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Ep 169

2:45 - 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 directions but maybe landing in the same place.

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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 of his leagues. He traded his Mookie Betts, Seiya Suzuki, and Justin Steele for Jarren Duran, Bo Bichette, Bailey Ober, Tomoyuki Sugano, and a pick upgrade. How did he do?

59:01 - Chad also traded Kerry Carpenter and Adael Amador for Corbin Burnes. Pete thinks this is a huge win for Chad, he isn’t ready to give up on Burnes as an ace despite the dropoff in Ks the last year+.

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Ep 167

4:40 - 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 breaking out? Any interest in some breakout hitters? What should you get if you are trading away a stud for future value?

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Ep 165

3:09 - Head to Head Heroes: Noelvi Marte and Zach Neto

13:37 - 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 Alcantara

30:30 - 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 sleep.

43:58 - Chad is getting interested in Tim Tawa, if the playing time is there.

50:22 - Lightning round of players who are underperforming - except we only cover two names (Luis Robert Jr. and Zac Gallen), because we failed to be lightning.

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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.

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6:25 - 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 results still aren't following. What do we do here?

3o:52 - Luke Keaschall is up with the Twins and batting second in the lineup.

35:13 - Chandler Simpson is up with the Rays and leadoff in his first game.

41:40 - Conversations about wOBA vs xwOBA begin with a dissection of Salvador Perez.

44:56 - Dylan Crews is showing signs of life

48:57 - Brandon Lowe is looking pretty kuttable

56:45 - Andrew Vaughn, Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez, Adley Rutschman, Yainer Diaz, Willson Contreras, and Matt Olson round out the top 10 in players overperforming their xwOBA. What sticks out here?

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Ep 161

1:29 - .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 Betts.

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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.

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3:04 - 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 just back to being a power stud?

25:55 - Ryan Mountcastle has one of the hardest-hit balls this season. Breakout season incoming?

30:58 - Oneil Cruz continues to hit the ball hard. Woopdiedoo.

31:20 - Seiya Suzuki hit a 112.9 MPH double off of Merrill Kelly.

32:50 - Like Cruz, Kyle Schwarber also continues to pound the baseball.

34:00 - Derek Hill hit a ball pretty hard! Alright!

36:28 - Randy Arozarena hit a laser against the Athletics. We share our thoughts on him this season.

41:23 - Xander Bogaerts stunned a really hard-hit double. Is he in for a bounceback?

47:52 - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr, and Aaron Judge are all still good… confirmed!

50:09 - Christian Walker is healthy! And still hitting the ball hard!

51:37 - Tyler Soderstrom is off to a hot start. He hit the ball really hard last year and is picking up where he left off.

55:23 - Will Jarren Duran be able to repeat what he did in 2024?

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