MINNEAPOLIS — During the peak of his career, Dallas Keuchel was the Grandmaster of the Groundball. Then he was done in by the fortune changes of baseball life.
Injuries, dropping velocity, losing the feel for pitches — the things that end careers —threatened to send Keuchel home for good. From 2014-2018 Keuchel finished in the top three of pitchers with the highest ground ball percentage four times. And he did it while pitching in hitter-friendly Minute Maid Park while with Houston.
He was no longer that guy in recent seasons. When he was released by Texas last September, he went home to Arizona to assess his future.
