Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@chadyoung) break down their top 10 starting pitchers for keeper leagues. They also chat a little bit about the Keep or Kut Listener League drafts, as well as why Ottoneu has the MI position but not the CI position.
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Timestamps
1:35 - Chad and Pete discuss what they learned from the Keeper or Kut Listener League #1 draft
17:04 - Who are the players that are injured to keep an eye on in keeper leagues?
19:58 - Chad left Jacob deGrom off of his top 10. He explains why.
24:50 - Corbin Burnes was number 1 on both Pete's and Chad's list.
25:47 - Gerrit Cole has a home run problem, and Chad wants nothing to do with it at cost.
28:40 - Will the ban of the shift make fly ball pitchers even more of standouts in WHIP than they were before?
32:20 - Chad has Shohei Ohtani #4 on his list whereas Pete did not even have Ohtani on his top 10.
40:48 - Two new aces with immense strikeout upside arrived in 2022: Spencer Strider and Shane McClanahan.
46:04 - Pete and Chad have their concerns about Carlos Rodón, but they generally agree that he is awesome.
50:17 - Pete talks a little bit about his draft strategy for starting pitchers early in drafts
52:19 - Chad ranked Luis Castillo in his top 10, Pete did not. Chad explains his thought process.
53:35 - Pete is confident Kevin Gausman can be even better than he was last year.
56:00 - Chad's favorite ADP value at the moment is Tyler Glasnow.
58:21 - Is Tyler Glasnow the pitcher-version of Byron Buxton?
1:02:27 - Pete's favorite pitcher ADP value is Pablo López.
1:05:48 - Chad and Pete are both out on Dylan Cease at his current ADP.
1:10:20 - As much as Pete likes Cole, he thinks he is the worst ADP value because of how deep the SP pool is.
1:10:55 - Pete's SP prospect to target is Grayson Rodriguez... how bold!
1:12:40 - Chad has a lot of prospect pitchers he is interested in, and breaks a few of them down.
1:15:45 - The Ottoneu Question of the Day is back... for at least one episode! Why do Ottoneu leagues have a MI position, but no CI position? Does this reality make MI more exp