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Diamondbacks To Select Dallas Keuchel

By Darragh McDonald | June 26, 2022 at 7:59am CDT

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo informed reporters, including Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, that lefty Dallas Keuchel will start Sunday’s game for the club. Keuchel isn’t currently on Arizona’s 40-man roster, meaning a corresponding move of some kind will be required.

Keuchel, 34, began the season with the White Sox, in the final season of the three-year deal he signed with them prior to the 2020 campaign. His first season of the deal was brilliant, as he threw 63 1/3 innings in the shortened season with a 1.99 ERA. However, there were reasons to be skeptical of those results, with the advanced metrics grading him less kindly, possibly due to his .255 BABIP and 4.7% HR/FB rate. Indeed, the pendulum swung the other way in 2021, with Keuchel’s ERA shooting up to 5.28. In 2022, things got even worse, as his ERA was at 7.88 after eight starts when the White Sox released him.

Once Keuchel cleared release waivers, any other team could sign him for the prorated league minimum rate, with the White Sox on the hook for the remainder. The Diamondbacks stepped up and offered him a minor league deal, reuniting Keuchel with Brent Strom, who was the pitching coach with the Astros during Keuchel’s best seasons but is now with the D-Backs. That deal came with opt-outs on June 25, July 3 and July 11. With yesterday being the first of those opt-outs, it’s possible that motivated the team to make the move, though it’s not known if Keuchel indeed triggered his opt-out. Since signing that deal, Keuchel made a pair of starts at the Complex League level, logging 12 innings and allowing six earned runs, 17 strikeouts and a pair of walks.

The Diamondbacks have used four primary starters this year: Zac Gallen, Madison Bumgarner, Merrill Kelly and Zach Davies. The fifth slot was taken by Humberto Castellanos for most of the season until he landed on the IL at the end of May. Since then, the club has been patching the last spot together, giving the occasional spot start to the likes of Tyler Gilbert and Luke Weaver. But it seems now they will give the ball to Keuchel and see if he can take over a role and stabilize the back end of the rotation.

Currently 32-41, the Diamondbacks are 8 1/2 games out of a playoff spot at the moment. With just over a month to go until the August 2 trade deadline, the club will likely be considering doing some selling in that time, at least when it comes to players with short windows of control. Keuchel himself isn’t likely to garner huge amounts of interest, given that he just had to settle for a minor league deal. However, it’s possible Arizona will trade another member of the rotation between now and then. Zach Davies is on a one-year contract and headed towards free agency at the end of the year. There is a mutual option for 2023, though those are almost never picked up by both sides. After a miserable season with the Cubs in 2021, Davies is having a nice bounceback here in 2022, putting up a 3.94 ERA through 80 innings.

If the club pulls the trigger on a deal, Keuchel could potentially provide some veteran innings down the stretch. For him personally, he’ll look to show some improved results before returning to free agency at the end of the year.

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25 Comments

  1. Milwaukee-2208

    3 years ago

    Yikes

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    • Holy Cow!

      3 years ago

      He did strike out 13 Complex Leaguers last start and then he went home and counted 55.5 million samolies that the White Sox gave him. So, he’s got that going for him.

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      • Bart

        3 years ago

        And did Kelly Nash a few times.

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        • sufferforsnakes

          3 years ago

          Is this Bart Simpson?

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        • Holy Cow!

          3 years ago

          I’m sure Kelly helped him count it.

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  2. Dumpster Divin Theo

    3 years ago

    Lot of runs over 12 innings. To be fair, that league was Complex. Like playing 4D chess while contemplating the thermodynamics of jet propulsion.

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  3. Jack Buckley

    3 years ago

    He’s brutal, he’s pitching today, he’ll be DFAd after

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  4. mike127

    3 years ago

    Mark Appel. The Yankees get no hit. The Orioles and White Sox have almost identical records. Bryce maybe out for the season. Now this—-Keuchel back. What on earth is going on?

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    • gbs42

      3 years ago

      Just baseball being baseball.

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  5. SSG Schuler

    3 years ago

    Hypothetically speaking, if he managed to get 128 innings pitched the rest of the year, would the Sox have to pay that 20 mil option for next year?

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    • Holy Cow!

      3 years ago

      No. This is a new contract.

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  6. sufferforsnakes

    3 years ago

    Meh. Why not?

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  7. Angels & NL West

    3 years ago

    Guess the D-backs had to give Keuchel a shot given the opt out. Hope he does well.

    I’m anxious to see Corbin Martin again. He’s been stretched out in Reno and doing well lately.

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  8. scottaz

    3 years ago

    Dbacks, with this move, are now officially in sell mode. The alternative move would have been to call up one of their young starter prospects, like Tommy Henry, Ryne Nelson or Corbin Martin, who is starting today for AAA Reno Aces. Instead they will showcase Keuchel and try to get lucky with creating another trade chip.

    If healthy, Nick Ahmed would have been traded this next month. David Peralta, Madison Bumgarner and Zach Davies are next to be traded if the Dbacks can find a trade partner for each. And don’t be surprised if the Dbacks trade one of their six left handed CFers for Pablo Lopez.

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    • thekid9

      3 years ago

      Ahmed would have been traded? Who’s your source?

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      • User 3595123227

        3 years ago

        His source is MSNBC.

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        • tiredolddude

          3 years ago

          And yours, the mens room wall

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      • scottaz

        3 years ago

        Look at Cot’s Contracts. See who has the largest contracts. See who is in the last year of their contract. Listen to the GM and his/her plans for the team this year and next. Use your brain.

        What I wrote about MadBum, Peralta and Davies also applied to Ahmed—If the Dbacks can line up a trade partner. Everybody in AZ expected Ahmed to be traded to a contender who had an injury to their SS.

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  9. Big Hurt

    3 years ago

    Because Sox fans, like me, are nearing the edge of a cliff just looking for a reason to jump, I suspect Keuchel will throw 7 shutout, 2 hit innings today.

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  10. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    4.50 ERA in rookie ball lol

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  11. solaris602

    3 years ago

    KOOOCH!!!!!

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  12. scottaz

    3 years ago

    Keuchel just got through a 1-2-3 first inning—quickly trade him while he has value!

    Reply
  13. scottaz

    3 years ago

    Too late to trade Keuchel! Double, single and 2 run triple so far with 1 out 2nd inning.

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  14. ChiSoxCity

    3 years ago

    Keuchel’s probably the worst White Sox pitcher I’ve ever seen. Good riddance.

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    • 619bird

      3 years ago

      Mikeal Cleto was worse.

      Your dumb ass just likely pays attention when they win and piles on like those chump ass media cvunt when they aren’t doing well.

      Reply

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