The Milwaukee Brewers added depth to their injury-plagued pitching staff on Tuesday, acquiring 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel from the Seattle Mariners, who has spent the whole season in the minors.
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Milwaukee acquired the 36-year-old left-handed pitcher from the Mariners in exchange for cash. Keuchel is 7-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 13 starts for the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma this season.
“The expectation is you don’t sign him to keep him in the minor leagues,” Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said ahead of the Brewers’ Tuesday night game against the Texas Rangers. “We’re not looking for minor league depth.”
Keuchel last pitched in the majors for the Minnesota Twins in 2023, going 2-1 with a 5.97 ERA in ten appearances.
“The fact that he still wants to play, the fact that he still wants to do it after all he’s accomplished, I think that sends a message right there,” Murphy told the media. “He’s a ballplayer.”
Keuchel has a 103-92 record and a 4.02 ERA in his major league career, which includes two All-Star appearances in 2015 and 2017. In 2015, he won the Cy Young Award after going 20-8 with a 2.43 ERA for the Houston Astros.
However, he has slowed down significantly in recent years as he struggles to stay on various clubs.
The Brewers needed to add some starting pitching depth after their pitching staff suffered many ailments. Milwaukee leads the NL Central despite receiving only 375 1/3 total innings from its starting pitchers through Monday, ranking next-to-last in the majors behind only San Francisco’s 371 2/3 innings.
Milwaukee transferred 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles before the season, knowing that two-time All-Star Brandon Woodruff would not pitch in 2024 due to offseason shoulder surgery.
Wade Miley and Robert Gasser underwent Tommy John surgery and will miss the remainder of the season. Joe Ross (lower back), Jakob Junis (right shoulder), DL Hall (left knee), Taylor Clarke (toe), JB Bukauskas (right lat), and two-time All-Star closer Devin Williams are among the other Brewers pitchers out with injuries.
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