2025 Cubs player profiles: Brad Keller

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty ImagesI didn’t know a thing about Brad Keller. Most of us didn’t. I knew the Cubs had him, but didn’t know he was a keeper {$} until some of the writers {$} starting insisting it was so, and saying why.

Keller strikes out nine over six innings [VIDEO].

Convincing. He doesn’t cost much, into the bargain. He’s on a minor-league deal, just waiting to move into that No. 10 spot, according to one blog:

“The Cubs agreed to a minor-league deal with him on Jan. 31, including an invite to big-league spring training, but in front of him in line for potential starts with the team stand Justin Steele, Shota Imanaga, Jameson Taillon, Matthew Boyd, Colin Rea, Javier…