Brad Keller
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 255LBS | Age: 27

Draft: 2013 | Rd: 8, #240, Arizona Diamondbacks | Flowery Branch (GA) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 4 4.36 9 9 0 43.1 31 1.87
6 Seasons 38 53 4.25 148 114 1 677.0 506 1.44
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 9 3-4 4.36 43.1 31 1.87
6 Seasons 148 38-53 4.25 677.0 506 1.44

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 22 2234 435 20 4.6 3.4 88.1 112.9 7.0 28.0 .247 .357 .290 .301 .322 31.6 16.5 8.6 3.08 3.81
2019 23 2711 508 30 5.9 4.2 89.1 112.5 9.1 32.5 .257 .415 .307 .329 .353 38.6 17.2 9.9 4.19 4.82
2020 24 858 161 6 3.7 2.8 89.2 113.9 7.5 32.9 .270 .397 .236 .323 .348 39.1 16.3 7.9 2.47 4.45
2021 25 2348 422 46 10.9 7.5 90.0 114.1 7.9 37.0 .292 .505 .358 .380 .437 45.0 19.6 10.4 5.39 6.47
2022 26 2275 456 30 6.6 4.9 89.3 112.9 6.7 28.7 .256 .405 .337 .323 .349 41.4 16.5 9.2 5.09 4.37
2023 27 832 127 9 7.1 4.5 89.1 109.3 5.2 30.7 .232 .382 .362 .355 .325 37.0 15.4 19.9 4.36 5.30
Player 11258 2109 141 6.7 4.8 89.1 114.1 7.5 31.6 .262 .416 .319 .334 .361 39.0 17.2 10.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Keller relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(30.3%) ,
Slider
(24.7%) ,
Curveball
(19.1%) ,
Changeup
(12.6%) ,
Sinker
(10.7%) ,
Sweeper
(2.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 55.6 15.9 23.4 5.1 41.8 34.5 23.4 2.8 45.1 20.0 24.4 2.3 4.6 3.4
2019 50.8 17.1 26.0 6.1 36.4 38.4 25.2 3.3 38.6 21.1 23.8 6.7 5.9 4.2
2020 52.8 16.1 25.5 5.6 37.9 36.6 25.5 4.3 36.6 20.5 29.8 4.3 3.7 2.8
2021 49.1 22.3 24.9 3.8 35.5 37.9 26.5 4.5 36.3 16.4 26.3 5.7 10.9 7.5
2022 52.4 22.1 22.1 3.3 34.4 43.0 22.6 3.5 41.2 19.7 23.7 5.0 6.6 4.9
2023 56.7 19.7 18.9 4.7 39.4 37.0 23.6 2.4 47.2 22.8 18.9 1.6 7.1 4.5
Player 52.3 19.1 23.9 4.7 37.2 38.3 24.5 3.5 40.4 19.7 24.6 4.7 6.7 4.8
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 4-Seamer KC R 252 93.2 19.4 -4.3 -28 2.2 -9.2 -132
2023 Sinker KC R 88 92.5 25.4 3.7 17 10.1 -4.6 -31
2023 Sweeper KC R 17 84.2 41.6 3.3 9 18.2 5.1 39
2023 Curveball KC R 158 84.9 45.6 -1.1 -2 4.4 -1.7 -28
2023 Slider KC R 205 84.2 40.1 2.8 7 11.5 5.8 103
2023 Changeup KC R 105 90.8 29.2 1.4 5 9.4 -5.8 -38
2022 Slider KC R 823 86.9 38.5 4.6 14 5.6 1.6 39
2022 4-Seamer KC R 803 94.5 17.3 -3.2 -22 2.4 -9.3 -136
2022 Changeup KC R 122 90.1 24.9 -2.9 -11 10.1 -4.5 -31
2022 Sinker KC R 527 93.4 23.5 2.4 11 10.4 -3.9 -27
2021 Sinker KC R 689 93.7 21.5 0.8 4 10.8 -3.6 -25
2021 Slider KC R 818 86.1 40.6 5.7 16 6.1 1.7 40
2021 4-Seamer KC R 695 94.2 16.7 -2.4 -17 1.0 -7.8 -115
2021 Changeup KC R 146 90.0 24.3 -3.0 -11 12.5 -1.8 -13
2020 Changeup KC R 17 88.7 27.0 -1.4 -5 8.3 -5.5 -40
2020 Sinker KC R 184 92.3 23.0 1.6 8 9.5 -4.7 -33
2020 4-Seamer KC R 329 92.8 18.4 -3.4 -23 2.6 -9.1 -140
2020 Slider KC R 328 84.6 43.5 6.9 19 6.2 1.7 39
2019 Slider KC R 851 84.9 44.0 6.5 17 7.2 2.6 56
2019 Sinker KC R 684 92.9 22.1 0.2 1 10.8 -3.8 -26
2019 4-Seamer KC R 1,131 93.7 17.2 -1.5 -10 0.0 -7.3 -100
2019 Changeup KC R 45 88.0 28.7 -0.4 -1 7.0 -7.0 -50
2018 Slider KC R 584 85.6 42.0 5.2 14 6.1 1.7 38
2018 Sinker KC R 561 93.1 22.2 0.6 3 11.6 -3.0 -21
2018 4-Seamer KC R 993 94.3 17.4 -2.1 -14 0.9 -6.5 -88
2018 Changeup KC R 94 88.5 28.8 0.5 2 11.2 -2.7 -19
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer 1.1 3 253 30.4 52 .342 .553 .468 16.0 13.5 11.3 .286 .564 .449 38.7
2023 Slider -1.0 -2 205 24.6 54 .244 .333 .327 25.8 20.4 20.0 .214 .319 .307 23.5
2023 Curveball 1.4 2 159 19.1 52 .279 .395 .350 28.7 17.3 17.3 .230 .390 .330 48.6
2023 Changeup -0.1 0 105 12.6 17 .133 .133 .241 27.9 11.8 6.9 .152 .169 .207 23.1
2023 Sinker -1.5 -1 89 10.7 21 .143 .143 .319 8.0 4.8 12.5 .207 .271 .374 46.2
2023 Sweeper 4.7 1 21 2.5 5 .500 .500 .600 0.0 20.0 16.7 .442 .547 .591 100.0
2022 Slider 0.8 7 823 36.2 225 .265 .430 .336 29.2 20.4 18.6 .247 .427 .331 42.3
2022 4-Seamer 0.6 5 803 35.3 226 .250 .380 .317 18.1 20.4 18.0 .248 .369 .300 34.4
2022 Sinker 1.7 9 527 23.2 133 .379 .526 .441 15.3 4.5 11.3 .297 .426 .358 50.5
2022 Changeup 0.7 1 122 5.4 32 .138 .345 .225 18.2 12.5 12.1 .218 .434 .303 42.3
2021 Slider -0.4 -3 818 34.8 212 .237 .349 .300 30.2 30.7 20.5 .248 .416 .326 50.0
2021 4-Seamer 2.4 17 695 29.6 180 .322 .510 .405 22.3 18.9 17.1 .299 .570 .420 38.1
2021 Sinker 1.3 9 689 29.3 190 .347 .524 .443 11.5 7.9 14.2 .333 .539 .403 47.8
2021 Changeup 2.3 3 146 6.2 30 .259 .481 .353 26.4 20.0 24.0 .299 .554 .395 33.3
2020 4-Seamer -0.5 -2 329 38.3 76 .179 .269 .257 11.1 14.5 9.5 .279 .460 .353 28.1
2020 Slider -3.1 -10 328 38.2 99 .187 .187 .215 27.5 22.2 17.1 .248 .336 .285 44.3
2020 Sinker -0.7 -1 184 21.4 39 .294 .353 .321 16.4 2.6 5.6 .321 .443 .365 47.1
2020 Changeup 1.7 0 17 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 1,131 41.7 291 .261 .411 .350 18.2 17.2 15.4 .282 .483 .382 39.7
2019 Slider -1.5 -13 851 31.4 216 .194 .316 .246 29.3 28.7 20.1 .208 .332 .250 40.0
2019 Sinker 0.5 3 684 25.2 192 .290 .408 .358 11.5 5.2 11.0 .282 .416 .342 35.4
2019 Changeup 2.1 1 45 1.7 8 .250 .625 .363 11.1 0.0 0.0 .251 .513 .312 50.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.4 -4 993 44.4 266 .268 .351 .332 19.0 15.4 13.6 .258 .375 .330 31.6
2018 Slider 0.0 0 584 26.1 131 .221 .279 .244 36.1 31.3 19.0 .211 .304 .253 33.3
2018 Sinker -2.2 -13 561 25.1 170 .241 .327 .267 11.6 7.6 16.7 .252 .354 .286 30.2
2018 Changeup 2.7 3 94 4.2 14 .417 .750 .525 29.7 7.1 6.3 .346 .575 .441 36.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 10 88.3 78 10.8 1:00 2:00 -60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 248 92.8 65 12.7 12:15 11:30 45
2020 Sinker 163 92.3 73 12.8 12:30 1:45 -75
2020 Slider 264 84.6 45 9.9 8:30 7:30 60
2021 Changeup 146 90.0 83 15.6 1:00 2:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 677 94.1 69 13.5 12:15 11:45 30
2021 Sinker 673 93.7 76 14.2 12:30 1:45 -75
2021 Slider 805 86.1 42 8.7 8:45 7:45 60
2022 Changeup 105 90.0 70 13.3 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 795 94.5 64 12.8 12:15 11:30 45
2022 Sinker 509 93.4 72 12.9 12:30 2:00 -90
2022 Slider 811 86.9 39 7.4 9:00 8:00 60
2023 Changeup 97 90.8 66 10.3 1:00 2:30 -90
2023 Curveball 154 84.9 50 10.8 7:45 6:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 244 93.2 59 11.5 12:15 11:30 45
2023 Sinker 85 92.5 64 11.8 12:30 2:15 -105
2023 Slider 197 84.2 52 12.8 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Sweeper 14 84.2 62 19.3 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 581 2,232 -12 -22 13 7 -14
2019 707 2,711 -25 -17 19 13 -10
2020 215 858 -10 -12 5 4 -13
2021 612 2,348 -1 -9 22 13 26
2022 616 2,275 7 -11 15 9 21
2023 201 832 -9 -3 6 8 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 2,234 47.2 65.7 87.1 28.2 60.1 44.0 59.1 45.9 21.2 7.1 77.8
2019 2,711 47.1 66.7 87.5 27.6 61.5 41.1 57.3 46.0 19.7 8.0 77.1
2020 858 51.3 69.1 86.8 23.0 56.3 40.0 57.2 46.6 19.3 6.9 86.4
2021 2,348 47.8 66.9 85.1 24.6 56.8 41.1 59.4 44.8 22.2 7.0 77.0
2022 2,275 48.9 70.3 88.0 28.2 53.7 42.3 54.1 48.8 21.5 7.2 76.2
2023 832 44.3 59.6 88.2 20.7 50.0 40.2 50.2 38.0 22.8 5.0 61.9
Player 11,258 47.7 67.0 87.0 26.3 57.6 41.8 56.9 45.8 21.1 7.2 76.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2018 57 39 73 88 43 39 83 56 79 13 43 25 52 69 47 39
2019 30 34 49 61 20 22 70 37 31 13 22 9 32 55 41 40
2020 43 22 51 74 34 46 89 33 37 11 60 8 14 48 56 18
2021 1 3 4 9 1 3 9 22 9 22 22 20 14 63 52 16
2022 29 24 32 43 24 21 63 28 21 11 30 18 34 60 71 20
2023 19 61 61 60 3 34 60 46 62 10 1 27 4 45 62 56 23
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 20.5 7 10.0 -3 10 9 3 42.9
2019 23.1 15 18.8 -4 8 12 9 60.0
2020 26.7 2 3.2 -1 3 3 1 50.0
2021 22.7 18 22.3 -4 9 14 13 72.2
2022 24.0 17 18.1 -1 6 15 7 41.2
2023 23.9 3 4.3 -1 4 2 3 100.0
Player 23.1 62 76.8 -15 40 55 36 58.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 7 13 8 12 10 9 11 10 9 6 8 15 13 7 9 11 8 9 8 12 10 13 14 14 7 8 10 11 12 8 6
2019 15 19 19 21 20 19 20 20 14 15 17 20 25 20 18 18 17 15 19 20 19 21 23 20 17 16 16 20 23 19 15
2020 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
2021 18 23 20 24 21 24 26 24 17 15 17 29 21 19 25 26 20 22 21 27 20 24 29 26 19 20 28 24 21 19 18
2022 17 18 13 18 19 19 20 17 12 15 16 20 18 19 19 21 17 19 16 18 18 16 23 18 14 17 23 25 21 17 17
2023 3 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 6 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
Player 62 81 69 82 80 77 85 77 58 57 63 95 86 72 78 83 69 72 73 85 73 82 99 84 64 68 85 89 85 71 63
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.4 -0.5 ↓ 92.7 -0.7 ↓ 93.9 1.2 ↑ 94.1 0.2 ↑ 93.0 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.5 88.0 -0.5 ↓ 88.7 0.7 ↑ 90.0 1.3 ↑ 90.1 0.1 ↑ 90.8 0.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.9 -0.7 ↓ 84.6 -0.3 ↓ 86.1 1.5 ↑ 86.9 0.8 ↑ 84.5 -2.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.1 1.0 ↑ 89.2 0.1 ↑ 90.0 0.8 ↑ 89.3 -0.7 ↓ 89.1 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 7.0 9.1 2.1 ↑ 7.5 -1.6 ↓ 7.9 0.4 ↑ 6.7 -1.2 ↓ 5.2 -1.5 ↓
Barrel % 4.6 5.9 1.3 ↑ 3.7 -2.2 ↓ 10.9 7.2 ↑ 6.6 -4.3 ↓ 7.1 0.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.6 38.6 7.0 ↑ 39.1 0.5 ↑ 45.0 5.9 ↑ 41.4 -3.6 ↓ 37.0 -4.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 28.0 32.5 4.5 ↑ 32.9 0.4 ↑ 37.0 4.1 ↑ 28.7 -8.3 ↓ 30.7 2.0 ↑
xBA .247 .257 0.010 ↑ .270 0.013 ↑ .292 0.022 ↑ .256 -0.036 ↓ .232 -0.024 ↓
BA .252 .247 -0.005 ↓ .202 -0.045 ↓ .297 0.095 ↑ .277 -0.020 ↓ .261 -0.016 ↓
xwOBA .301 .329 0.028 ↑ .323 -0.006 ↓ .380 0.057 ↑ .323 -0.057 ↓ .355 0.032 ↑
wOBA .290 .307 0.017 ↑ .236 -0.071 ↓ .358 0.122 ↑ .337 -0.021 ↓ .362 0.025 ↑
xSLG .357 .415 0.058 ↑ .397 -0.018 ↓ .505 0.108 ↑ .405 -0.100 ↓ .382 -0.023 ↓
SLG .335 .381 0.046 ↑ .244 -0.137 ↓ .457 0.213 ↑ .427 -0.030 ↓ .369 -0.058 ↓
K% 16.5 17.2 0.7 ↑ 16.3 -0.9 ↓ 19.6 3.3 ↑ 16.5 -3.1 ↓ 15.4 -1.1 ↓
BB% 8.6 9.9 1.3 ↑ 7.9 -2.0 ↓ 10.4 2.5 ↑ 9.2 -1.2 ↓ 19.9 10.7 ↑
Swing % 45.9 46.0 0.1 ↑ 46.6 0.6 ↑ 44.8 -1.8 ↓ 48.8 4.0 ↑ 38.0 -10.8 ↓
Whiff% 21.2 19.7 -1.5 ↓ 19.3 -0.4 ↓ 22.2 2.9 ↑ 21.5 -0.7 ↓ 22.8 1.3 ↑
In Zone % 47.2 47.1 -0.1 ↓ 51.3 4.2 ↑ 47.8 -3.5 ↓ 48.9 1.1 ↑ 44.3 -4.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.8 52.9 0.1 ↑ 48.7 -4.2 ↓ 52.2 3.5 ↑ 51.1 -1.1 ↓ 55.7 4.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 27.6 -0.6 ↓ 23.0 -4.6 ↓ 24.6 1.6 ↑ 28.2 3.6 ↑ 20.7 -7.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 28.3 3.0 ↑ 25.1 -3.2 ↓ 29.5 4.4 ↑ 30.5 1.0 ↑ 19.9 -10.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 57.3 -1.8 ↓ 57.2 -0.1 ↓ 59.4 2.2 ↑ 54.1 -5.3 ↓ 50.2 -3.9 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 582 .290 311 41 13.2 271 106 39.1
2019 707 .307 345 53 15.4 362 110 30.4
2020 215 .236 80 42 52.5 135 95 70.4
2021 612 .358 297 45 15.2 315 118 37.5
2022 616 .337 332 42 12.7 284 134 47.2
2023 200 .361 94 0 0.0 106 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo