Gausman?35:05 - Yainer Diaz or Jonah Heim?42:37 - Tanner Houck or Tanner Bibee?50:27 - Jordan Westburg or Ozzie Albies?58:30 - Gunnar Henderson or Austin Riley?1:04:36 - Mason Miller or Josh Hader?1:06:42 - Michael Harris II or Riley Greene?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.Timestamps2:36 - Drop Wyatt Langford?9:35 - Mason Miller has been unbelievable but his injury history is what it is. Sell high?15:27 - How do fantasy managers adjust to all the injuries and account for the increased rate of pitching injuries?26:13 - José Ramírez… can he be a 20/20 high OBP guy ever again?!32:30 - Is Ronald Acuña Jr. maybe not the superstar we thought he was?41:46 - When do you start benching cold stars for hot free agent pickups?50:10 - Who is the worst player you would trade Corbin Carroll for?1:02:16 - Is Jackson Chourio’s long-term value hurting?1:07:14 - Any relievers worth adding in FGPT?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 List Discord community, while supporting the podcast.Timestamps4:25 - Pitchers whose FIP is worse than their projected FIP so far7:37 - Is Hunter Brown an easy cut?13:47 - Performance and injury concerns for Triston McKenzie22:44 - How many Michael King starts can we just ignore?31:46 - Hitters whose wOBA is worse than their projected wOBA so far34:05 - Randy Arozarena and Nolan Jones are both early ADP OF and they aren't showing why45:47 - Max Kepler was a Chad favorite - is he still?52:46 - Pete gives Chad some OF advice, covering Masataka Yoshida, Will Benson, Jung Hoo Lee, Jorge Soler, Brandon Marsh, Jo Adell, Jurickson Profar, and Andy Pages Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 community, while supporting the podcast.Timestamps2:08 - Raymond’s shift from redraft to keeper and looking at some unique rules in his leagues16:56 - The challenges with making that change and getting used to Ottoneu21:44 - What Raymond likes most about Ottoneu24:08 - The importance of paying attention late in the year plus the $1 per roster spot rule32:02 - Diving into some of Raymond’s players, starting with Evan Carter37:16 - Joe Musgrove’s first five starts have been bad, again.43:59 - Jared Jones is just an ace now, right?49:18 - Are you still waiting on Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Nolan Schanuel?58:31 - The return of the Ottoneu Question of the Day - why no CI spot? Plus should Ottoneu points leagues change value of SB given the new rules?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 Discord community, while supporting the podcast.Timestamps5:12 - Is CJ Abrams taking another step?14:58 - Is Jesse Winker back?26:20 - And what about his teammate, Joey Gallo??34:40 - Is it time to be excited about Brice Turang?42:06 - Is Reid Detmers legit?49:10 - If we are talking about Tanner Houck, it’s because Pete is high on him, right? Right?!57:16 - Chad puts a stake in the ground: Josh Naylor is going to have a career year.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.Timestamps4:45 - Pete offered Chad a $2 Coby Mayo and $1 Drew Thorp for his $11 Spencer Steer. Times are tough with the Royce Lewis injury. Will Chad take it?10:25 - Fernando Tatis Jr. is looking good! If the shoulder is right, the sky is the limit.15:47 - Is Carlos Correa completely healthy? A Tweet about his sprint speed caught Chad’s attention in a positive way.19:46 - Christian Walker and MJ Melendez have hit some of the hardest hit balls of their careers already this season.25:09 - Jake Burger was grilling up some hard hit balls this weekend as well.28:46 - Nestor Cortes looked alright under the hood on Friday. What should we expect going forward?34:02 - Aaron Nola was a disaster in his first start. Yes, it was the Braves, but he was consistently taken as a top 15 starter in drafts. Should we be worried?38:51 - Jared Jones was nasty. Pete wants to hail him as the Cy Young, Chad says pump the brakes.46:20 - How to rank A.J. Puk, Jared Jones, Garrett Crochet, Nick Pivetta, and Brayan Bello.58:34 - Grayson Rodriguez was filthy and it looks like the strikeouts are finally here.1:00:49 - Are you Team Hoskins or Team McNeil?1:04:22 - Pete for some reason is excited about a very unexciting player: Merrill Kelly.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Keep or KutAs 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 available14:39 - has the recent news moved Shohei Ohtani down your board at all?22:49 - Max Meyer and Sixto Sanchez made the roster - moving them up in keeper leagues?30:23 - Matt Manning, however, didn’t make the cut. Does that make him a cut?35:08 - Jackson Holliday is starting in the minors, and we aren’t cutting him but when should you expect him?45:02 - Junior Caminero isn’t on the roster, and he might be legitimately blocked near term. If you believe in Isaac Paredes.52:48 - Ceddanne Rafaela is up for Boston, Corey Seager is playing, JD Martinez is heading back to AAA, timeline for Chase Delauter and Kyle ManzardoJoin Pitcher List Plus and get an ad-free website and access to the Pitcher List Discord community, while supporting the podcast.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.Timestamps8:59 - Chad describes his article, check it out! 14:43 - Wait on catcher? Jonah Heim for $1 is nuts!24:25 - $1 DJ LeMahieu batting in front of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto? Sign Pete up!33:30 - What about other $1 players who may be flying under the radar? Chad likes Esteury Ruiz, Garrett Crochet, and maybe Ryan O’Hearn.38:42 - Pete likes his Red Sox in Garrett Whitlock and Tanner Houck. They might be in that sweet spot of opportunity and upside for a great price. How do they compare to $1 James Paxton or $1 JP Sears?51:35 - Outfielders are tough to find. Who are some $1 outfielders that Pete and Chad are targeting late in auctions or drafts?1:05:20 - Who is one $1 prospect that will be held onto for the 2025 season? Pete and Chad make their predictions.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.