Keep or Kut – Pete (@PeteBBaseball) and Chad (@ChadYoung) discuss some tough keep or kut decisions with players who are underperforming, and also identify some interesting sell-high candidates this early in the season.
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Timestamps
2:25 – Is it time to move on from Trent Grisham?
15:49 – Brendan Rodgers… Keep or Out?
28:52 – Tanner Houck’s over reliance on two pitches, and Red Sox reinforcements on the way, could lead to a questionable role for him
41:45 – Drew Rasmussen has had some issues and is potentially drop-worthy. Pete and Chad discuss him compared to Merrill Kelly, Josiah Gray, Paul Blackburn, and Tanner Houck.
1:00:10 – Sell high on Pablo López and C.J. Cron?
1:07:09 – Yu Darvish is coming off of a great outing, maybe consider cashing in given some concerning underlying numbers since the substance crackdown
1:08:10 – Chad saw Ty France as a buy-low, Pete sees him now as a sell-high