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Portrait of Kyle Keller

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-28-1993
Height6' 4"
Weight205 lbs
Age31 years, 6 months, 24 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2019 MIA MLB 10 0 10.7 0 0 0 5 8 11 3 94 4.2 6.8 2.5 9.3 24% .091 1.22 7.57 3.38 119 5.88 120.6 -0.1
CareerMLB10010.700058113944.26.82.59.324%.0911.227.573.381195.88120.6-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2015 GRB A SAL 6 0 8.7 0 0 0 12 7 15 1 12.5 7.3 1.0 15.6 0% .500 2.19 4.28 9.35 85 6.17 135.2
2015 BAT A- NYP 10 0 17.3 0 3 0 17 9 19 0 8.8 4.7 0.0 9.9 0% .327 1.50 3.22 5.19 96 4.58 100.4
2015 JUP A+ FSL 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0 0% .200 1.50 5.41 0.00 118 4.20 92.1
2016 GRB A SAL 29 0 45.7 3 2 1 40 13 57 4 7.9 2.6 0.8 11.2 40% .316 1.16 3.08 3.35 80 3.32 73.2
2017 GRB A SAL 36 2 67.0 2 0 8 50 21 86 2 95 6.7 2.8 0.3 11.6 50% .310 1.06 2.51 2.28 79 3.31 70.3
2018 JUP A+ FSL 15 0 17.0 1 1 4 11 1 22 1 5.8 0.5 0.5 11.6 54% .250 0.71 2.00 1.59 64 2.15 45.5
2018 JAX AA SOU 24 0 29.0 1 3 4 22 18 46 2 6.8 5.6 0.6 14.3 35% .345 1.38 2.95 4.34 85 3.62 76.6
2018 NWO AAA PCL 5 0 6.7 0 0 1 4 2 10 0 5.4 2.7 0.0 13.5 54% .308 0.90 1.64 1.35 63 2.34 49.5
2018 SRR Wnt AFL 11 0 11.3 0 2 0 12 8 14 1 9.5 6.4 0.8 11.1 35% .318 1.76 5.05 4.76 0 0.00 0.0
2019 MIA MLB NL 10 0 10.7 0 0 0 5 8 11 3 94 4.2 6.8 2.5 9.3 24% .091 1.22 7.57 3.38 119 5.88 120.6
2019 JAX AA SOU 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 17% .167 0.33 1.63 0.00 73 3.08 63.3
2019 NWO AAA PCL 37 0 54.0 2 3 10 44 21 73 8 7.3 3.5 1.3 12.2 35% .295 1.20 4.18 4.50 89 3.14 64.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 193 0.4508 0.4560 0.7045 0.7126 0.2453 0.7419 0.6154 0.2955
Career1930.45080.45600.70450.71260.24530.74190.61540.2955

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 ANA $
2019 MIA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 164 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Hanshin Tigers 12/11/21.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/21. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade 4/5/21 after being DFA by LA Angels 3/31/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 11/5/21 (elected free agency).
  • 2020. Acquired by LA Angels in trade 1/6/20 after being DFA by Miami 12/20/19.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Miami 11/20/18. Re-signed by Miami 3/19. DFA by Miami 12/20/19.
  • Drafted by Miami 2015 (18-536) (Southeastern Louisiana).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 16.5 11 6 19 2 .254 1.06 2.70 3.05 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.7 8 4 12 1 .271 1.15 3.10 3.5 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 5 3 8 1 .283 1.23 3.39 3.84 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 4 0 .294 1.29 3.65 4.13 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .304 1.35 3.90 4.4 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kyle Keller threw 902 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Curve (82mph).