Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) are getting into draft season and have found some interesting trends in their early drafts. They take a look at some of what happened in the Keep or Kut Listener Leagues, as well as the FanGraphs Staff Ottoneu League,

Timestamps

5:11 - Guys you can get even after the auction is over.

11:26 - Marcus Semien wasn’t as bad as you think.

17:25 - Roki Sasaki and other high-priced pitchers in the Keep or Kut Listener 4x4: Zac Gallen, Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes, Luis Castillo

24:01 - What signal do you get from how MLB teams spend on a player?

28:45 - Zac Gallen the cheapest of the top tier FA and that feels wrong

32:34 - Corbn Burnes going a full price tier above the rest of the arms?

37:19 - OF was shallow, with Cody Bellinger, Jorge Soler, Randy Arozarena, Luis Robert, and Mike Trout most of the early names.

45:12 - Tyler Soderstrom, Ottoneu H2H C and knowing your format

53:20 - Interesting picks in the keep or kut listener fantrax leagues, including when to take prospects and closers getting pushed up

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) examine some keeper league and Ottoneu trades that have taken place this offseason.

Timestamps

7:55 - 28th Round Jared Jones for 28th Round Byron Buxton

11:45 - 7th Round Pick for a 28th Round Josh Lowe and an 11th Round Pick. Lowe or Tyler O’Neill? Lowe or Parker Meadows?

22:55 - 24th Round Vinnie Pasquantino, 28th Round Hunter Brown, 28th Round Parker Meadows for 9th Round Mason Miller and 20th Round Anthony Santander. This dovetails into a conversation about potentially keeping Isaac Paredes for a 7th round pick.

31:50 - $6 Kyle Bradish, $3 Edgar Quero, $5 Zack Gelof for $5 Gavin Williams. Anything noteworthy here?

35:55 - $4 David Festa for a $4 Michael Toglia

40:59 - $10 Alec Bohm, $6 Michael Busch, $3 Alec Burleson for $3 Liam Hendriks and $10 Shane McClanahan

47:19 - $25 Christian Yelich and $7 Yainer Diaz for a $29 Logan Webb

52:48 - Is Spencer Steer worth keeping at $11 in 4x4?

59:59 - 1st Round Pick, 13th Round Pick for 13th Round Pick, 21st Round Pick, 28th Round Michael King, 28th Round Bryson Stott, 28th Round Michael Busch, 10th Round Oneil Cruz

1:10:55 - Is a $3 Michael Kopech not worth holding on to in Ottoneu FGPT now that Tanner Scott is a Dodger?

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) take a look at ADP and find players whose draft cost makes them already look like potential keepers for next year. We're not talking the rookies or injured players you expect, but players who we think the market is simply undervaluing and whose ADP will be much earlier in 2026. 

Timestamps

5:35 - Pitchers whose new homes have impacted our thinking, including Garrett Crochet to Fenway and Corbin Burnes to the desert

16:17 - Same, but for hitters, this time talking Josh Naylor, Teoscar Hernandez, and a tangent for Chad to gripe about his Guardians.

22:07 - Looking at players whose ADP offers keeper value, starting with Bowden Francis

29:05 - Chad isn’t telling you Luis L. Ortiz is an ace, but the price is free and the upside is real.

36:16 - Jake McCarthy isn’t flashy but he projects to 10/30.

44:56 - Jorge Soler going to the best power park of his career.

53:57 - Brandon Lowe, as late as he is going, might be the best power source you can get at 2B.

58:19 - Luis Garcia Jr. is the 7th 2B off the board and Chad still sees keeper value at that cost

1:01:25 - Nolan Gorman will at least get PA, and remember how good he looked?

1:05:04 - Chad is ready to talk more Isaac Paredes

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) discuss some of the signings that have taken place as well as their wishes for some of the other available free agents. 

5:45 - Are the Blue Jays actually strugglign to lure free agents?

8:25 - Willy Adames to the Giants

20:32 - Yankees and Red Sox are in on Max Fried

31:29 - The Guardians are bringing back Shane Bieber

37:40 - Tyler O’Neill to the Orioles, so where does Anthony Santander end up?

44:35 - Corbin Burnes will be the top free agent once Juan Soto signs.

54:00 - Alex Bregman will almost certainly experience a park downgrade if he leaves Houston

1:04:40 - Gleyber Torres is another free agent who could bring some punch to a new team

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) break down some of their keeper league settings decisions, such as IL slots and the costs associated with keeping players added via FAAB. Chad also explains the different strategies he uses to make difficult keeper decisions.

7:05 - What are the pros and cons of having your keeper league’s prospect draft before the draft/auction?

18:00 - What is the appropriate number of IL spots for a keeper league?

27:08 - Should a keeper league limit the amount of FAAB-pickups that can be kept?

31:26 - Should FAAB keepers cost a last-round pick, or should they be a little more expensive?

39:52 - How Chad ranks his keeper options

53:40 - Is there ever a situation where you keep less than the maxmimum number of allowed keepers, even if the players you leave off technically have “value” at their cost?

1:01:10 - How does the amount of allowed keepers affect Chad’s thought process when selecting his keepers?

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) participated in the Pitcher List Podcast Network mock draft and he and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) will use the results of that draft to identify some interesting keeper targets for 2025 drafts. Then we take a look at a co-managed dynasty team that needs some cuts to get legal.  we dive into arbitration for the Keep or Kut listener league.

Timestamps

5:38 - Using the Pitcher List Podcast Network draft to identify interesting keeper targets for 2025.

8:34 - Targets from the first four rounds include 4th round Wyatt Langford and Brent Rooker, the upside on Jazz Chisholm, plus comparing the keeper upside of Garrett Crochet and Logan Gilbert

17:44 - Rounds 5-10 featuring Luis Robert Jr. in the 9th and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the same round, and the return of Shane McClanahan

26:15 - Luke Weaver and Dylan Crews jump out in rounds 11-15, maybe because this range is a little weak, but Parker Meadows deserves a shout as well and there is a ton of pitching upside.

34:49 - Rounds 16-20 feature Jasson Dominguez and Spencer Arrighetti, lots of young upside including  Jordan Lawlar, some bounceback closers, and even Bowden Francis

40:05 - The final three rounds always get weak, but Chad grabbed Roki Sasaki in the final round and we both think Isaac Paredes and Eury Perez could have gone earlier.

44:12 - We need to cut 5 to get a dynasty roster legal - and we have to debate how we will use David Fry

48:15 - Reviewing our entire offense, including obvious drops in Hunter Renfroe and Dylan Carlson and cut candidates in J,P, Crawford and Ke’Bryan Hayes

53:11 - And our pitching, with a bunch of super clear keepers, plus some questions about Ben Lively, Javier Assad, and Simeon Woods Richardson

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Timestamps

10:44 - H2H Heroes for the Postseason, starting with Pete’s pick, Tommy Edman

15:26 - Chad talks through the post-season performance of a few Guardians before getting to his pick.

22:25 - It's not just the post-season; Fernando Tatis Jr. has looked great since returning from the leg injury.

27:27 - Why parity matters in fantasy sports and how to make sure you have it in keeper leagues

41:57 - Looking at arbitration in the Keep or Kut listener league

52:27 - Chad does arbitration on Pete’s team

57:30 - Pete does arbitration on Chad’s team

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) take a look at a slew of hitters who followed solid 2023s up with terrible (or, in some cases, just not-as-great) 2024s.

7:42 - Chad's Head-to-Head Hero is Wyatt Langford to close out the season. Pete went with Jonathan Aranda.

20:15 - Ronald Acuña Jr., Jose Altuve, Matt Olson, Freddie Freeman, and Corey Seager are all studs who technically took a statistical step back. Any concerns here?

22:45 - Some veterans that fell from being good in 2023 to bad in 2024 were Marcus Semien, Ozzie Albies, JD Martinez, and Bo Bichette. What are we doing with this group?

32:08 - What are we doing with Luis Robert Jr. after this terrible season?

41:04 - Some players that kind of broke-out in 2023 were Nolan Jones, Chas McCormick, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Zack Gelof, and Christopher Morel. Their 2024s were a lot less successful.

53:45 - In or out on Davis Schneider? Brandon Drury? Evan Carter? Adam Duvall? Wilmer Flores? Mitch Garver?

58:56 - How early are we drafting Julio Rodriguez next year?

1:00:02 - In or out on Adolis García?

1:00:45 - How about Spencer Torkelson and Triston Casas?

1:05:35 - Josh Lowe had an alright 2024, but it wasn't what we hoped for. What do we expect from him in 2025?

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) celebrate 150 episodes of Keep or Kut by breaking down 21 starting pitchers in simple terms: buy high or sell high? All 21 pitchers have a better P/IP than they did last year, or debuted this year.

2:40 - Chad chooses teammates H2H Heroes: Matt Olson and Michael Harris II; while Pete can't decide between Corbin Carroll and Julio Rodriguez.

7:07 - We go through 29 hitters (yes, Chad said 30, but it was 29) who made big gains this year

9:42 - We start with the stud rookies: Jackson Merrill, Jackson Chourio, and James Wood; and while the sample size is smaller, we need to talk Luisangel Acuña.

16:39 - We can't criticize Elly de la Cruz, even with the K's, but we aren't excited about Adrian del Castillo and things aren't as clear with Connor Norby.

25:34 - Heliot Ramos and Lawrence Butler are lighting it up in the Bay Area.

31:05 - A couple of young NL East infielders: Xavier Edwards, Mark Vientos

37:31 - OF is a challenge, but does that mean you should buy high on Brenton Doyle or Tyler O'Neill?

42:44 - Three former prospects in different phases of their careers: Carlos Correa's bat is legit but how concerned are you about health? Are you buying Jordan Westburg? Is this just the post- post- post- post-hype breakout from Jurickson Profar?

51:19 - Some vets putting up big seasons: Tommy Edman and Joc Pederson

54:41 - It's a run on SS as we talk Ezequiel Tovar, Tyler Fitzgerald, and Willy Adames

58:41 - Wrapping it up with Teoscar Hernandez, Salvador Perez, Byron Buxton, Steven Kwan, Alec Bohm, Matt Chapman, and Matt Wallner

1:10:59 - Recapping all the names we covered - and realizing that we skipped Spencer Horwitz

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) celebrate 150 episodes of Keep or Kut by breaking down 21 starting pitchers in simple terms: buy high or sell high? All 21 pitchers have a better P/IP than they did last year, or debuted this year.

4:17 - Chad chooses a Cleveland starter as his H2H Hero

8:57 - Tyler O’Neill is Pete’s H2H Hero

16:00 - Pete is buying high on Paul Skenes… not a tough call!

18:37 - What about a $40 Yoshinobu Yamamoto? Buy high or sell high?

21:15 - Garrett Crochet broke out this year. He is an obvious buy high at $3.

23:47 - Pete is not convinced Osvaldo Bido is useful going forward. Sell high!

29:04 - Hunter Greene is awesome but he’s hurt. What are we doing with him?

34:44 - Rhett Lowder is only 22 years old! Buy high or sell high?

38:25 - River Ryan is having Tommy John Surgery so he isn’t a sell high or a buy high. He is, sadly, a cut.

39:17 - Pete is buying high on Jack Flaherty, Chad is not quite as convinced buy is also buying.

43:24 - Luis Gil has walk problems but he has had an excellent season. Buy high or sell high?

49:03 - Tanner Houck has changed a lot about who he is as a pitcher.

52:54 - Chad is all in on buying-high on Spencer Schwellenbach

53:42 - Pete likes what he has seen from DJ Herz, Chad is ho-hum on him.

56:00 - Shota Imanaga has had a great rookie season. Is he a buy-high at $18?

58:15 - Ronel Blanco is not that exciting

59:43 - Both the hosts are buying Hunter Brown and Jared Jones

1:02:29 - Brandon Pfaadt is hot off of a miserable start. Pete and Chad are selling high. They are selling on Brady Singer, too.

1:05:41 - Pete is out on Andrew Heaney. Chad is too

1:06:06 - Nick Lodolo, finally someone we can buy on!

1:07:26 - Pete and Chad disagree on what to do with Kumar Rocker

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