Keep or Kut

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.Timestamps5:38 - 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 Gilbert17:44 - Rounds 5-10 featuring Luis Robert Jr. in the 9th and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the same round, and the return of Shane McClanahan26:15 - 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 Francis40:05 - 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 Fry48:15 - Reviewing our entire offense, including obvious drops in Hunter Renfroe and Dylan Carlson and cut candidates in J,P, Crawford and Ke’Bryan Hayes53:11 - And our pitching, with a bunch of super clear keepers, plus some questions about Ben Lively, Javier Assad, and Simeon Woods RichardsonSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

Timestamps10:44 - H2H Heroes for the Postseason, starting with Pete’s pick, Tommy Edman15:26 - 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 leagues41:57 - Looking at arbitration in the Keep or Kut listener league52:27 - Chad does arbitration on Pete’s team57:30 - Pete does arbitration on Chad’s teamSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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 year9:42 - 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 Vientos37:31 - 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 Pederson54:41 - It's a run on SS as we talk Ezequiel Tovar, Tyler Fitzgerald, and Willy Adames58:41 - Wrapping it up with Teoscar Hernandez, Salvador Perez, Byron Buxton, Steven Kwan, Alec Bohm, Matt Chapman, and Matt Wallner1:10:59 - Recapping all the names we covered - and realizing that we skipped Spencer HorwitzSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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 Hero8:57 - Tyler O’Neill is Pete’s H2H Hero16:00 - 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 Schwellenbach53:42 - 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 exciting59:43 - Both the hosts are buying Hunter Brown and Jared Jones1:02:29 - 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 too1:06:06 - Nick Lodolo, finally someone we can buy on!1:07:26 - Pete and Chad disagree on what to do with Kumar RockerSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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 Burger5:42 - 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 Cruz46:31 - 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 out58:47 - 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 formatsSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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 Dodgers21:10 - Tanner Scott to the Padres23:25 - Jorge Soler is going back to the Braves27:42 - Yusei Kikuchi to the Astros34:38 - Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham to the Cardinals, Tommy Edman and Michael Kopech to the Dodgers, Miguel Vargas to the White Sox39:19 - Isaac Paredes to the Cubs, Christopher Morel to the Rays43:36 - Zach Eflin to the Orioles47:27 - Martín Pérez to the Padres, Gregory Soto to the Orioles, Luis Garcia to the Red Sox50:44 - Austin Slater to the Reds, Ty France to the Reds, Diamondbacks got Dylan Floro, Mark Canha to the Giants52:43 - The Rays got Dylan Carlson55:20 - Eloy Jiménez is headed to the Orioles59:47 - Josh Bell to the Diamondbacks, Alex Cobb to the Guardians, Trevor Rogers to the Orioles1:01:45 - Lane Thomas to the GuardiansSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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 Tovar10:23 - AJ Puk heads west and Deyvison De Los Santos gets a clearer path22:24 - Randy Arozarena has a new home for the next couple of years29:46 - Austin Hays may have gained value36:10 - Chad almost forgets about James Paxton to Boston39:43 - Looking at the trade market and trades we would like to see with Jameson Taillon to LAD48:37 - Let's get Jazz Chisholm to a better park with a better lineup51:30 - 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?Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | RSSConnect: Twitter | keeporkut@gmail.com | Join PL+Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus