Not saying he doesn't deserve one this year. But the has had one before.

Here's another dirty little secret is that velocity and break stats do somewhat impact the overall ratings and he really doesn't have much to show for it. Combine that with a relatively mediocre per 9s and you just cant get him boosted enough. I remember last year the year end update basically upgraded a bunch of players clutch ratings for example and that would get them the boost to go gold to diamond and the like

I never considered this but you might be right.

I suppose Kyle Hendricks is a comparable player and he almost always straddles the line between being a high silver and a low gold and Keuchel's last few seasons have been a notch or two below his so maybe the lack of rating bump is justified.

It just seems odd in a year where everyone and anyone seems to be getting boosted no matter their standing in the past 2-3 seasons prior, Keuchel seems like an odd omission. I look at a player like Wil Myers -- someone the Padres couldn't give away in a trade without sending a top prospect along with him just a few months ago -- is now on the precipices of going diamond.

This year has been mad.

He was mediocre stat wise from 2017 until this abbreviated season.

s a White Sox fan that has seen the man pitch all year closeup,

False. No one saw him up close this year. Closed stadiums and all...