On Wednesday afternoon, Braves left-hander Dallas Keuchel gave up five runs (four earned) to the Brewers over 5 ²/₃ innings, walking two and striking out five. His ERA shot up from 3.09 to 3.58 in six starts, totaling 37 ²/₃ innings.

Those overall numbers would have worked for the Yankees, right?

Alas, the Yankees bid a little less than the Braves last month when the free agent Keuchel shed the draft-pick compensation that had been attached to him, and here they are, more than a month later, still on the prowl for starting pitching help.

Keuchel topped my list of suggested Yankees targets in a June 4 column for The Post. In light of his removal from that list, and with six-plus more weeks of information compiled on both pitchers and teams — and with time ticking toward the July 31 trade deadline — let’s revise that list of recommendations.

1. Marcus Stroman (previously number 3): He’s good and bold enough to start and win Game 1, or Game 7, of any postseason series.

He also possesses the sort of flammable personality — witness his recent verbal skirmish with Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, now a Red Sox broadcaster — that could blow up the whole venture.

His pros outweigh his cons when you factor in his vast American League East experience (he has pitched for the Blue Jays since 2015), his extreme ground-ball tendencies (his 57.9 percent grounder rate ranked him second in baseball, behind only the 60.1 percent of the Cardinals’ Dakota Hudson, through Tuesday’s action, as per FanGraphs), and his eagerness to perform on this stage.

Throw in the reality that the rebuilding Jays know they have to sell high on Stroman, who has a 3.25 ERA and can become a free agent after next year, and the right-hander could cost a little less than other potentially available arms employed by teams on the bubble.

2. Trevor Bauer (Not Ranked): Like Stroman, a colorful young man who embraces social media — and whose act could crash in The Bronx like “Dark Phoenix” did in the cinemas. He isn’t pitching as well this year as last year, thanks to a significant uptick in homers (from nine in 175 ¹/₃ innings in 2018 to 20 in 138 innings in 2019), and the Indians, very much in the playoff race, certainly might keep the right-hander, who can be a free agent after next year, and reassess his future this winter. Hence the acquisition price figures to be higher.

3. Madison Bumgarner (2): His walk-year status should make him more attainable than Stroman or Bauer, though the Giants’ recent surge onto the periphery of the National League playoff race could complicate that. And how can you not love the romantic notion of the October legend getting back out there and working his magic once again? The concerns come in the left-hander having allowed more fly balls (37.7 percent) than ground balls (36.4 percent) and his hard-contact rate of 46.1 percent ranking second in the industry entering Wednesday’s games. How would that play in hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium against generally superior opponents?

4. Mike Minor (4): Not much has changed on the 31-year-old lefty since the last ranking. His career year continues, the Rangers remain on the edge of the playoff race and Minor still is signed through next year. The price will be high.

5. Robbie Ray (NR): Like Stroman, Bauer and Minor, a free agent after next year, Ray has helped the Diamondbacks stay alive in the wide-open NL wild-card race. The left-hander, who started for Arizona on Wednesday night at Texas, misses a lot of bats (145 strikeouts through his first 111 innings) and also misses the strike zone plenty (56 walks). His hard-contact rate of 40.8 percent in that stretch, if not as bad as Bumgarner’s, hardly raises confidence.

6. Matthew Boyd (NR): Gosh, do the Yankees really want to unload a significant chunk of their farm system for a pitcher who showed few signs of a breakout prior to this year, and who has allowed four or more earned runs in each of his past five starts? That seems nutty. It would be a long-term play, as the Tigers southpaw will be under team control through 2022. Given their unique challenges, the Yankees are better off developing their own pitchers and trading for more established arms who are closer to free agency.