Six teams to watch with Kimbrel and Keuchel about to sign

Dallas Keuchel won the Cy Young Award and a World Series ring. Craig Kimbrel is on a performance trajectory that could lead him to make an induction speech at Cooperstown. Their good faith appeals to fans desperate to fill their favorite opponents, which is why Kimbrel's name is so often mentioned on sports talk radio in Atlanta, and why Keuchel is regularly raised in New York and elsewhere.

But just about every club appraiser who makes staffing decisions today is guilty of bias because of the recency – no matter how many career savings Kimbrel has recorded or the fact that he has directed the NL to rescuers four seasons in a row I want to emphasize how brilliant Keuchel was against the Yankees in the wild card game 2015 Instead, just about every major rater will focus on this question: how far can the 2019 versions of Kimbrel and Keuchel improve their team's chances of success?

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And many teams simply do not consider any of the launchers, no matter how accomplished, as a rock-solid solution with guaranteed performance. Instead, they question Keuchel 's speed reduction, position and course, and remember Kimbrel' s difficulty in hitting the playoffs last year. They remember that when the Red Sox had the chance to close the Dodgers in the World Series, Boston manager Alex Cora left with Chris Sale, rather than Kimbrel, and they wonder what that really meant. They also wonder if the two throwers will be more effective after an unsigned session in the last four months, as they have seen so many other players – including Greg Holland in 2018, and Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales in 2014 – fighting or get hurt after their absence from the game.