Obviously y'all know how conflicted I am with Dallas Keuchel and after yesterday's line of 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 Hits, 0 BBs, 13 Ks it's tough to deny the numbers for much longer. He's raised his K/9 to near 8.00 while averaging 7.2 IP per start, FIP and xFIP near 2.60, a soft contact rate above 25%, walking batters at a 2.12 BB/9 clip and a 64.0% GB rate. So why on earth wouldn't I be super high on him? Because the multiple CGSHOs he's had before are masking that he's been a bit crummy a bunch this year. He's a major boom/bust guy that is relying on one of the rarest stats in baseball to accumulate - complete games - to propel him. You have to imagine he starts throwing fewer innings per game and experience those shakier starts more often (he had back to back 3 ER games before this one) as the strikeouts drop closer to the 6.57 K/9 rate from 2014.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:
