Dallas Keuchel is a two-time All-Star baseball player for the Houston Astros. The left-handed pitcher, who won the World Series in 2017, was selected in the seventh round of the 2009 MLB Draft after playing college baseball at the University of Arkansas. Keuchel made his championship baseball debut in 2012 before winning three consecutive Gold Glove Awards and the coveted Cy Young Award.
Biography,
On January 1, 1988, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dennis and Teresa Keuchel welcomed their youngest child, Dallas Keuchel. Thanks to his parents’ love of sports, Keuchel, who was described as a sports freak as a child, actively played basketball, football and baseball from kindergarten through high school.
Keuchel attended Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa where he was both a standout pitcher and quarterback for the school’s baseball and football teams. He notably helped his baseball team win a state championship before enrolling at the University of Arkansas where he played college baseball. In his first year with the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Dallas Keuchel recorded an ERA of 5.88. He had a 4.58 ERA in his sophomore year and a 3.92 ERA in his junior year before being selected by the Houston Astros in the 2009 MLB Draft .
After signing with the team, Dallas Keuchel began his professional playing career with the Tri-City Valley Cats of the Class A – Short Season New York–Penn League. In 2010, he joined the Class A-Advanced California League Lancaster JetHawks, where he averaged 3.36 earned runs. His performances prompted the Astros to promote him to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League where he continued to impress and earn another promotion to the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League before eventually making his debut in major league baseball in June 2012 for the Astros.
In his first full season in Major League Baseball, Dallas Keuchel recorded an ERA of 5.27. The following year, he showed minimal improvement managing a 5.15 earned run average. In 2014, however, Keuchel was able to up his game by posting a 2.93 ERA, earning him a runner-up position for a spot on the American League roster for the 2014 MLB All-Satr game. More importantly, he won the Gold Glove Award and the Fielding Bible Award.
From that point on Keuchel’s career went up in height as he again managed to win the Gold Glove Award and the Fielding Bible Award and also added the Cy Young Award and the Warren Spahn Award in 2015. In 2017 , Keuchel recorded a 2.90 ERA to help his team win the American League West division and then the 2017 World Series.
Dallas Keuchel’s Salary
In January 2018, Dallas Keuchel put pen to paper on a one-year, $13.2 million deal with the Houston Astros. He had enjoyed a somewhat significant pay rise from his last contract as previously he received $9.15 million in 2017 and $7.25 million in 2016.
Does he have a wife or a girlfriend?
Dallas Keuchel is not married but he has a girlfriend, a blonde beauty named Mackenzie Valk. Ms. Valk, a native of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, graduated in Fashion Merchandise from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). She left school in 2010 and found work as an account manager at Valentino. She then moved on to a General Manager position at Mi Piaci before landing her current position as Sales Manager at Gold Sports Collectibles.
It’s unclear exactly when the pair started dating or how they met, but it’s believed that Valk met her man at a baseball-related social event. Since the couple went public with their relationship, Valk has made an effort to attend most of her games wherever they are, even though she is based in New York while Keuchel plays in Houston. The long distance relationship seems to be working for them right now as they seem very happy with the way things are going.
Height and width
Dallas Keuchel’s height is listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), making him three inches taller than the average baseball pitcher. His weight is further listed at 91 kg (200 lb).