Mitch Keller seems likely to be called up at some point this summer, despite not being called up when the Pittsburgh Pirates saw both Chris Archer and Jameson Taillon head to the Injured List. The club decided to go with Nick Kingham and Steven Brault instead, and despite Brault allowing six runs in 3.2 innings and striking out just two.
The reason being – well the reason stated, as a team can’t admit to service time considerations – is that Keller has added a slider and General Manager Neal Huntington has said,
“With (Bryan) Reynolds and (Cole) Tucker up here, we’re out of comfort zone enough with guys without a ton of Triple-A experience.