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Brewers Designate Dallas Keuchel For Assignment

By Nick Deeds | July 14, 2024 at 10:10am CDT

The Brewers have designated veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel for assignment, according to MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy. Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel went on to relay that right-hander Joel Kuhnel has had his contract selected and will take Keuchel’s place on the 40-man and active rosters.

Keuchel, 36, was acquired by Milwaukee in a trade with the Mariners late last month while the veteran southpaw was on a minor league deal with Seattle. He was added to the Brewers’ roster shortly thereafter and ended up making four starts for the club. He posted a 5.40 ERA with just 11 strikeouts against eight walks in his 16 2/3 innings of work for the club, and yesterday surrendered three runs on eight hits in just three innings of work in a start against the Nationals. The Brewers will now have seven days to either work out a trade involving Keuchel or attempt to pass him through waivers. The 13-year MLB veteran has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment and return to free agency after clearing waivers, if he so chooses.

While the veteran struggled during his time in Milwaukee, it’s certainly possible that his time in the Mariners’ system could get him another look at the big league level with a pitching-hungry club. After all, the lefty posted a solid 3.93 ERA in 13 starts that becomes even more impressive when you consider the fact that he was pitching in the inflated offensive environment of Triple-A’s Pacific Coast League. While he struck out just 15.6% of opponents in those games, his ability to generate grounders was as impressive as ever as he posted a 59.5% groundball rate. With clubs around the game in the hunt for starting pitching prior to the deadline and few clear sellers, it’s at least feasible that a team in need of pitching could give Keuchel a look after the impending All Star break in hopes he could provide depth in the event they’re unable to land a more impactful arm.

As for Kuhnel, the 29-year-old first made his big league debut 2019 and has pitched in parts of five MLB seasons at this point, though his only extended opportunity came with Cincinnati back in 2022. The results left much to be desired, as Kuhnel posting a 6.36 ERA in 58 innings of work that was 31% worse than league average by ERA+. Despite that, underlying metrics actually thought the righty pitched fairly well that year as his FIP, xFIP, xERA, and SIERA were all better than average thanks to his solid 22% strikeout rate, an excellent 5.5% walk rate, and an above-average 52.2% groundball rate.

Those solid peripheral numbers haven’t enough to get him consistent work in the years since then, however, as he’s pitched just 15 innings in the big leagues since the start of the 2023 season. Those limited opportunities generally haven’t gone well, as Kuhnel has posted a ghastly 7.20 ERA and a 5.84 FIP in that limited big league playing time. Even so, both the Blue Jays and Brewers have added Kuhnel to their 40-man roster this year after he was designated for assignment by the Astros early in the season. He’s yet to appear in the big leagues with either of those clubs, although now he’ll get the opportunity to do with with Milwaukee after having his contract selected by the Brewers for the second time this year. The righty’s numbers at the Triple-A level have been excellent this year, as he’s posted a 2.30 ERA in 27 1/3 innings of work despite a lackluster 15% strikeout rate.

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  1. pohle

    11 months ago

    who did they remove to add keuchel? want it kuhnel…?

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    • RT59103

      11 months ago

      I’m pretty sure they called up Kuhnel, didn’t play him and then 24 hrs later DFA’d him for Keuchel

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  2. metvibes

    11 months ago

    When will teams realize that Dallas Keuchel has lost it and should retire.

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  3. Dogbone

    11 months ago

    Poor Kelly Keuchel – getting Dallas back. LOL.

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  4. holecamels35

    11 months ago

    Shocking,right??

    Reply
  5. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    11 months ago

    Not bad work for $1

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    Reply
  6. melfman1

    11 months ago

    Does Junis move to the rotation?

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    • Holdey14

      11 months ago

      No, they probably want an extra bullpen arm for today’s game. Then after the break they will activate D.L Hall.

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      Reply
  7. rct

    11 months ago

    Did this stint with the Brewers push him over 10 years of service time? Baseball Reference has him at 10.008 years of service time, trying to figure out if that was what he had prior to the year or if these four starts got him over the hump. Either way, congrats to him.

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    • FartCop

      11 months ago

      No. BBREf service time is as of January. He had 10 years before the season started.

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      • rct

        11 months ago

        Thanks for the info! Wasn’t sure if the service time stuff was updated in real time. Guess not!

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        • FartCop

          11 months ago

          No problem.

          Reply
  8. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    11 months ago

    If the brewers with all their injuries release Dallas then I think the writing is on the wall and he should hang up the cleats

    Good career helped the astros win a championship (I don’t think they cheated pitching wise) won a cy young went to an all star game or 2 happy retirement

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    • Rexhudler86

      11 months ago

      Around that time before spider tact, bauer was saying the astro pitchers were wearing resin rings to help with the spin rate.

      Reply
    • CubsWS2016

      11 months ago

      Well, he goes home to Kelly Nash, so he’s got THAT going for him, which is nice 🙂

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      • Dogbone

        11 months ago

        I bet they’re both High maintenance.

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        • durhamsboner

          11 months ago

          For sure!

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      • GooseGoslinGuy

        11 months ago

        I dunno. He may be out of baseball for good, while she continues broadcasting for MLB. Hope she loves the man that IS, not the one that WAS. Only been married 2.5 years.

        Reply
    • GooseGoslinGuy

      11 months ago

      103 career wins netted him a little more than $100 million. God is good to baseball players.

      Reply
  9. Unclemike1525

    11 months ago

    What took so long?

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  10. letitbelowenstein

    11 months ago

    Cue up The Doors “The End”.

    1
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    • Edp007

      11 months ago

      Truly one of the great bands of all time

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      11 months ago

      This is The End, my beautiful friend, of our elaborate plans, of everything that stands, this is The End.

      Reply
  11. Captainmike1

    11 months ago

    Few good years
    Few great years
    A bunch of not good years
    The poster child for why not to give a long term big money contract

    Reply
  12. A Raul Cassanova

    11 months ago

    I was at the Brewers game yesterday. Dallas not being able to get an out in the 4th killed the momentum and the vibe in the stadium. As he was walking off the mound I told my kid that’ll be the last time he pitches for the Brewers. It was worth a shot with all the injuries but he’s done.

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    • colonel flagg

      11 months ago

      Funny, I told my kids the same thing when Joe Winklesas walked off the mound against the Pirates in Pittsburgh back in 2006.

      Reply
  13. Slider_withcheese

    11 months ago

    Nice to see the Brewers celebrating Christmas in July by giving the division away. They’re in shambles and stumbling to the break.

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  14. UWPSUPERFAN77

    11 months ago

    I told you so!

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    • yeasties

      11 months ago

      Very odd to take a victory lap when almost everyone else predicted the same thing, or am I missing something?

      Reply
      • AlBundysFanClubPresident

        11 months ago

        Yeah I don’t recall anyone (seriously) claiming he was going to find the fountain of youth all the sudden once the Brewers acquired and called him up. They were desperate for pitching and he was available. Cost them $1. But by all means if it helps you get through the day, tip one back for every person you believe you enlightened with that prediction.

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  15. Non Roster Invitee

    11 months ago

    Well at least they won three out of his four starts anyway. Buh-bye.

    Reply
  16. Citizen1

    11 months ago

    Keuchel only hope is a reliever but he’ll probably try starting again.

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  17. VegasSDfan

    11 months ago

    His last good season was 2020. Amazing that he is still playing

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  18. Man What Runs With the Football

    11 months ago

    Maybe the Reds take a look if he’s getting a 59.5 ground ball rate. He might succeed in GAB unless he starts serving up home run balls by the dozens.

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  19. GooseGoslinGuy

    11 months ago

    May the spirit of Jamie Moyer inspire him to somehow keep pitching somewhere for someone.

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