The former Houston Astro Dallas Keuchel still unsigned but standing

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Although the MLB is looking for quality beginners, former Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel still has no job and will not take it for less than he thinks he deserves.

"If you had asked me the first day of free competition, I would never have said that I would be here on May 6," Keuchel told Yahoo Sports on Monday. "This was not the plan at all, I would love to play ball and help a team to win because, for the moment, my career has been more victorious than my defeat and at a much higher level." So, which team would not want me to be there, am I the best at this stage? No, but am I superior or better than some of the offers that have been submitted? Absolutely .

"It's not me who is greedy, it's just my compensation in the market after what the analytics tell me." That's not what I just said The front-offices came with that, so now they're trying to tell me that I'm inferior to what the analytic data say, how is that possible? "

Keuchel, 31, had a record of 12.7 / 11 last season with an average of 3.74 in the first 34 games of the Houston Astros. The left-hander has won 14 games and collected a silver medal of 2.90 in the 2017 World Series season in Houston. He won the Cy Young in 2015 with a record of 20-8, 2.48 led by ERA and the 232 innings of the American League. So, how does a workaholic work at this stage of the season?

Keuchel's situation is complicated by the fact that he refused a one-year qualifying offer, amounting to $ 17.9 million. This made him a free agent but also attached a selection allowance. Former Red Sox veteran Craig Kimbrel is in the same boat. Any team that signs one of them before the repechage must give up a choice. After the June draft of the MLB, that disappears.

Keuchel claims to have refused many offers from agent Scott Boras.

"I told him no about many contracts because it was in principle," Keuchel said. "It's fair market value, and I did not have that."

Many argued that the repechage compensation was hurting veterans because the teams were reluctant to pay what it would cost to land a player with a full resume and also lose the young players in the repechage. Keuchel did not start by being a poster artist for the subject, but he embraces the role now.

"When people tweet me saying," Hey, stop being the baseball bell The "Veon", it's a fun phrase, but it's defended itself. He defended his well-being, "Keuchel told Yahoo, referring to the NFL star who was absent from the 2018 season." And I'm also defending my well-being. "It's a matter of principle in both situations.Now I do not try to stay away all year.I was not trying to stay outside.But we are in this situation right now. I would love to sign tomorrow. "

One of these teams could be the New York Yankees, whose starting ranks have been decimated by injuries. But at this point, the Bombers of the Bronx seem to be content to wait. Meanwhile, Keuchel is addressing young college players in California.

"My asking price and my due diligence are not just out of the left field." It came through my own career path, my own career figures, and then what my market is valued at that time ", did he declare. . "Until now, it has not been matched.It has been lower than it should be.And it is in principle, what is happening now.I can not not speak for other players.It is a principle for me.I'm not asking the world. "