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PODCAST

Keep or Kut

Chad Young, Pete Ball

The best fantasy baseball leagues don"t end when the season ends. Join Chad Young and Pete Ball of Pitcher List as they dive into the world of keeper and Ottoneu leagues. Tips and advice, analysis and insights, all tailored to leagues where you"re playing for the long haul.

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All Episodes

01:11:10

K ꓘ 181 - Listener Questions

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2025/12/22

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad Young (@chadyoung) got a slew of listener questions and do their best to get through as many possible. Who has increased their value this off-season? What's up at CI? How do you balance and think about values in different formats?2:22 - Who are risers in keeper leagues due to the transactions we have already seen this off-season? Willson Contreras is the latest transaction and maybe the biggest gainer.7:26 - Munetaka Murakami landing in a pretty good

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01:06:39

K ꓘ 180 - Offseason Trade Analysis

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2025/12/08

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad Young (@chadyoung) break down some of the trades they have finalized in the Keep or Kut listener leagues.7:30 - After going over the Sonny Gray trade to Boston and the Ryan Helsley acquisition by Baltimore, the hosts discuss Pete's trade of Samuel Basallo and a 4th-round pick for Julio Rodríguez.13:20 - Chad has a 4th-round Zach Neto. Should he keep him? A good conversation about Jackson Holliday follows, as Chad gave up both Trevor Rogers and Shane

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01:16:44

K ꓘ 179 - Podcast Network Mock Draft Review

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2025/11/24

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) took part in the Pitcher List Podcast Network mock draft in Octobter. This week, Chad Young (@chadyoung) grills Pete (nicely) on his strategy, his picks, what went well, what didn't, and what he learned. Along the way, they try to bring in some keeper league thoughts, as well.1:40 - What makes a draft like this different from a keeper draft - and what makes this draft particularly unique?11:09 - Picking 11th, Pete made a tactical choice to wait on pitching,

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01:01:36

K ꓘ 178 - Ottoneu 4x4 Roster Breakdown (Pitching...

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2025/11/03

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad Young (@chadyoung) discuss the pitchers on their 4x4 rosters, examining who they might keep and who they might kut.3:07 - Conversation begins by looking at the double-digit price pitchers on Pete's roster. Conversation includes $31 Logan Webb, $15 Michael King, $14 Tanner Bibee, $14 Aaron Nola, and $13 Eury Perez.16:04 - Chad's double-digit priced pitchers are $28 Pablo López, $27 Logan Gilbert, $25 George Kirby, $24 Corbin Burnes, $11 Connelly

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01:15:59

K ꓘ 177 - Ottoneu 4x4 Roster Breakdown

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2025/10/06

Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) pull up their rosters in Ottoneu league 1372, the Keep or Kut Listener League, and talk through who is a keeper, who is a cut, and who should maybe be shopped over the off-season. While trade season hasn't kicked off and it is too early to make final decisions, getting a sense of where you stand is a great place to start.5:35 - What we're doing in our keeper leagues right now - first pass at keepers, positional eligibility, etc.14:42 -

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01:13:27

K ꓘ 176 - Second Half Buy or Sell

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2025/09/29

Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) look at the top (and some of the bottom) performers in the second half of the fantasy season and discuss what went wrong and what that means for their keeper value and 2026 draft status. How high are we ranking Shea Langeliers? How far did Elly de la Cruz fall? And which surprise pitchers do we like best?6:00 - Our final H2H heroes, starting with Michael Harris II10:04 - Did a hot finish save the draft value on Fernando Tatis, Jr., and James

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01:15:34

K ꓘ 175 - Keeper Thoughts

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2025/08/18

2:25 - H2H heroes starting with by far our most out there winner - Victor Vodnik12:24 - Michael Harris II gets Pete’s nod for his ongoing breakout25:38 - looking at Pete’s keepers in the Roto Listener League with discussion on an injured pitcher working back, giving up all your round 3-5 picks, and more.44:09 - We turn our attention to Chad’s much less exciting team, with more injured pitchers, a series of maybe-closers, and some questions on older players on the downswing.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts

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00:49:03

K ꓘ 174 - Trade Deadline Keeper Implications and...

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2025/08/11

Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) goes solo to discuss his H2H Hero of the Week, some trade deadline keeper league implications, and players he is keeping a close eye on as the season winds down.3:09 - Pete's H2H Hero of the Week is Shea Langeliers9:48 - Trade deadline talk begins12:32 - Time to add Ryan Helsley in your keeper leagues?14:55 - It should be David Bednar's time to shine18:18 - Carlos Correa is back in Houston!20:36 - Leo De Vries moved but Pete doesn't think there is any keeper

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01:09:32

K ꓘ 173 - More Trade Reviews

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2025/07/14

2:16 -Pete looks to an opponent's team and lands on Zach McKinstry as his Head-to-Head Hero9:10 - 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

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01:06:40

K ꓘ 172 - Keeper League All Stars

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2025/07/08

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

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01:12:43

K ꓘ 171 - Trade Reviews

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2025/06/16

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 -

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00:56:05

K ꓘ 170 - Buy or Sell Pitcher Edition

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2025/06/09

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 -

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01:10:57

K ꓘ 169 - Buy or Sell Breakouts?

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2025/06/02

TimestampsEp 1692:45 - 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

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01:10:21

K ꓘ 168 - Heroes and Trades

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2025/05/19

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

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01:11:26

K ꓘ 167 - Answering Listener Questions

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2025/05/12

TimestampsEp 1674:40 - 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

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01:16:32

K ꓘ 166 - The Guys Saving Our Teams

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2025/05/05

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 KaiaAt the top of the show, we told you about eight-year old Kaia, who is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. Kaia has been diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia. We are doing everything we can to help her family find a genetically matched donor. Please, if you are between the

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01:04:48

K ꓘ 165 - The Guys Sinking Our Teams

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2025/04/28

TimestampsEp 1653:09 - Head to Head Heroes: Noelvi Marte and Zach Neto13:37 - 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 Alcantara30:30 - 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

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01:04:17

K ꓘ 164 - News and wOBA vs xwOBA Over-performers

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2025/04/21

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.Timestamps6:25 - 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

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01:00:14

K ꓘ 163 - Six Numbers We Find Interesting

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2025/04/07

TimestampsEp 1611:29 - .220: the combined batting average of players with ADP between 13 and 24 (second round) on NFBC.18:32 - 1.64 mph: Nolan Arenado's increase in average bat speed, plus some other bat speed gainers and losers.28:48 - 2: The number of games at Coors Field so far this year and why you shouldn't be scared to stream at Coors.35:32 - 47.1%: Christian Yelich's Hard-Hit rate.41:43 - .219: the combined batting average of all 1B so far this season.49:23 - .319: xwOBA for Mookie

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01:04:01

K ꓘ 162 - Hot Exit Velocity Starts

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2025/03/31

Keep or Kut - Chad (@chadyoung) and Pete (@PeteBBaseball) break down some of the hot starts in the opening days of baseball, particularly players who have been hitting the ball hard.Timestamps3:04 - Are homers up around baseball?10:22 - Going over some of the hardest-hit balls of the (very) young season so far. We start off with Jordan Walker.18:08 - Corbin Carroll has a new max EV. Not much to do here, but worth noting.20:15 - Eugenio Suárez had a monster season last year. Was it a mirage or is he

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