{"id":3116,"date":"2026-07-26T04:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2026-07-26T04:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:12:59","slug":"after-two-elbow-surgeries-brian-kellers-baseball-dreams-dimmed-but-on-saturday-he-made-his-big-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3116","title":{"rendered":"After two elbow surgeries, Brian Keller\u2019s baseball dreams dimmed. But on Saturday, he made his big league debut."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A half-hour after the final out, Brian Keller still hadn\u2019t peeled off the uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3114\">LeBron James explained why he picked the Sixers. Here are four other factors that may have helped.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There wasn\u2019t time. Not between taking photos on the field with family and talking with reporters in the middle of the Phillies\u2019 clubhouse. Besides, after 10 years, two countries, and multiple surgeries \u2014 one of which he paid for out of pocket \u2014 he didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d ever get to wear it.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And so Keller was still decked out in red pinstripes, No. 48 on his back, when he poked his head into the office where pitching coach Caleb Cotham and assistant Mark Lowy were packing up for the night.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hope I get to do it again,\u201d Keller told them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hey, why not? <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Look, the Phillies didn\u2019t make any guarantees when they called up Keller, age 32, 10 years after he was a 39th-round pick in an MLB draft that has since been curtailed to 20 rounds. But they\u2019ve searched for a No. 5 starter since demoting Andrew Painter to triple A last month and haven\u2019t won a game from the fifth-starter spot in 11 tries since May 18.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>They didn\u2019t win this one either, not after the Yankees broke a tie in the sixth inning to send the Phillies to a 3-1 loss, their fourth defeat in a row. But Keller did his part, following lefty opener Tim Mayza and delivering three solid innings that were tainted only by a two-out homer from Austin Wells.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Keller might\u2019ve kept going, too, except interim manager Don Mattingly wanted a lefty to face a left-handed pocket of the Yankees\u2019 lineup in the sixth inning. Kyle Backhus walked the leadoff man, who scored on Cody Bellinger\u2019s two-out single against Seth Johnson.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>First MLB strike out for 32 year old Brian Keller who is making his MLB debut with the Phillies today.<\/p>\n<p>What a fantastic story. pic.twitter.com\/lXmXJZ7S51<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FuturePhils (@FuturePhils) July 25, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But don\u2019t let those details rain on the parade of a righty from Wisconsin, 18 miles northwest of Milwaukee, whose long shot to reach the majors got even longer a few years ago.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It was 2023, and Keller was pitching in Japan when he blew out his elbow. He had Tommy John surgery and missed two seasons trying to come back. When further issues arose, he paid \u201c12 grand maybe, something like that,\u201d to undergo a nerve transposition.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t with an organization, and it wasn\u2019t a medically necessary surgery, technically,\u201d Keller said. \u201cIt was necessary from the viewpoint of getting back to playing professional baseball, so, hey, you\u2019ve got to do what you\u2019ve got to do, right?<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3112\">All-Star outfielder Brandon Marsh relegated to platoon role (for now) as the Phillies seek more production against lefty pitching<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLuckily, I made a little bit of money in Japan to basically buy me a little bit of time to be able to go through that rehab process. \u2026 Took a little hit, but we\u2019re here. So we\u2019re all right.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Keller always pictured what it would be like to reach the majors, but if he\u2019s being honest, the image in his mind had dimmed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah, definitely,\u201d said Keller, who signed with the Phillies in May and had a 2.23 ERA in triple A. \u201cDuring rehab, it was like, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019d call it a setback, but somewhat setback after setback to the point where, yeah, I just didn\u2019t know if it was ever going to happen, pitching again professionally, much less playing in the big leagues.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut, yeah, here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Indeed, there was Keller, running in from the bullpen to begin the third inning in front of a personal cheering section \u2014 \u201cI think 20 people, total,\u201d he said \u2014 and striking out Jazz Chisholm Jr. on a slider.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Keller sidestepped a one-out single by Paul Goldschmidt in the fourth inning and struck out Chisholm again on another slider and Jos\u00e9 Caballero on a fastball to end the fifth. He threw 39 pitches, 29 strikes.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe handled himself fine,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cThrew strikes. He went after them. He was on the attack. He wasn\u2019t walking people. So, that part of it I like.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Enough to get another chance next Friday night in Baltimore?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ll talk about as we get there,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cBut he did fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Just in case, he left on the jersey to make the most of his first night in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3110\">Who\u2019s behind the orange signs around Philly criticizing rogue developers?<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNobody can take that from me, right?\u201d he said. \u201cProud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He blew out his elbow pitching in Japan, and when further issues arose he paid \u201c12 grand maybe, something like that,\u201d for a surgery. 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