Mitch Keller
28-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-1
ERA
4.50
WHIP
1.46
K
21
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Keller earned his first career All-Star nod in 2023 with a 3.31 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in 19 starts during the first half, but he fell apart after the break with a 5.59 ERA and 1.44 WHIP in 13 outings. The good news is that the right-hander stayed mostly healthy and set a career high with 194.1 innings, and he also improved his strikeout rate to 25.5 percent and walk rate to 6.7 percent. Keller also may have received some unfortunate results, as indicated by a 3.83 SIERA and 3.70 xFIP compared to a 4.21 ERA. Despite the struggles down the stretch in 2023, it's a season to build on as he enters his age-28 campaign. Keller certainly shouldn't be the ace of a staff but is a strong option to round out a rotation for fantasy managers in 2024, especially if he can maintain the decent strikeout and win (13) totals. Read Past Outlooks
Goes seven innings against Phillies
Keller (2-1) earned the win Sunday, allowing two runs on eight hits and no walks over seven innings against Philadelphia. He struck out four.
ANALYSIS
Keller notched his second straight victory Sunday, allowing a pair of runs via a Trea Turner solo homer and an RBI single also hit by Turner. After giving up five runs in each of his first two starts, Keller has bounced back with a pair of quality starts, bringing his ERA down to 4.50 with 21 strikeouts across 24.0 innings. He's expected to make his next start during a three-game homestand against the Red Sox.
Keller notched his second straight victory Sunday, allowing a pair of runs via a Trea Turner solo homer and an RBI single also hit by Turner. After giving up five runs in each of his first two starts, Keller has bounced back with a pair of quality starts, bringing his ERA down to 4.50 with 21 strikeouts across 24.0 innings. He's expected to make his next start during a three-game homestand against the Red Sox.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
91
Last 10 Games
91
Last 5 Games
91
How many pitches does Mitch Keller generally throw?
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What part of the game does Mitch Keller generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-21%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .263 | 184 | 75 | 192 | 22 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .255 | 185 | 47 | 185 | 19 | |||
2024vs Left | .264 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .333 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||
2023vs Left | .253 | 115 | 37 | 98 | 16 | |||
2023vs Right | .244 | 95 | 18 | 89 | 9 | |||
2022vs Left | .276 | 55 | 34 | 80 | 5 | |||
2022vs Right | .257 | 83 | 26 | 82 | 9 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-32%
ERA at Home
2024
-40%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.30 | 1.23 | 183.0 | 8.2 | 3.0 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.86 | 1.41 | 194.1 | 9.4 | 2.9 | ||||
2024Home | 3.00 | 1.33 | 6.0 | 13.5 | 4.5 | ||||
2024Away | 5.00 | 1.50 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | ||||
2023Home | 2.90 | 1.06 | 90.0 | 8.4 | 2.3 | ||||
2023Away | 5.35 | 1.41 | 104.1 | 10.9 | 2.8 | ||||
2022Home | 3.72 | 1.40 | 87.0 | 7.6 | 3.5 | ||||
2022Away | 4.13 | 1.39 | 72.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Mitch Keller compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.00K/9
7.9BB/9
2.6HR/9
0.8Fastball
93.8 mphERA
4.50WHIP
1.46BABIP
.358GB/FB
1.63Left On Base
65.2%Swinging Strike
12.2%Prospect Rankings History
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No extension talks
The Pirates have not approached Keller about an extension this offseason, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
ANALYSIS
General manager Ben Cherington stated that it was the club's priority to get a deal done with Keller this offseason, though apparently there's been little progress made. The righty addressed the issue Friday, saying that he believed negotiations could begin closer to spring training. Though he still struggled with consistency, Keller had a strong 2023 season during which he broke out to post a 25.5 percent strikeout rate while also dropping his walk rate to 6.7 percent across 194.1 innings.
General manager Ben Cherington stated that it was the club's priority to get a deal done with Keller this offseason, though apparently there's been little progress made. The righty addressed the issue Friday, saying that he believed negotiations could begin closer to spring training. Though he still struggled with consistency, Keller had a strong 2023 season during which he broke out to post a 25.5 percent strikeout rate while also dropping his walk rate to 6.7 percent across 194.1 innings.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Through his first seven starts of 2022, Keller had a 6.61 ERA. After he was briefly demoted to a relief role, it appeared the Keller was on a continued trajectory of an underwhelming MLB career. However, the narrative quickly took a turn, as Keller re-entered the rotation and closed the campaign by maintaining a 3.22 ERA across his last 120.1 innings. He turned into a contact-heavy pitcher in that span by maintaining only a 20.7 K%, but that also allowed him to fill the strike zone and maintain an 8.8 BB% (career 9.7 BB%). Even more of a revelation was Keller's ability to keep batted balls on the ground, as his GB% spiked to 49.4% and HR/9 fell to 0.7. While those exact numbers may not be replicable, the positive results were made more believable by a tangible change in Keller's pitch mix. He threw his four-seam fastball less in exchange for introducing a sinker, so the tradeoff of swings and misses for groundballs is sensible. While his role once seemed to be in danger, Keller is locked in as a top-three pitcher in the Pirates' rotation, and he could be capable of turning in solid ratios without much strikeout or win upside.
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Fans nine in victory
Keller (1-1) earned the win Monday, allowing two runs, five hits and three walks over six innings against the Tigers. He struck out nine.
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Another disappointing showing
Keller (0-1) took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals, yielding five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out five.
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Struggles in no-decision
Keller allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits and two walks over 5.2 innings during Thursday's 6-5 win at Miami. He struck out three and didn't factor in the decision.
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Not worried about decreased velo
Keller sat between 90-92 mph for much of his spring training outing Wednesday against the Orioles, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
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Draws Opening Day nod
Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Thursday that Keller will serve as the club's Opening Day starter March 28 in Miami, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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