Dallas Keuchel Fantasy Baseball Updates - Ben Rosener’s MLB Beat

Major League Baseball’s regular season continues, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter months. Lineup news, regular waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage.

This column aims to cover any fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. Has a player who's usually been hitting in the middle of a lineup suddenly batting eighth or ninth for an extended period? The fantasy implications will be covered here.

The same goes for injuries and injured list placements and whether or not you should consider picking up a player who was recently called up. Basically, any kernel of fantasy news and its relevance to fantasy managers could be covered here. Today, the news of the day is the fantasy baseball impact of the Minnesota Twins selecting the contract of starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel.

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Fantasy Baseball Impact Of The Minnesota Twins Calling Up Dallas Keuchel

Per a tweet from the Minnesota Twins' official Twitter account on Thursday, the American League Central club selected the contract of left-handed starter Dallas Keuchel from Triple-A St. Paul as part of a handful of roster moves.

Minnesota, per the tweet, also placed fellow starter Joe Ryan on the 10-day injured list due to a left groin strain and transferred right-hander Jose De Leon to the 60-day injured list.

Keuchel has made six starts for Minnesota’s Triple-A affiliate this season, finding plenty of success with a 1.13 ERA and a 4.01 FIP in 32 innings of work. The veteran has also struck out 28 batters while limiting opponents to just 12 walks and three home runs.

Last season, the 35-year-old made 14 starts in the Majors, but struggled mightily, posting a 9.20 ERA and a 5.52 FIP in 60.2 innings of work for the Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Texas Rangers while striking out 45 batters and walking 31. He also surrendered 11 home runs.

In his career, Keuchel has never been a starter who logs high strikeout numbers. His lifetime strikeout-per-nine-inning rate in 1,588 Major League innings is just 6.90. Considering that, the veteran is likely just a streaming option for fantasy managers in deeper leagues at the moment, though there’s certainly fantasy upside here to utilize Keuchel in the right matchups.

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