Some Big Surprises in MLP Keepers and Drops

Every Major League Pickleball (MLP) team had to submit their keepers/drops by Sunday, February 16th at 7pm EST. There was a whirlwind of trades during Trade Window #1, prior to the keeper deadline. To catch up on all of those trades, check out our article detailing, analyzing, and grading the trades:

Now we need to get to which players teams dropped.

Biggest Surprises

1. The St. Louis Shock Dropped Kate Fahey

This one is a head scratcher and I don’t understand it. Fahey cost $8,500 to keep. Gabe Tardio cost $92,500 to keep. I think Tardio would have gone for less than Fahey will go. Financially this just doesn’t make sense to me. 

Fahey is one of the top women that are available in the free agency draft now, and teams looking to add a woman are going to run up the price on her. 

2. The New York Hustlers Dropped Everyone

I thought for sure they were going to drop Jack Sock and Riley Newman, with both costing $275,000 to keep. I just didn’t think they would drop Lea Jansen when she was only $77,000 to keep. The Hustlers made a ton of money in the trade window, so we will see how much they are willing to spend in the free agency draft.

Best Available Women

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