Keuchel (neck) played catch Monday for the first time since he was scratched from a start in Kansas City on June 7, Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Keuchel did not meet with reporters following the session, but manager A.J. Hinch did. "It's very early in his progress," Hinch said of Keuchel. "Playing catch is playing catch. The next step would be playing catch a little harder and a little further." The more telling test of his progress will come when Keuchel throws off a mound.