NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Yankees aren’t fooled by their first-place record. They know their starting pitching could use a tweak or two.
Which explains why they were reportedly one of the teams on hand to watch free agent left-hander Dallas Keuchel throw a simulated game in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sunday.
Dallas Keuchel has been throwing sim games every 5 days or so in Newport Beach & the Yankees had one of their top evaluators watching his rain-shortened outing today. Keep in mind the Yankees almost always do their due diligence on these things but obviously wanted to get a look
— Erik Boland (@eboland11) May 26, 2019
Keuchel was sought after during the initial free agent signing period last winter, but has yet to secure a deal, presumably because he has not relented on his demands, which are believed to include more security in terms of years.