Brad Keller
Season: 2025
2025 Season Stats
ERA
2.19
W-L
3-2
IP
70.0
SO
78
WHIP
0.00
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CHC •
about 1 month ago
Keller will have plenty of suitors and a healthy market this offseason after blossoming into a dominant high-leverage arm for the Cubs this past season, compiling a sparkling 2.07 ERA and 75/22 K/BB ratio across 69 2/3 innings over 68 appearances. The 30-year-old impending free agent, who made some mechanical tweaks this past season to unlock some additional velocity, will have plenty of fantasy appeal in drafts next spring, especially if he ends up back in Chicago to compete with Daniel Palencia for save chances or winds up elsewhere with a clear path to a ninth-inning role.
Source: The Athletic
CHC •
about 1 month ago
Keller issued a walk to load the bases in a 4-3 game in the eighth, but he was able to punch out Jake Bauers to escape the jam. He was able to breeze through the ninth to get the save as the Cubs staved off elimination for at least one more game.
CHC •
about 2 months ago
It wound up being a battle of the bullpens in this one with Keller getting the call to protect a narrow two-run advantage in the final frame of Tuesday afternoon’s best-of-three series opener at Wrigley Field after Matthew Boyd, Daniel Palencia, Drew Pomeranz and Andrew Kittredge held San Diego to just one run on four hits and one walk through the first eight frames. The 30-year-old former cromulent swingman turned elite high-leverage specialist got Manny Machado to ground out and Jackson Merrill to fly out before freezing Xander Bogaerts with a called third strike to end it.
CHC •
2 months ago
Keller has converted back-to-back saves for the Cubs and appears to have a firm hold on the ninth-inning role with Daniel Palencia (shoulder) on the injured list. The 30-year-old has experienced an unexpected metamorphosis this season, blossoming into an elite high-leverage specialist with a sparkling 2.16 ERA across 66 2/3 innings over 65 appearances. He should be rostered in all fantasy formats at this juncture.
CHC •
2 months ago
Keller was able to get a save despite getting just the one out, and with the Cubs leading by four runs. That’s because he had to clean up a bases-loaded mess created by Porter Hodge, but he was able to strike out Jared Triolo and pick up his second save of the season. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he added a few more before 2025 concludes.
CHC •
3 months ago
Daniel Palencia got the day off after pitching in two of the last three games. Keller was summoned to close things out in the ninth inning with a two-run lead. He worked around a leadoff single, striking out the next three batters to secure the win for the Cubs and his first save.
CHC •
6 months ago
The widely-held expectation is that Cubs top prospect Cade Horton is going to take the ball at some point during Saturday’s bullpen game, but Counsell refused to confirm it to reporters following Friday’s loss to the Mets.
Source: Taylor McGregor