D-backs DFA Keuchel after four starts

The D-backs have designated veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel for task, a supply informed MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert. Keuchel, 34, posted a 9.64 ERA in 4 begins for Arizona after being signed to a Minor League deal upon being launched by the White Sox.

Keuchel was the 2015 American League Cy Younger Award winner and is a two-time All-Star, a five-time Gold Glove Award winner and a World Sequence champion with the Astros in 2017. He signed with the Braves as a free agent in ’19, after which inked a three-year, $55.5 million contract with the White Sox the next offseason.

Although he was nice for Chicago through the pandemic-shortened 2020 marketing campaign, pitching to a 1.99 ERA over 11 begins, Keuchel struggled to a 5.28 ERA over 162 innings in ’21, earlier than a 7.88 ERA throughout his first eight begins this yr led the White Sox to launch him.

Keuchel’s strikeout charge has been steadily lowering since 2019, and his barrel charge, in line with Statcast, has jumped over the past two seasons particularly.

The White Sox are paying the rest of the $18 million owed to Keuchel for this season, which is the final assured yr on his contract.