K ꓘ 99 - Struggling Players Who We're Still Buying

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) wanted to look at potential buy lows, but it isn't enough these days to identify pitchers with a poor ERA but great peripherals, or hitters with bad results and a great xwOBA. So we go a level deeper and find pitchers whose ERA and FIP and hitters whose wOBA and xwOBA are ugly. And then we figure out who we might want to keep around.

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Timestamps

2:29 - Hitters who are struggling by wOBA and xwOBA

5:55 - Nolan Arenado is already bouncing back

14:33 - Manny Machado is in a dip, but that’s all

19:38 - Myles Straw is still running, but is that enough?

21:37 - There are some young players having issues and Ezequiel Tovar stands out

27:52 - George Springer just missed the cut but needs some attention too

34:55 - Maybe we need to reset expectations on Andres Giménez

38:08 - Switching to pitchers who are struggling by ERA and FIP

39:30 - Three rookies not living up to the hype - Ken Waldichuk, Ryne Nelson, Hayden Wesneski

49:00 - And three vets, as well - Lance Lynn, Michael Kopech, Taijuan Walker

1:04:48 - Final thoughts on players including Royce Lewis, Jazz Chisholm, and Brayan Bello

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