(BREWERS) – The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for cash. The announcement was made by Senior Vice President and General Manager Matt Arnold.
The 12-year veteran is 103-92 with a 4.02 ERA in 278 career games (263 starts) with Houston (2012-18), Atlanta (2019), Chicago-AL (2020-22), Arizona (2022), Texas (2022) and Minnesota (2023). He won the 2015 American League Cy Young Award and finished fifth in Most Valuable Player voting after going 20-8 with a 2.48 ERA in 33 starts for the Astros.
Kuechel knew he still wanted to pitch and the Brewers were one of his targeted teams.
So why did he want to come to Milwaukee?
Keuchel, 36, is a two-time American League All-Star (2015 and 2017) and five-time Gold Glove winner (2014-16, 2018, 2021). He is 4-3 with a 3.71 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) in the postseason over five different seasons. He helped Houston to the 2017 World Series title, posting a 3.58 ERA in 5 starts in the postseason (27.2ip, 11er), including starts in Game 1 and Game 5 of the World Series.
Signed to a Minor League contract by Seattle on April 5, Keuchel went 7-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 13 starts at Triple-A Tacoma this season (71ip, 31er), including 4-0 with a 1.61 ERA over his last 5 starts (28ip, 5er).
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