Keuchel throws 'free and easy' to McCann

Astros starter Dallas Keuchel discusses the shoulder injury he battled through in 2016WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Ace lefty Dallas Keuchel, who was away from the Astros on Thursday with an illness, threw in the bullpen Friday afternoon to new catcher Brian McCann, with manager A.J. Hinch watching. Keuchel missed the final month of last season with shoulder inflammation, but has thrown off the mound six times, though this was the first time at camp.

"First bullpen [session] of the camp and I wanted to tell McCann what I wanted to accomplish here in the next couple of weeks, just start with the fastball in and out and throw the changeup," Keuchel said. "I threw the first couple of cutters, but…