Yankees Reportedly Sent a Scout to Watch Dallas Keuchel Pitch in California

With a recent injuries to C.C. Sabathia and James Paxton along with the overall struggles of J.A. Happ, the New York Yankees are apparently still looking to upgrade their starting rotation.

New York sent scouts to watch Dallas Keuchel pitch in California on Sunday. The former Astros Cy Young winner is still a free agent and has the interest of teams that are looking to add pitching after the MLB Draft concludes.

The #Yankees sent a scout to watch Dallas Keuchel in California today: https://t.co/6SfxGCfXh4
— Brendan Kuty (@BrendanKutyNJ) May 27, 2019

If Keuchel signs after June 2, the team that lands him will not have to send draft compensation to the Astros, and with that deadline approaching, it only makes sense the Yankees' interest would get stronger now.

Aside from the issues that are affecting the rotation at the moment, Yankee fans can't forget about the fact that the team might place an innings limit on Domingo German, whose previous high in a season was 120. If that were to happen, the Yankees could certainly use an innings eater like Keuchel to carry the load down the stretch -- either that or manage the rotation more effectively to skip a few of German's starts to perhaps keep him around for the playoffs.

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

Brian Cashman certainly loves himself a bargain, so it's no surprise the Yankees are still keeping tabs on the veteran left-hander.