Dallas Keuchel kept pushing off Cy Young award talk during the season, saying he was focusing on team goals.
Now that the season’s over, he acknowledged Friday after accompanying the Breitling Jet Team on a flight that he’s thought about the potential of taking the highest honor just for pitchers.
“Maybe a little bit,” Keuchel said after 45 minutes in the air. “But right now I’m just hungry and looking forward to telling my girlfriend and my family about this flight experience.”
Both Keuchel and outfielder Jake Marisnick said the end of the 2015 season, with a Game 5 loss in the American League Division Series, still hurts.