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Daily Video Rundown: Mitch Keller, Hoy Park, Kevin Newman

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Welcome to the Pirates Prospects daily video rundown, where we pull some of the top videos of the Pittsburgh Pirates across the internet.

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Mitch Keller

The Pirates second round pick back in 2014, Keller was rated as the organization’s top prospect three straight years from 2018-2020, but has yet to find his footing at the major league level.

In 39 career starts, Keller has a 6.02 ERA with 173 strikeouts in 170 1/3 innings.

Keller become an internet sensation during the offseason with his bullpen sessions. The 25-year-old saw an increase in his velocity, even topping 100 mph on his fastball, including some other mechanical changes.

Guess the question has been answered if he was going to be able to carry that into game-like situations. It’s Spring, so you can take results with a grain of salt, but there has been no denying that Keller has looked different.

If you wanted to look at the statistics, Keller has yet to give up a run in 8 2/3 spring innings, allowing seven hits, walking one and striking out seven.

Tuesday he pitched four innings, allowing five hits and struck out four. Including this beautiful cutter.

Anthony Murphy
Anthony Murphy
Anthony began writing over 10 years ago, starting a personal blog to cover the 2011 MLB draft, where the Pirates selected first overall. After bouncing around many websites covering hockey, he refocused his attention to baseball, his first love when it comes to sports. He eventually found himself here at Pirates Prospects in late 2021, where he covers the team’s four full season minor league affiliates.

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