Brad Keller
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 255LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 8, #240, Arizona Diamondbacks | Flowery Branch (GA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 14 5.09 35 22 1 139.2 102 1.50
2023 3 4 4.57 11 9 0 45.1 31 1.92
2024 0 4 5.44 16 2 1 41.1 32 1.52
7 Seasons 38 57 4.34 166 116 2 720.1 538 1.45
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 35 6-14 5.09 139.2 102 1.50
2023 11 3-4 4.57 45.1 31 1.92
2024 16 0-4 5.44 41.1 32 1.52
7 Seasons 166 38-57 4.34 720.1 538 1.45
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 .356 .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 .396 .236 .322 .348 39.1 16.3 7.9 2.47 4.42
2021 25 2348 422 46 10.9 7.5 90.0 114.1 7.9 37.0 .292 .505 .358 .380 .436 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 27 877 132 9 6.8 4.3 89.2 109.3 5.0 30.3 .232 .382 .364 .360 .322 36.4 14.7 21.3 4.57 5.66
2024 28 743 143 15 10.5 7.8 88.6 113.5 8.8 30.1 .252 .444 .358 .334 .366 39.2 16.7 7.8 5.44 4.74
Player 12046 2257 156 6.9 5.0 89.1 114.1 7.6 31.5 .261 .418 .322 .335 .360 39.0 17.1 10.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Keller relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(37.7%) ,
Slider
(36.5%) ,
Changeup
(13.1%) ,
Sweeper
(6.3%) ,
Sinker
(5.0%) ,
Curveball
(1.5%) ,


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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 57.6 19.7 18.2 4.5 39.4 37.9 22.7 2.3 47.7 22.7 18.9 1.5 6.8 4.3
2024 49.7 25.2 19.6 5.6 42.7 31.5 25.9 4.9 37.1 23.8 19.6 3.5 10.5 7.8
Player 52.2 19.5 23.6 4.7 37.6 37.9 24.5 3.6 40.2 19.9 24.2 4.7 6.9 5.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Curveball BOS R 11 81.1 52.1 0.5 5.4GLV -1.5 -10.5 0.6 5.4GLV -4.0
2024 Changeup BOS R 97 88.6 29.2 0.1 8.9ARM -5.2 5.5 -0.6 8.9ARM -5.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 280 93.8 17.3 -2.7 0.9GLV -7.7 13.7 -2.1 0.9GLV -8.4
2024 Slider BOS R 271 86.0 40.5 5.2 6.9GLV 2.5 -3.6 5.2 6.9GLV 1.8
2024 Sweeper BOS R 47 83.8 41.1 1.9 13.2GLV 0.1 -2.2 3.8 13.2GLV -1.1
2024 Sinker BOS R 37 92.6 23.5 1.0 11.3ARM -3.0 8.2 -0.9 11.3ARM -3.5
2023 Curveball KC R 172 85.1 44.7 -1.5 4.3GLV -1.8 -7.2 -2.7 4.3GLV -4.5
2023 Changeup KC R 108 90.8 29.1 1.1 9.4ARM -5.6 3.8 1.6 9.4ARM -5.0
2023 Sinker KC R 90 92.5 25.3 3.1 10.1ARM -4.5 6.4 1.2 10.1ARM -4.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC R 273 93.3 19.2 -4.0 2.1GLV -9.0 12.0 -3.8 2.1GLV -9.5
2023 Sweeper KC R 18 84.0 41.8 3.1 18.1GLV 4.7 -2.5 4.1 18.1GLV 4.3
2023 Slider KC R 210 84.3 40.0 2.5 11.4GLV 6.1 -1.5 3.0 11.4GLV 6.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 280 37.7 87 .295 .423 .387 13.1 10.3 12.0 .250 .410 .330 34.8
2024 Slider -1.8 -5 271 36.5 66 .286 .603 .428 23.3 18.2 16.4 .249 .472 .325 45.1
2024 Changeup 0.9 1 97 13.1 18 .071 .071 .206 37.8 22.2 10.8 .163 .183 .275 10.0
2024 Sweeper -1.5 -1 47 6.3 10 .200 .300 .215 27.3 60.0 22.2 .254 .363 .266 75.0
2024 Sinker -9.1 -3 37 5.0 8 .429 1.286 .700 18.2 0.0 0.0 .445 1.044 .636 57.1
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 11 1.5 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 100.0 .312 .822 .465 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -5 273 31.1 57 .359 .564 .492 16.5 12.3 10.4 .281 .550 .459 40.6
2023 Slider 1.3 3 210 23.9 55 .239 .326 .321 26.4 20.0 19.0 .211 .311 .302 22.9
2023 Curveball -1.3 -2 173 19.7 54 .267 .378 .354 27.9 16.7 16.7 .231 .399 .331 45.9
2023 Changeup 0.2 0 108 12.3 18 .125 .125 .228 27.3 11.1 6.9 .179 .206 .227 21.4
2023 Sinker 1.4 1 91 10.4 21 .143 .143 .319 8.0 4.8 12.5 .201 .264 .367 46.2
2023 Sweeper -9.2 -2 22 2.5 6 .500 .500 .617 0.0 16.7 16.7 .453 .572 .615 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 91 88.6 69 10.5 12:45 2:00 -75
2024 Curveball 11 81.1 55 14.1 7:30 6:45 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 274 93.8 72 13.1 12:15 11:45 30
2024 Sinker 37 92.6 75 13.9 12:30 2:00 -90
2024 Slider 271 86.0 46 9.1 8:45 7:45 60
2024 Sweeper 46 83.8 53 15.1 8:15 8:30 -15
2023 Changeup 100 90.8 67 10.4 1:00 2:30 -90
2023 Curveball 168 85.1 49 10.3 8:00 7:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 263 93.3 60 11.6 12:15 11:30 45
2023 Sinker 87 92.5 64 11.8 12:30 2:00 -90
2023 Slider 200 84.3 52 12.6 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Sweeper 15 84.0 63 19.2 7:45 8:30 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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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 211 877 9 3 -8 -10 -5
2024 192 743 -9 6 -4 -2 -9
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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 19.9 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 22.4 7.0 77.0
2022 2,275 48.9 70.3 88.0 28.2 53.7 42.3 54.1 48.8 21.6 7.2 76.2
2023 877 44.0 59.3 87.8 20.3 51.0 39.9 49.8 37.5 22.8 5.2 60.9
2024 743 47.3 67.0 86.0 27.0 62.3 43.7 58.9 46.0 21.1 6.7 78.0
Player 12,046 47.7 67.0 86.9 26.3 57.9 41.8 57.0 45.7 21.2 7.1 76.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 74 88 43 39 83 56 79 13 43 25 52 66 49 38
2019 30 34 49 61 20 22 70 37 31 13 22 10 32 51 43 39
2020 44 22 51 74 34 46 89 33 37 11 60 7 14 40 58 19
2021 1 3 4 9 1 3 9 22 9 22 22 21 14 57 57 16
2022 28 23 31 43 24 21 63 28 21 11 30 18 34 54 73 20
2023 8 66 64 61 1 83 71 43 68 4 1 26 1 34 66 57 23
2024 43 43 21
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 20.5 7 9.9 -3 10 9 3 42.9
2019 23.1 15 16.8 -2 10 12 7 46.7
2020 26.7 2 3.2 -1 3 3 1 50.0
2021 22.7 18 22.0 -4 10 13 13 72.2
2022 24.0 17 17.6 -1 7 14 7 41.2
2023 23.9 3 3.3 0 3 0 3 100.0
2024 24.8 9 7.9 1 3 2 6 66.7
Player 23.3 71 80.7 -10 46 53 40 56.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 7 13 7 12 10 9 11 10 9 6 8 15 13 7 9 11 8 9 8 12 10 12 14 13 7 8 9 10 12 8 6
2019 15 16 17 18 17 17 18 18 13 13 15 18 23 18 17 16 15 13 17 18 17 19 21 18 15 14 14 18 20 17 13
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 22 19 24 20 24 25 24 17 15 17 29 21 19 25 26 19 22 21 27 20 23 29 25 18 20 28 24 21 19 18
2022 17 18 12 17 18 18 19 17 12 14 16 19 17 18 19 20 17 19 16 18 18 16 22 18 13 17 22 24 20 17 17
2023 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
2024 9 8 7 11 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 8 10 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 6 11 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 7
Player 71 84 70 88 80 80 88 81 64 61 68 97 92 76 83 87 73 76 77 90 79 84 106 89 67 72 88 90 88 76 67
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.4 -0.5 92.7 -0.7 93.9 1.2 94.1 0.2 93.1 -1.0 93.7 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 88.5 88.0 -0.5 88.7 0.7 90.0 1.3 90.3 0.3 90.8 0.5 88.6 -2.2
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.9 -0.7 84.6 -0.3 86.1 1.5 86.9 0.8 84.7 -2.2 85.5 0.8
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.1 1.0 89.2 0.1 90.0 0.8 89.3 -0.7 89.2 -0.1 88.6 -0.6
Launch Angle 7.0 9.1 2.1 7.5 -1.6 7.9 0.4 6.7 -1.2 5.0 -1.7 8.8 3.8
Barrel % 4.6 5.9 1.3 3.7 -2.2 10.9 7.2 6.6 -4.3 6.8 0.2 10.5 3.7
Hard Hit % 31.6 38.6 7.0 39.1 0.5 45.0 5.9 41.4 -3.6 36.4 -5.0 39.2 2.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.0 32.5 4.5 32.9 0.4 37.0 4.1 28.7 -8.3 30.3 1.6 30.1 -0.2
xBA .247 .257 0.010 .270 0.013 .292 0.022 .256 -0.036 .232 -0.024 .252 0.020
BA .252 .247 -0.005 .202 -0.045 .297 0.095 .277 -0.020 .259 -0.018 .274 0.015
xwOBA .301 .329 0.028 .322 -0.007 .380 0.058 .323 -0.057 .360 0.037 .334 -0.026
wOBA .290 .307 0.017 .236 -0.071 .358 0.122 .337 -0.021 .364 0.027 .358 -0.006
xSLG .356 .415 0.059 .396 -0.019 .505 0.109 .405 -0.100 .382 -0.023 .444 0.062
SLG .335 .381 0.046 .244 -0.137 .457 0.213 .427 -0.030 .364 -0.063 .491 0.127
K% 16.5 17.2 0.7 16.3 -0.9 19.6 3.3 16.5 -3.1 14.7 -1.8 16.7 2.0
BB% 8.6 9.9 1.3 7.9 -2.0 10.4 2.5 9.2 -1.2 21.3 12.1 7.8 -13.5
Swing % 45.9 46.0 0.1 46.6 0.6 44.8 -1.8 48.8 4.0 37.5 -11.3 46.0 8.5
Whiff% 21.2 19.9 -1.3 19.3 -0.6 22.4 3.1 21.6 -0.8 22.8 1.2 21.1 -1.7
In Zone % 47.2 47.1 -0.1 51.3 4.2 47.8 -3.5 48.9 1.1 44.0 -4.9 47.3 3.3
Out of Zone % 52.8 52.9 0.1 48.7 -4.2 52.2 3.5 51.1 -1.1 56.0 4.9 52.7 -3.3
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 27.6 -0.6 23.0 -4.6 24.6 1.6 28.2 3.6 20.3 -7.9 27.0 6.7
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 28.3 3.0 25.1 -3.2 29.5 4.4 30.5 1.0 19.4 -11.1 31.3 11.9
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 57.3 -1.8 57.2 -0.1 59.4 2.2 54.1 -5.3 49.8 -4.3 58.9 9.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 582 .290 311 41 13.2 271 106 39.1
2019 Shifts 707 .307 345 53 15.4 362 110 30.4
2020 Shifts 215 .236 80 42 52.5 135 95 70.4
2021 Shifts 612 .358 297 45 15.2 315 118 37.5
2022 Shifts 616 .337 332 42 12.7 284 134 47.2
2023 Shades 210 .362 101 17 16.8 109 12 11.0
2024 Shades 192 .358 113 11 9.7 79 44 55.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 694 14.4 57.6% 1.2% 360 21.9 0.6% 6.7%
2019 803 14.1 61.0% 0.4% 414 22.9 0.0% 8.7%
2020 279 14.4 59.1% 0.4% 124 22.5 0.0% 8.9%
2021 633 14.9 51.5% 0.5% 407 22.1 0.2% 5.9%
2022 641 15.4 44.6% 1.2% 335 21.9 0.3% 6.0%
2023 251 12.8 75.3% 0.0% 185 17.4 15.7% 0.0%
2024 221 13.0 78.3% 0.0% 108 16.8 15.7% 0.9%

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Pitch Distribution