Brad Keller

Bats R Throws R6'5" 255 lbBorn 1995 Flowery Branch, USADebut 2018Team CHCDraft 2013 R8 #240 Arizona Diamondbacks, Flowery Branch (GA) HSContract 2 y/$22M (26-27) 2026: $9,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	250	21.6	9.2	2.87	21.7	6.17	106.3
2027							106.8
2028							105.8

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 95 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mike Minor	2017	101.0	104.4	640
2	Drew Pomeranz	2018	102.4	92.6	455
3	Tom Gorzelanny	2012	98.0	103.7	356
4	Joe Kelly	2017	99.5	106.0	285
5	Mike Montgomery	2019	100.5	95.5	23
6	Trevor Richards	2022	98.8	97.8	315
7	Daniel Norris	2022	95.8	91.2	63
8	David Phelps	2016	100.9	104.0	238
9	Zack Godley	2019	100.9	69.5	143
10	Hector Santiago	2017	97.9	87.8	460

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	BOS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	KC	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	KC	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	KC	26	7	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.9
2020	KC	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	KC	28	10	0	1	1	1	5	0.125	0.222	0.125	0.347	0.1
2018	KC	41	3	1	1	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	83.1
Career		234	20	1	2	1	1	9	0.125	0.176	0.125	0.301	-28.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									250				106.8
2026*									135				102.2	102.0	104.3
2025	CHC	4	2	2.07	68	1	3	69.7	276	4	22	75	123.4	101.1	124.5
2024	BOS	0	4	5.44	16	2	1	41.3	192	9	15	32	85.6	101.5	87.1
2023	KC	3	4	4.57	11	9	0	45.3	211	3	45	31	87.2	102.5	89.8
2022	KC	6	14	5.09	35	22	1	139.7	617	17	57	102	91.5	97.7	89.2
2021	KC	8	12	5.39	26	26	0	133.7	613	18	64	120	86.7	96.2	82.8
2020	KC	5	3	2.47	9	9	0	54.7	215	2	17	35	128.1	103.0	131.1
2019	KC	7	14	4.19	28	28	0	165.3	709	15	70	122	104.4	100.0	104.4
2018	KC	9	6	3.08	41	20	0	140.3	583	7	50	96	108.1	100.1	108.2
Career		42	59	4.14	234	117	5	790.0	3416	75	340	613	100.4		99.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	7	77.9	19.3	0.0	20.0	12.5	0.080	0.094	0.077
2019	10	81.8	-17.4	0.0	13.3	33.3	0.131	0.153	0.187
2018	3	94.8	-13.9	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.112	0.112	0.107

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	68	70	2	6	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2024	BOS	P	16	41	5	3	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2023	KC	P	11	45	2	6	2	2	0.800	+0.7
2022	KC	P	35	140	13	11	1	0	0.960	-1.7
2021	KC	P	26	134	6	7	0	0	1.000	-2.9
2020	KC	P	9	55	4	7	0	0	1.000	+0.8
2019	KC	P	28	165	3	14	1	1	0.944	-0.0
2018	KC	P	41	140	7	19	0	3	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2017	AA	Jackson Generals	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.045	0.170
2024	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	68	16.0 IP, 21% K	4.50
2024	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	216	52.2 IP, 21% K	2.93
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	284	68.2 IP, 21% K	3.30
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	59	9.0 IP, 8% K	15.00
2023	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	37	8.2 IP, 22% K	4.39
2017	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	580	130.2 IP, 19% K	4.70
2016	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Pit	558	135.0 IP, 18% K	4.47
2015	A	Kane County Cougars	Pit	586	142.0 IP, 19% K	2.60
2014	Rk	Missoula Osprey	Pit	166	33.2 IP, 18% K	7.05
2014	Rk	ACL D-backs	Pit	127	31.1 IP, 16% K	2.32
2014	Rk	nan	Pit	293	65.0 IP, 17% K	4.71
2013	Rk	ACL D-backs	Pit	244	56.2 IP, 25% K	2.24
2013	Rk	Missoula Osprey	Pit	28	6.0 IP, 14% K	4.50
2013	Rk	nan	Pit	272	62.2 IP, 24% K	2.46

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	0.000	0.200	0.178
2018		0.300	0.300

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	1.73	5	0	2	5.2	2	1	2	5	0.77
Career	0	0	1.73	5	0	2	5.2	2	1	2	5	0.77