https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=keuchda01&t=p&year=2018Everyone can look up Keuchel's numbers and construct solid arguments about how good or not good he was.
His 1st inning ERA was 6.88. In 34 games he gave up 3 first inning homers and 11 doubles.
He did make it to the 5th in 32 of 34 starts and to the 8th in 2.
ERA in other innings stayed low until the 5th, 6th, and 7th.
It was a weird, uneven year with weird uneven games. He didn't suck, he wasn't great, but he was rarely mediocre.
Personally I found it exhausting but I appreciated his durability. And god help him if the hpu wasn't going to give him low strikes.