Keuchel is scheduled to start Wednesday's game against the Mariners in Chicago.
Keuchel found himself outside of Chicago's streamlined ALDS rotation last fall, but he'll open the 2022 season in a starting role, taking the hill for the White Sox's fifth game. After compiling a 5.28 ERA, 1.53 WHIP and 5.0 K-BB% across 162 frames in 2021 and now heading into his age-34 campaign, Keuchel's fantasy outlook is bleak, even though he may have more job security than anticipated early on in the season with Lance Lynn (knee) likely out until at least late May. Even in his prime years, Keuchel was a below-average source of strikeouts, so his best hope for gaining mixed-league fantasy relevance will likely come from lowering his walk rate (8.2 percent in 2021, 7.2 percent career) and banking on his groundball-happy approach yielding better luck on balls in play (.307 BABIP in 2021, .293 career).