Giants Prospect Shines Despite Pirates’ Best Efforts to Dim the Debut Spotlight

The Pirates have been floating players around, and are probably just waiting to see what their best return will be. Although the team is 18 games under .500, they do have some talent on the roster. Obviously, their best asset isn’t going anywhere, unless there is some sort of Godfather offer. I wrote about Pittsburgh yesterday and was able to take a win, so there isn’t much new to say than what I discussed about them yesterday. The difference today is they are traveling across country, where they have lost 24 more games than they have won, and their Ace is not starting. Today, they send Mitch Keller to the mound, a guy who has been in trade talks all year long and likely will bring a nice return if the Pirates do choose to trade him away. Keller is 4-10 for the season with a 3.53 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. I wouldn’t say that Keller has a postseason pedigree, but those are numbers of a starter that you would want to help you get to the postseason. He has been very good on the road this season with a sub-three ERA, and has put together four straight quality starts. The Giants hitters are batting just .241 against him in 58 at-bats. 

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