Mitch Keller wants 200 strikeouts. Needs two more.
He wants 200 innings. Needs 11 1/3 more.
He's been telling me that for months, beginning with a talk way back in Bradenton. The same dude who once blurted out to me several years ago that he expected to be the Pirates' staff ace that summer -- he sure wasn't -- was setting the stage for his next step. And all he'd achieve along the way was a first All-Star honor, career highs in most every statistical category and a bona fide place among Major League Baseball's best at his craft.