Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (chadyoung.bsky.social) couldn't get together this week, so Chad went solo, talking about how he thinks about waivers and FAAB in keeper leagues as compared to redraft. With so much waiver wire content out there, how can you, the keeper-league-playing Keep or Kut listener, use that content for a different context than it was intended.

0:42 - H2H Heroes starts with a couple of bats, and while Chad picked Cam Smith, C.J. Abrams was worth a look, too.

10:05 - Chad planned on one hitter and one pitcher, but how do you decide between Sandy Alcantara and Cam Schlittler?

1949 break 1

19:50 - When it comes to hitters on the wire, Chad will prioritize long-term value because the upside (multiple seasons worth) is so much higher than for a one-year rental type. And that influences how he reads waiver content.

2935 break 2

29:36 - Pitchers, on the other hand, Chad is more inclined to focus on the present, at least relative to hitters.

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Keep or Kut - Chad and Pete react to some of their listeners' "overreactions."

2:30 - Chad’s H2H Hero of the Week: Chase DeLauter

4:53 - Pete’s H2H Hero of the Week: Wilyer Abreu… both homer picks!

9:09 - Is it too early to think “my team isn’t going to be very good this year?”

20:08 - ThecretThauce’s “overreaction” to debate is that Jacob Misiorowski leads MLB in BBs and Ks.

25:35 - Just how bad is the Giants’ offense?

33:34 - Skubal Trouble thinks Shea Langeliers will be C1 this year.

40:22 - Kevin Gausman and Dylan Cease have career years? Dylan Cease Cy Young? What about Bryan Woo?

50:50 - Rookie stuff! Sal Stewart over Konnor Griffin this year? What about some other rookies? Pete and Chad predict their AL and NL Rookies of the Year.

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Keep or Kut - Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (chadyoung.bsky.social) go three three ADP tiers and identify players they simply have to have in keeper leagues. These are players whose ADP represents a value this year and have potential to be great keepers, even if you have to pay an increasing cost for them, next year. We used FanTrax ADP and here are the rules we followed:

1. One player each from inside the top 100 ADP, one from ADP 101-200, and one outside the top 200.
2. Players should have keeper value, but they also have to be valuable this year. You are competing, so you aren't going to punt a pick and a roster spot to stash Jesús Made for a year or more.

4:35 - Pete goes pitching in the top 100, targeting Logan Gilbert for the possibility to combine his history as a 200-inning workhorse with his newfound 2025 K-rate.

10:04 - Chad wants to buy the dip on Jackson Merrill, whose ADP would make him a multi-year keeper if he rebounds like we expect.

18:06 - Chad sticks in the outfield, this time going for Heliot Ramos, whose ADP is just straight too low.

26:55 - Another outfielder, this time from Pete who loves the power from Daulton Varsho, even if you get nothing else from him.

36:39 - Once we get outside the top 200, a lot of prospects are interesting, but we tried to stay away from them, and Pete finds himself targeting Francisco Alvarez.

43:21 - Chad wraps things up with a look at why Jackson Holliday is on multiple of his rosters.

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