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Mitch Keller

Mitch Keller — no start in 21 days. His recent work, season line, and what that gap means for any projection on him.

Last scored board
No game on the current slate
Season line · ERA
5.29
6-8 · 89 K, 1.38 WHIP
Games graded
22
this season, box-score final
Mitch Keller
PBats RThrows RPittsburgh Pirates

Not on the current slate

Mitch hasn't been scored in 20 days — his last matchup was against Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, August 3, 2026. A gap that long usually means an injury, a minor-league option, or a roster move rather than a rest day. Everything below is his most recent real production, not a projection.

Season line

22 starts, 6-8, 5.29 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 115.2 innings. He's struck out 89 over that span, against 42 walks. This is the baseline the matchup adjusts from — the model starts here and then asks what the specific lineup he's facing does to strikeout arms, how the park plays, and how deep he's likely to go.

He throws right-handed

Mitch throws right-handed, which is the ordinary case and means fewer wild swings in the lineup he faces. Opposing managers aren't restacking against him the way they would a left-hander, so his projection moves more on the quality of the lineup than on its handedness. What does move it: how deep he's been going lately, and whether the lineup in front of him strikes out.

His last 5 starts

Mitch has 16 strikeouts in 21.3 innings across his last 5 starts, a 6.8 K/9, with a 7.17 ERA over that stretch and 9 walks. Strikeouts are the one pitcher market where our model has found real, graded room — projected workload and the specific lineup he draws move that number more than a season-long rate does. Start-by-start detail is in the log below.

Strikeouts and control

Mitch has 89 strikeouts and 42 walks in 115.7 innings this season — 6.9 K/9 against 3.3 BB/9, a 2.1-to-1 ratio. That's around league-typical control — enough to work deep when the lineup cooperates, not enough to bail him out of a bad matchup.

What his floor looks like

Mitch has made 22 starts this season, averaging 5.3 innings with a 5.52 ERA across them. In the 12 starts we hold detailed lines for, he got through five or more innings 7 times. That ratio is the honest read on his floor, and it's what separates an arm worth projecting on the outs board from one whose good starts are unpredictable enough that the market prices them better than we do.

How long he goes

Mitch is averaging 4.8 innings a start across his last 8 outings, with a high of 6.0 and about 81 pitches a night. He's not going deep, and that caps the strikeout and outs projections no matter how good the matchup looks — you can't strike out hitters you don't face. Expected batters faced is one of the bigger inputs to his score for exactly this reason.

A long gap since his last start

Mitch hasn't started in 21 days. That's the single most useful warning on a pitcher's page, and it's the model's weakest spot. A gap that long usually means an injured-list stint, and a first start back is often on a strict pitch limit that no stat line reveals — books frequently don't post an outs line at all in that spot. Our projection is built on his healthy workload, so it will overshoot a shortened rehab start. Read any projection here with that in mind until he's stretched back out.

His best start in the log

Mitch's high-water mark was Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at ATH: 7 strikeouts over 5.3 innings, 4 earned runs. One start doesn't set a projection — the model works off the blend of his recent work against the specific lineup in front of him — but it does show the ceiling when the matchup lines up.

How the model reads him

The number on Mitch is about tonight, not about him. Strip out the name and the model is asking one question: what does this specific lineup do to this kind of arm, in this park, for as many batters as he's likely to face? That gets scored against every other starter on the slate. The combination math is proprietary and re-tuned every week. The grading isn't — it's all public, including the misses.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working. For Mitch specifically, he's coming off a 21-day gap.

Recent game log

DateOppIPKHERBB
Sunday, August 2@ CIN2.02674
Monday, July 27vs AZ5.34621
Wednesday, July 22@ NYY5.06302
Thursday, July 9vs ATL3.03432
Friday, July 3@ WSH6.01850
Sunday, June 28vs CIN6.04531
Tuesday, June 23vs SEA6.04731
Tuesday, June 16@ ATH5.37544
Thursday, June 11vs LAD4.03754
Friday, June 5@ ATL4.74763
Saturday, May 30vs MIN4.051071
Sunday, May 24@ TOR6.05413

Mitch Keller — FAQ

Is Mitch Keller playing today?

Mitch Keller isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Monday, August 3, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How has Mitch Keller been pitching lately?

Over his last 5 starts, Mitch has 16 strikeouts in 21.3 innings, allowing 17 earned runs. Start-by-start detail is in the log on this page.

Why has Mitch Keller not started recently?

Mitch hasn't started in 21 days. We flag the gap rather than guess the cause — it usually means an injured-list stint. A first start back is often pitch-limited in a way no stat line shows, and our projection, built on his healthy workload, will run high until he's stretched back out.

Are Mitch Keller's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).