Keep or Kut

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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Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) looks at some high priced players on his roster and asks Pete (@PeteBBaseball): Can I cut this star? Who is an obvious cut in the off-season, but maybe needs to be held for now? Who can you give up, even if it means someone else gets him half price?

5:33 - Pete goes a little less obvious with his H2H hero: Pablo Lopez. And Chad just made a series of trades involving Lopez.

14:09 - Chad picks Lawrence Butler as his H2H hero, leading us to wonder, for 2025 - Butler or Adolis Garcia?

26:42 - Can Chad cut $36 Christian Yelich or $49 Fernando Tatis Jr., or does he have to sit on them?

37:51 - What about a $20+ Carlos Rodon?

43:00 - How are you handling an expensive Ronald Acuna Jr.?

47:02 - At what point do you cut high value (maybe high-priced) players because they aren’t helping now? Chad wrestling with a struggling $26 Marcus Semien, $28 Gerrit Cole, and $11 George Kirby.

1:03:45 - Reviewing three deadline deals involving Spencer Torkelson, Spencer Arrighetti, Logan Webb, Kyle Manzardo, Framber Valdez, Shane Baz, Luis Ortiz, Parker Meadows.

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) breakdown some of their difficult upcoming keeper decisions.

5:00 -Head-to-Head Heroes! Chad is excited that Spencer Torkelson is back and hitting. Pete went with a catcher, Yainer Diaz.

23:19 - Pete is in an odd spot. He is going to keep an 18th round Gunnar Henderson, but what combo should he pair with Henderson? An 8th round Jose Altuve with a 9th round Jarren Duran, or should he just pay 1st and 2nd round picks to keep Fernando Tatis Jr. and Yordan Alvarez? 

38:25 - Is a $49 Tatis Jr. a cut?

43:33 - Are we keeping a $33 Francisco Lindor? Pete says, "duh."

47:16 - A 22nd round Jacob deGrom vs a 25th round Garrett Crochet. Is the choice obvious? Chad thinks so, Pete is a little hesitant. 

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) dive into a set of players whose 2024 seasons have left us with questions about their keeper values. Have some of these players reached "must-keep" status because they have outplayed their value? Or should you trade them? Have some of them stumbled so badly that we are just moving on?

1:34 - H2H Heroes - The spectacular (if a bit of a boring pick) Juan Soto, and the resurgent Jake Burger

5:42 - What are we thinking about Gerrit Cole’s keeper value?

12:35 - Rank these three for keeper leagues: Cole, Jack Flaherty and Pablo Lopez.

14:58 - Is Matt McLain a super exciting keeper or a guy you are just nervous about?

23:49 - Are we over Jesus Luzardo?

28:38 - Is Yoshinobu Yamamoto elite? I guess that depends on your definition of elite.

35:38 - Is Anthony Santander an auto-keep everywhere?

41:19 - Five challenging SS to value, starting with Oneil Cruz

46:31 - Anthony Volpe hasn’t quite lived up to the hype, but does that mean he’s not worth keeping?

54:45 - Zach Neto has fully broken out

58:47 - Ezequiel Tovar is fun but is his performance sustainable?

1:02:15 - Can you really just give up on Bo Bichette?

1:07:24 - Ranking those five SS for keeper formats

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) provide short term and long term thoughts on the big moves that took place during this year's MLB Trade Deadline.

5:43 - Head-to-Head Heroes! Chad goes with Spencer Schwellenbach, Pete tabs Jazz Chisholm Jr.

15:45 - Jack Flaherty to the Dodgers

21:10 - Tanner Scott to the Padres

23:25 - Jorge Soler is going back to the Braves

27:42 - Yusei Kikuchi to the Astros

34:38 - Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham to the Cardinals, Tommy Edman and Michael Kopech to the Dodgers, Miguel Vargas to the White Sox

39:19 - Isaac Paredes to the Cubs, Christopher Morel to the Rays

43:36 - Zach Eflin to the Orioles

47:27 - Martín Pérez to the Padres, Gregory Soto to the Orioles, Luis Garcia to the Red Sox

50:44 - Austin Slater to the Reds, Ty France to the Reds, Diamondbacks got Dylan Floro, Mark Canha to the Giants

52:43 - The Rays got Dylan Carlson

55:20 - Eloy Jiménez is headed to the Orioles

59:47 - Josh Bell to the Diamondbacks, Alex Cobb to the Guardians, Trevor Rogers to the Orioles

1:01:45 - Lane Thomas to the Guardians

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) review the early deadline trades and spin up some ideas of trades they would like to see, with an eye towards positive impact for keeper leagues.

2:30 - H2H Heroes: Colton Cowser and Ezequiel Tovar

10:23 - AJ Puk heads west and Deyvison De Los Santos gets a clearer path

22:24 - Randy Arozarena has a new home for the next couple of years

29:46 - Austin Hays may have gained value

36:10 - Chad almost forgets about James Paxton to Boston

39:43 - Looking at the trade market and trades we would like to see with Jameson Taillon to LAD

48:37 - Let's get Jazz Chisholm to a better park with a better lineup

51:30 - Same for Brent Rooker!

54:12 - We want to see Jack Flaherty end up with our teams, but if that can't happen, maybe he can find a long-term home in San Diego?

58:14 - Could Mountcastle be traded? Maybe in the off-season?

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) take questions from the listeners

5:05 - Question from Jeff, is it time to give up on Matt Olson?

17:00 - Is Pete Alonso a cut at this point for a non-contending team?

25:04 - Should Freddie Freeman be viewed as a rental at this point if his price is around $50?

31:17 - When do you decide to sell as a middle of the road squad?

37:45 - How do you balance projections versus what you see with your own eyes?

49:15 - What about xStats? Where do those factor in?

56:36 - Chad delves into important Ottoneu deadlines related to drops and keeps.

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) debate some keeper league trades and glance back to debate some players who had surprising first halves. Should Chad trade away Juan Soto? What do yu do with Pablo Lopez? What's up with Fernando Tatis Jr.?

Timestamps:

7:14 - H2H Heroes: Alec Burleson and Blake Snell

14:17 - What kind of return should Chad be looking for a $60 Juan Soto? Covering Coby Mayo, Jace Jung, Christian Encarnacion-Stand, Jackson Jobe, Marcelo Mayer, and more.

27:07 - what’s up with Fernando Tatis Jr. and his long-term value

39:19 - Is Camilo Doval a guy you want to rely on?

51:50 - Is Pablo Lopez going to be an ace again? Including chatter on Max Fried and Ranger Suarez.

1:05:11 - What do you make of Jordan Walker?

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) follow up their previous episode by finishing the activity of examining what players at each position have maybe entered top 10 consideration for 2025 drafts. This time around they look at OF, SP, and RP.

4:30 - Pete’s Head-to-Head Hero: hopefully…(?) Nolan Jones! Chad’s? Reynaldo López. We recorded BEFORE this week, so hopefully we were right!

10:25 - Pete thinks Jarren Duran may now be a top-10 outfielder - he is doing everything well!

18:17 - Chad loves Riley Greene. He has consistently improved and is having a monster season.

32:27 - BREAK 1

33:54 - Mason Miller is unstoppable! … as a closer. Will he stay there?

40:03 - Chad loves what he is getting from Robert Suarez this season, and he should!

47:57 - BREAK 2

49:48 - Chris Sale is a stud end of story nice talking to you.

55:46 - Tarik Skubal is now a top 10 starter going forward, firmly.

1:03:22 - Is Cole Ragans top 10?

1:09:50 - What the heck is happening with Sonny Gray?

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) kick off a two-parter, looking at players who have jumped into the top ten at their position for keeper leagues. This week they cover catcher, corner infield and middle infield. Plus a discussion of Elly De La Cruz leads to a deep dive on the 1.1 for 2025.

6:43 - Our H2H Heroes - Mark Vientos and Elly De La Cruz, with a long tangent on candidates to go first overall in 2025

29:18 - Looking at players who have moved into the top ten at their position starting with Shea Langeliers and Logan O’Hoppe at catcher, plus a couple of honorable mentions.

46:06 - Turning to CI, where Pete picks Jordan Westburg and Chad hypes Josh Naylor

58:05 - CJ Abrams and Anthony Volpe are our picks at MI.

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