KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ It remains to be seen just how "in" the Yankees plan to be on Dallas Keuchel, but they did send one of their top talent evaluators to Newport Beach, Calif., on Sunday afternoon to take a look.
The 2015 American League Cy Young Award winner, who is a free agent, has been throwing simulated games every five days or so near the headquarters of his agent, Scott Boras, and the Yankees' representative attended Sunday's rain-shortened outing.
The Yankees have showed little to no interest in the 31-year-old left-hander, who is 76-63 with a 3.66 ERA in his seven-year career with the Astros, including 12-11 with a 3.74 ERA last season.
Fans salivating at the possibility of Keuchel signing with the Yankees should keep in mind that the organization almost always does its due diligence on players who are available, even the ones they have little interest in. Insiders indicate the Yankees aren't likely to break the bank _ either in years or dollars _ for Keuchel but wanted to get a closer look at him even though there are questions about how much he has left.
Keuchel became a free agent after rejecting the Astros' $17.9 million qualifying offer.
