2:16 -Pete looks to an opponent's team and lands on Zach McKinstry as his Head-to-Head Hero

9:10 - Chad gives Kyle Stowers an honorable mention but goes with Jose Ramirez.

13:37 - Reviewing some interesting keeper trades, but first talking about why trades are slower in roto leagues and what you can do.

21:29 - We get into the trades that have happened, starting with $41 Rafael Devers for $9 Cristopher Sanchez.

25:19 - Pete's leagumate swapped a 7th round Bryan Woo and two other useful players to get a last round Kris Bubic.

33:05 - In our listener Ottoneu league, two rebuilders swapped a $24 Spencer Strider and a handful of others for $8 Spencer Schwellenbach and $3 Jacob Misiorowksi.

42:06 - In that same 16-teamer Pete brought up before, one team swapped a 9th round Nick Lodolo and 6th round Jose Altuve for a 14th round Cam Smith and an 18th round Cole Ragans.

54:56 - What to make of Mookie Betts and his down year.

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) take a look at some first-half-keeper-league All Stars (largely based on value gained compared to their ADP) after a spirited conversation about their Head-to-Head Heroes from last week.

5:00 - Chad picks George Springer as his Head-to-Head Hero. Pete goes with Jasson Domínguez and Michael Busch in a two-way tie.

16:30 - Conversation about our keeper league All Stars begins with Emmet Sheehan, oddly enough.

23:02 - Kris Bubic and Andrew Abbott are looking like probable keepers for 2026 and make the Keeper League All Star Team.

29:00 - Chad likes what Ryne Nelson is cooking up this season. Pete is worried about the fastball usage.

33:52 - Casey Mize has a 2.63 ERA through 15 starts. Is this a breakout and slam dunk keeper, or is he a first-half fluke.

35:34 - Grant Holmes and Edward Cabrera look really good! Cabrera's success is long overdue for Pete!

41:45 - Both hosts are excited about the idea of keeping Hunter Goodman and Andy Pages for 2026 at this point. 

46:38 - Eugenio Suárez, Christian Yelich, Sonny Gray, and Merrill Kelly are having solid seasons, but are their seasons so good that managers should consider keeping them?

49:31 - Jhoan Duran could be a potential keeper based on his numbers so far, potentially in roto leagues, at least.

50:28 - Nick Pivetta should make the keeper league All Star team, the homers are down!

51:25 - Will Vest and Emilio Pagán generate a short conversation about how to approach closer keepers.

53:39 - Cristopher Sánchez is looking like a slam dunk keeper given his 2025 cost.

55:08 - Nathan Eovaldi is good when he pitches, but is probably not a keeper 2026. 

55:53 - Byron Buxton once again gets talked about on Keep or Kut.

57:23 - Carlos Rodón and Robbie Ray are pitching like aces, but their costs were more pricey than most of the players we had discussed to this point. Does it look like they will still be worth keeping for 2026, despite that cost?

59:38 - Bryan Woo is most likely going to be a keeper in a lot of leagues.

1:01:03 - Joe Ryan and Pete Crow-Armstrong end the show. Pete and Chad discuss if they will have a lot of shares of PCA in 2026 or not.

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5:16 - Chad steals Pete's head-to-head hero, going with Evan Carter.

15:26 - Pete's advising you to think about cutting his head-t0-head hero, Willy Adames.

25:17 - In the Keep or Kut Listener H2H League on FanTrax, starting with Chad acquiring Oneil Cruz and Jasson Dominguez for Chris Sale and Chase Meidroth.

35:39 - Trading away Mike Trout and Jose Altuve for Justin Steele and Gleyber Torres.

40:55 - The first place team ships out a 12th round Kristian Campbell for 22nd round Brice Turang.

47:24 - Looking at trades in Ottoneu League 13, starting with $30 Adley Rutschman for $9 Logan O'Hoppe - and both teams are near the bottom of the standings.

51:30 - A first place team gets $13 Jacob DeGrom, $8 Tyler O'Neill, $15 Emmanuel Clase, and $1 Cedric Mullins by giving up $1 Abner Uribe, $7 Jasson Dominguez, $10 Jordan Walker, and $1 Jack Leiter.

58:00 - Selling a $73 Shohei Ohtani (and some other parts) for $13 Michael King, $1 Noah Cameron, $5 Addison Barger, and a $10 Lawrence Butler.

1:02:58 - Chad had been targeting King, so swapped a $1 Joe Boyle and a pile of cap space for King and $13 Josh Naylor.

1:06:28 - And finally, Chad trades $9 Alec Bohm and $37 Francisco Lindor for $4 Bubba Chandler, $2 Ronny Mauricio, $2 Kyle Stowers and $3 Connor Norby.

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) keep up the buy or sell nature of Episode 169, but this time they look at pitchers.

1:31 - Chad’s Head-to-Head Hero was Adley Rutschman, while Pete went with Christian Encarnacion-Strand.

18:11 - We start talking about pitchers who are performing at a level higher than we anticipated back during the draft season. Hunter Brown and Carlos Rodón lead things off.

34:07 - Chad is not a Kris Bubic believer, he doesn’t pass the sniff test!

44:32 - Daniel Palencia seems to be the Cubs closer and… he looks good! Top 10 closer?

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Timestamps

Ep 169

2:45 - Our head-t0-head heroes starts with a discussion on Jeremy Pena's breakout season.

13:33 - Pete's Hero, Zack Littell, is an interesting example of player whose value is based on format as much as anything.

21:05 - Is James Wood a top 20 player moving forward?

31:00 - Are we just as high on PCA?

39:30- How should we view Kyle Stowers and Andy Pages - and who do we like more?

52:48- Taking a look at 3B where Alex Bregman and Junior Caminero are - for the moment - trending opposite directions but maybe landing in the same place.

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) go through an extended Head-to-Head Heroes segment and breakdown a couple of Chad's recent deals by providing insightful analysis on quite a few names.

5:25 - Head to head heroes of the week: Merrill Kelly and Will Benson.

16:07 - Is this a Josh Jung breakout or a fluke?

26:21 -  Pete Crow-Armstrong is having a monster season. Will he be able to sustain the power and batting average that he is putting forward?

42:24 - Chad made a big trade in one of his leagues. He traded his Mookie Betts, Seiya Suzuki, and Justin Steele for Jarren Duran, Bo Bichette, Bailey Ober, Tomoyuki Sugano, and a pick upgrade. How did he do?

59:01 - Chad also traded Kerry Carpenter and Adael Amador for Corbin Burnes. Pete thinks this is a huge win for Chad, he isn’t ready to give up on Burnes as an ace despite the dropoff in Ks the last year+.

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Timestamps

Ep 167

4:40 - Our jersey number 67 discussion leads us to take a closer look at Seth Lugo and what the Royals have been doing with pitching.

10:41 - Head-to-Head Heroes takes us to the Jhoan Duran in the Twins bullpen and a bit of a "season appreciation award" for Wilyer Abreu.

23:26 - What stats are we looking to for info on players at this point in the season?

31:52 -  Is Nolan Jones a buy low?

45:28 - Why aren't people talking about MacKenzie Gore?

54:18 - Lightning Round! Is Hunter Dobbins breaking out? Any interest in some breakout hitters? What should you get if you are trading away a stud for future value?

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) break down a few of the amazing first-month performers of the season, particularly names that you wouldn't have expected back before the season started.

Team Kaia
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Timestamps

8:13 - Pete takes the red-hot hitting Riley Greene for his H2H Hero of the Week. Chad decided to go with Luis Robert Jr., making Pete puke.

16:31 - Kyle Stowers is off to a monster start. Are Pete & Chad selling high or holding?

30:50 - Alex Bregman is on absolute fire.

41:16 - Brice Turang is hitting the ball a lot harder and the numbers are looking way better than they were even last year when he broke out.

51:04 - Chad is a little excited about Brady Singer but thinks he is a sell high, Pete is certain he is a sell-high.

1:00:33 - Tylor Megill and Carlos Rodón have had walk-heavy, but elite, starts. Are you buying their hot starts? Carlos Rodón or Robbie Ray?

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Timestamps

Ep 165

3:09 - Head to Head Heroes: Noelvi Marte and Zach Neto

13:37 - Chad's team in Ottoneu league one has been a disaster and while Juan Soto isn't doing what he hoped, the real concern is the pitching - and Chad wants to know what to make of Jared Jones, Spencer Arrighetti, and Sandy Alcantara

30:30 - Pete's struggling in the Keep or Kut listener Ottoneu league, and needs to figure out his path on HR/9, especially with some early bullpen disasters, but Marcus Semien is where he's losing sleep.

43:58 - Chad is getting interested in Tim Tawa, if the playing time is there.

50:22 - Lightning round of players who are underperforming - except we only cover two names (Luis Robert Jr. and Zac Gallen), because we failed to be lightning.

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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) haven't been able to link up for an episode in a few weeks, so they have some news to get through. After the news, they take a look at some players who are overperforming their xwOBAs.

Timestamps

6:25 - Head-to-Head Heroes is back! Chad goes with Bryce Harper for Week 1. Pete chose Pete Crow-Armstrong.

19:05 - News begins! We start by discussing the Spencer Strider debut.

24:30 - Triston Casas is starting to hit the ball a lot harder, but the results still aren't following. What do we do here?

3o:52 - Luke Keaschall is up with the Twins and batting second in the lineup.

35:13 - Chandler Simpson is up with the Rays and leadoff in his first game.

41:40 - Conversations about wOBA vs xwOBA begin with a dissection of Salvador Perez.

44:56 - Dylan Crews is showing signs of life

48:57 - Brandon Lowe is looking pretty kuttable

56:45 - Andrew Vaughn, Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez, Adley Rutschman, Yainer Diaz, Willson Contreras, and Matt Olson round out the top 10 in players overperforming their xwOBA. What sticks out here?

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