# Dallas Keuchel Should Be Off Limits for the Cardinals

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/dallas-keuchel-should-be-off-limits-for-the-cardinals/
- Published: 2022-07-21T13:41:46-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

Remember May 31st? [Dallas Keuchel](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keuchda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
cleared waivers and was released by the Chicago White Sox. It was also the day some
Cardinal fans clamored for the team to make a quick move to sign him. The team didn’t
and they were better for it.

Keuchel would sign with the Diamondbacks on June 6th, and, after a short stint in
the minors, debuted with the team on June 26th. He would pitch 18.2 innings for 
the D’backs and sport a 9.64 ERA. He’s 2-7 this season with a 8.53 ERA, 5.78 FIP
and 2.03 WHIP. He’s not striking out many and he’s allowing a bunch of walks.

The Cardinals need quality innings; he’s averaged less then 4.1 innings per start.
He’s gone over 5 innings in a start twice this season, and he has 4 starts of 5 
innings; half of his starts have been less then 5 innings.

He’s had 5 starts where he allowed 6 or more earned runs. He’s had 4 starts where
he struck out more than a hitter per inning. His team was 4-8 in games he started.

These aren’t new trends for him either. Outside of his K/9, all of his rates have
gotten worse over the last 3 years.

| Year | ERA | FIP | WHIP | H/9 | HR/9 | BB/9 | K/9 | 
| 2020 | 1.99 | 3.08 | 1.09 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 
| 2021 | 5.28 | 5.23 | 1.53 | 10.5 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 
| 2022 | 8.53 | 5.78 | 2.03 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 |

Note: 2020 was only 11 starts due to the pandemic.

There might be hope for him if he can miss bats and limit his walks, but figuring
that out in a pennant race is the wrong time, especially on a team looking for meaningful
innings. The team would be better off looking at [Noah Syndergaard](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/syndeno01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Frankie Montas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montafr02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Paul Blackburn](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blackpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
and/or [Madison Bumgarner](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bumgama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and what they would cost in trade; the team would even be better eating the contract
of [Patrick Corbin](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/corbipa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
who averages an inning more per game then Keuchel and has 9 starts of 6 or more 
innings.

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