The Astros have settled with starter Dallas Keuchel, as Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle first tweeted. Keuchel will earn $13.2MM, per Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter).
Notably, the Astros have not been able to work out agreements wit a few other important players. Outfielder George Springer, reliever Ken Giles, and starter Collin McHugh will file figures, Kaplan tweets, though of course it’s still possible they will settle before going to a hearing.
Keuchel, 30, posted a strong 2.90 ERA with 7.7 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9 on the year in 2017, though he was limited by injury to 145 2/3 innings. That tamped down on his earning power somewhat, though Keuchel still earns a healthy raise on his $9.15MM salary from 2017. He had been projected to earn $12.6MM by MLBTR and contributor Matt Swartz, but tops that figure by $600K.
As things stand, this’ll be Keuchel’s final season in Houston. He’ll hit the open market after the 2018 campaign unless the sides are able to work out a longer-term agreement at some point.
another arb settlement goes over projection. I’m not criticising mlbtr, wondering why teams are going so much higher
The players in question might have been able to win more in a hearing
Good will towards extension.
He’s a Boras client isn’t he ? Good will isn’t in his vocabulary
i wondered that as well. it has to be seen as such.
Higher then what? The MLBTR predictions? So what? It just shows MLBTR predictions are wrong as usual
Now that the arbitration deadline has passed, teams can’t even use that as an excuse for the lack of trades and signings going forward. Oh wait, Monday is a federal holiday, so no deals can be made until Tuesday.
Dad i wouldn’t eat anything you caught out of the pond at the retirement community.
Speaking of Seinfeld some great trivia, what’s Susan middle name?
the boring offseason signings didn’t carryover to the arbitration season
Won’t be an Astros next year. You can count on that. If they get Cole or any starting pitcher you can bank on it
Just the fact that he switched to Boras is practically a guarantee that he’ll be a free agent after ‘18 no matter what.
Altuve switched to him too ☹
Will the Astros be able to resign their whole core ? I mean on one hand they have never had the highest payroll so luxury tax has never been a worry for them but on the other hand they will have to spend more than ever to keep everyone together. With all of their players switching to Boras it’s going to be hard
It’s the beard.
Where’s the lamb sauce?
wit a few other players, dang son!