\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year contract with the right-hander, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a successful physical.Keller is coming off a terrific season with the Chicago Cubs, going 4-2 with a career-low 2.07 ERA in 68 appearances. He struck out 75 in 69 2\/3 innings.The 30-year-old Keller worked out of the bullpen this year, but he also has 117 career starts. Ranger Su\u00e1rez, a key member of Philadelphia\u2019s rotation this season, is a free agent.Keller\u2019s guarantee matches the $22 million, two-year deal Luke Weaver struck Wednesday with the New York Mets, also subject to a successful physical.Philadelphia won the NL East this year for the second straight season. It was eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a four-game Division Series.The Phillies answered one major offseason question when they re-signed Kyle Schwarber to a $150 million, five-year contract. Adolis Garc\u00eda is expected to play right field for the team after finalizing a $10 million, one-year contract on Tuesday.Longtime Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto remains a free agent, along with Su\u00e1rez and outfielder Harrison Bader.Keller was an eighth-round pick by Arizona in the 2013 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with Kansas City in 2018, going 9-6 with a 3.08 ERA in 20 starts and 21 relief appearances.Keller is 42-59 with a 4.14 ERA and five saves in 234 career games, also playing for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year contract with the right-hander, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a successful physical.<\/p>\n
Keller is coming off a terrific season with the Chicago Cubs, going 4-2 with a career-low 2.07 ERA in 68 appearances. He struck out 75 in 69 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old Keller worked out of the bullpen this year, but he also has 117 career starts. Ranger Su\u00e1rez, a key member of Philadelphia\u2019s rotation this season, is a free agent.<\/p>\n
Keller\u2019s guarantee matches the $22 million, two-year deal Luke Weaver struck Wednesday with the New York Mets<\/a>, also subject to a successful physical.<\/p>\n Philadelphia won the NL East this year for the second straight season. It was eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a four-game Division Series.<\/p>\n The Phillies answered one major offseason question when they re-signed Kyle Schwarber<\/a> to a $150 million, five-year contract. Adolis Garc\u00eda is expected to play right field for the team after finalizing a $10 million, one-year contract<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Longtime Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto remains a free agent, along with Su\u00e1rez and outfielder Harrison Bader.<\/p>\n Keller was an eighth-round pick by Arizona in the 2013 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with Kansas City in 2018, going 9-6 with a 3.08 ERA in 20 starts and 21 relief appearances.<\/p>\n Keller is 42-59 with a 4.14 ERA and five saves in 234 career games, also playing for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Phillies added Brad Keller to their pitching staff on Wednesday, agreeing to a $22 million, two-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[176329,29606,6540,176335,4133,25699,1318,176331,363,11999,11901,2085,480,8894,32036,176330,176332,99,176333,176334,6601,2394],"class_list":["post-355374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-22-million-deal","tag-appearance","tag-brad-keller","tag-career-start","tag-contract","tag-era","tag-free-agent","tag-keller","tag-mlb","tag-national-league","tag-person","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-phillies","tag-ranger-suarez","tag-right-handed-pitcher","tag-right-hander-brad-keller","tag-sports","tag-successful-physical","tag-terrific-season","tag-wednesday","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}