Pitcher · 2026
Mitch Keller
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 213 lb
- Number
- #23
- Born
- April 4, 1996 in Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
- MLB debut
- May 27, 2019
- Drafted
- 2014, round 2
- High school
- Xavier
- Salary, 2026
- $16.9M
- dbWAR
- 4.6 3 season(s)
- IP
- 115.2
- ERA
- 5.29
- FIP
- 4.53
- K/9
- 6.9
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
Mitch Keller is a starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 89 batters over 115.2 innings across 22 appearances, 22 of them starts, going 6-8. His ERA of 5.29 was 26.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 14 on his team, and 378th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.53 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.5% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.7%. His 0.7 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 321 | 290 | 84 | 11 | 23 | 52 | .290 | .352 | .486 | .365 | 16.2% |
| vs RHB | 182 | 161 | 33 | 4 | 19 | 37 | .205 | .297 | .317 | .282 | 20.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Mitch Keller throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 603 | 93.3 | 2,364 | 48.9% | 16.9% | |
| Sinker | 322 | 92.3 | 2,374 | 45.0% | 14.7% | |
| Sweeper | 302 | 82.0 | 2,697 | 40.7% | 24.0% | |
| Slider | 180 | 87.2 | 2,524 | 40.6% | 21.5% | |
| Curveball | 171 | 77.8 | 2,648 | 40.4% | 36.5% | |
| Changeup | 169 | 88.7 | 1,539 | 40.8% | 25.6% | |
| Cutter | 140 | 89.7 | 2,488 | 44.3% | 20.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 115.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 68 | 89 | 42 | 5.29 | 4.53 | 1.37 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 127 | 108 | 0.7 | |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 176.1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 171 | 82 | 150 | 51 | 4.19 | 4.02 | 1.26 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 101 | 97 | 2.1 | |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 178.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 182 | 84 | 166 | 50 | 4.25 | 4.08 | 1.30 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 104 | 100 | 1.8 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.