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5 days ago
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Marcus Stroman throws live BP but no clear spot for him in Yankees' rotation
Marcus Stroman throws live BP but no clear spot for him in Yankees' rotation originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Yankees say they're building Marcus Stroman back up as a starter, and he's getting closer to coming off the injured list. Manager Aaron Boone confirmed Stroman threw live batting practice Thursday afternoon and felt good, with a rehab assignment possibly coming soon. Advertisement So, now, the question is where Marcus Stroman fits as a starter, because it doesn't seem like it's with the Yankees. Pitching coach Matt Blake's blunt comments on Stroman's return last month were pretty telling. Let's be bluntly honest, the Yankees already have five starters better than Stroman right now. Sure, they need to add a starter at the deadline, but a front-line starter who can pitch in a playoff series for them. Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Stroman never appeared in a playoff game last season. This year, he's sporting a bruising 11.57 ERA, and Baseball Savant shows significant declines in key pitching metrics. Stroman's strikeout rate has dipped to 16.7%, and his walk rate has increased to 8.9%, both career-worst figures. Advertisement His ground-ball rate has fallen below 50% for the first time in his career, and his barrel rate has risen to 6.7%, contributing to a career-high home run rate of 1.11 home runs per nine innings. Additionally, his Stuff+ and Location+ metrics have declined, indicating a drop in both the quality of his pitches and his command. Stroman has made it clear he's not interested in pitching out of the bullpen. So the Yankees are stuck trying to build him up as a starter when there's no room for him in the rotation. That leaves the big question: why? One theory is that the Yankees are prepping him for a trade. Since he has missed nearly two months with knee inflammation its nearly impossible for him to reach the 140 innings needed to trigger his player option for the 2026 season. Without that potential $18.5 million salary for next year as baggage, the Yankees could possibly move him more easily than when they tried last winter. Advertisement So, Stroman made progress in his recovery to return, but no one is certain what his role will be when he does. Related: Yankees Coach's Telling Comments on $18 Million Veteran's Future Role Related: Where Yankees Rookie Stands As He Returns From Injury Absence This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Yankees' veteran starter takes key step towards return from knee injury
Marcus Stroman threw a live bullpen session in Los Angeles, as the right-hander is hoping to work his way back to the Yankees' rotation. He struggled mightily down the stretch last year and remained highly ineffective this season, sporting an 11.57 ERA across three starts with a -0.1 WAR on FanGraphs. Advertisement The veteran is still determined to make his return to the Yankees rotation, but he'll have quite a bit of work to do before he can be cleared to even make rehab starts. While the Yankees' rotation has five starters at the moment, with Luis Gil on the way back as well, injuries could open up the door for Stroman to return. Will the Yankees Give Marcus Stroman Another Chance in 2025? Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The proposition of Marcus Stroman making another start for the Yankees this season might upset fans, but this scenario shares a striking resemblance to what occured in Spring Training. While Brian Cashman and the front office were hard at work trying to find suitors for Stroman, their rotation was decimated with crushing injuries. Advertisement Luis Gil suffered a high-grade lat strain, an injury that could knock him out for the entire first half of the 2025 season after winning Rookie of the Year in 2024. Gerrit Cole would tear his UCL, which will sideline him for the entire 2025 season and an undetermined portion of the 2026 season as well. While the Yankees hope their starting five can remain healthy throughout the entire season, pitching injuries are far too common to rule out. READ MORE: Yankees' key reliever eyes return this week after 'great' bullpen session Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Even Clarke Schmidt began the season on the injured list with a right shoulder issue, and with the looming threat of an injury being ever-present, Marcus Stroman's role on the roster will remain up in the air. Advertisement Publicly, the Yankees will express faith and confidence in the veteran to be an effective starter if called upon, but internally they have an incredibly difficult decision to make. Ryan Yarbrough has been effective as a starter, Will Warren had been solid outside of a blowup start against the Dodgers, and there's no chance that Stroman would displace their top three starters. It's another dilemma of having too many starters and one of those starters being very ineffective, but in baseball those problems tend to sort themselves out.
New York Post
01-06-2025
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- New York Post
Yankees' Marcus Stroman takes big step in his knee injury recovery
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free LOS ANGELES — Marcus Stroman finally broke out of his holding pattern and faced hitters Saturday at Dodger Stadium for the first time in three weeks. What comes next is much less clear. The Yankees' veteran right-hander, who has been on the injured list since April 12 with left knee inflammation, had last thrown live batting practice May 9 in Tampa. But he experienced discomfort in that session, so he had only been throwing bullpen sessions every few days since then until Saturday, when he threw around 30 pitches and the equivalent of two innings. 'Stro looked sharp,' manager Aaron Boone said. 'Liked what I saw from him. … I thought his stuff looked good.' How Stroman's knee responds to the increase in activity will determine how he proceeds, with Boone saying he did not yet know what was next. But even once he proves he is ready and goes on a rehab assignment, his role with the Yankees remains up in the air. Boone has previously said the Yankees will build up Stroman — who said in spring training he would not pitch out of the bullpen — as a starter, though they have five starters pitching well in Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, Will Warren and Ryan Yarbrough. Yarbrough began the season in the bullpen but has been sharp in four starts since moving into the rotation when Carlos Carrasco was designated for assignment. Marcus Stroman has been on the injured list since April 12 with a left knee injury. Bill Kostroun / New York Post Stroman last pitched in a game April 11, when he gave up five runs in ²/₃ of an inning against the Giants, with his knee issues being revealed later that night. He had advanced to facing hitters May 9 in Tampa, when the knee flared up again. 'It seemed like it was minor, but it was lingering,' Boone said. 'Then through a couple different bullpens he had, it was still there and lingering. So we'll see.' Marcus Stroman delivers a pitch during the Yankees' win over the Pirates on April 5, 2025. Getty Images Stroman's extended stay on the injured list has almost certainly ensured he will not make it to 140 innings, which was the mark he had to hit to trigger an $18 million vesting option for 2026. Whether that makes him a more tradable commodity once he is healthy remains to be seen. Then again, the Yankees are only one injury away from needing Stroman to fill a spot in the rotation, with limited starting depth in the minors. Luis Gil is on the way back, getting on the mound Friday for the first time since being shut down with a high-grade lat strain in spring training, but he still has a ways to go, with a return likely to come post-All-Star break, at best. In Stroman's absence — along with Gil and Gerrit Cole's season-ending Tommy John surgery — the Yankees rotation has been thriving of late. It entered this series having posted an MLB-best 2.54 ERA over its last 40 games since April 14, having allowed three earned runs or fewer in 35 of those starts, two earned runs or fewer in 31 of those starts and one or zero earned runs in 22 of those starts. Fried had an aberration Friday night, when his ERA rose from 1.29 to 1.92 after giving up six runs in five-plus innings against the Dodgers. But before then, he had been one of the best pitchers in the game through the first third of the season. Rodón has also stepped up his game while Warren and Yarbrough had pitched well to solidify the back end of the rotation in recent weeks.
Newsweek
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
MLB Insider Provides Massive Update on Yankees Trading Away Marcus Stroman
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. It's rare that a Major League Baseball player's trade value increase while he's unable to play, but that's exactly the case with New York Yankees All-Star starting pitcher Marcus Stroman, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. More news: Yankees Make Trade, Send Pitcher to NL Central Club "Yankees starter Marcus Stroman's trade value is actually increasing by being on the injured list," Nightengale wrote. "Now that he's sidelined, he won't be able to automatically exercise his player option since he'll fall short of 140 innings." While Stroman generated interest from several teams over the offseason, Nightengale reported that teams didn't want to add him with the possibility of him exercising a player option for 2026. "There were several teams that had interest in Stroman during the winter but balked at the possibility of being on the hook for $18 million in 2026," Nightengale wrote. More news: Yankees Make Major Roster Move, Cut World Series Winning Reliever in Bullpen Shuffle NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Luis Gil #81 of the New York Yankees high fives Marcus Stroman #0 and Aaron Judge #99 during the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on... NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Luis Gil #81 of the New York Yankees high fives Marcus Stroman #0 and Aaron Judge #99 during the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on April 21, 2024, in New York, New York. More NewStroman has been out since April 11 with a left knee injury. In just three starts, the right-hander went 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA. Manager Aaron Boone, however, believes his injury led to his struggles. "Certainly that last start, I think he just couldn't really step on that front side like he needed to," Boone said. "I talk about how these guys are like race cars, and one little thing off and it can affect just that last level of command or that last level of extra stuff that you need. So we'll continue to try to get him where we need to." Stroman has no timetable to return for now, but it's clear he won't get to the 140 innings threshold at the end of the year. Thus, he'll have much more value come the July deadline, when teams will just be on the hook for the remainder of the $18.5 million he's owed this season. More news: Yankees Sign Former Giants, Reds Starting Pitcher in Exciting Free Agent Move Stroman, 34, has played with four teams — the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Yankees — over the course of his 11-year career. He was an All-Star twice in his career in 2019 and 2023. He joined the Yankees ahead of the 2024 season on a two-year, $37 million deal, and has gone 10-10 with a 4.72 ERA in New York. Across 264 career games, Stroman has gone 87-86 with a 3.77 ERA over 1,467.2 innings pitched. For more MLB news, head over to Newsweek Sports.
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13-05-2025
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Exterior Painting Services Help Castle Rock Homeowners Boost Home Value
Castle Rock, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Castle Rock, Colorado - Elk Horn Painting, trusted for its exceptional exterior painting services and commitment to quality craftsmanship, continues to raise the bar for professional exterior work in Castle Rock, CO, and neighboring communities. Known for long-lasting results and a customer-first approach, the company recently completed a brick painting project that left homeowner Tina Stroman more than impressed. Backed by a team of top-rated exterior painters, Elk Horn Painting brings expert attention to detail and reliability to every project. "Elk Horn Painting delivered a WOW!" said Stroman. "We loved our exterior painting, and each person we worked with along the way was professional, helpful, and dedicated to making sure everything was to our satisfaction." For Stroman's home in Parker, CO, the vision was to refresh a beautiful brick residence with a clean, cohesive look that matched her white siding. The project involved eliminating the previous light beige trim and bringing the entire exterior together in a modern farmhouse palette. Elk Horn Painting used Loxon XP primer to prepare the raw brick and finished with Sherwin-Williams Duration, considered by many as the best exterior house paint for durability and weather resistance. Painting brick is no small decision. It requires the right preparation, the right products, and a level of care that only comes with experience. But in an area like Colorado—where sun, snow, wind, and hail often visit in the same week—choosing a high-performance exterior paint is essential. Flexible, weather-resistant paint is needed to expand and contract with Colorado's shifting conditions without cracking or peeling. Elk Horn Painting, a locally owned and operated business, has built its reputation on understanding this balance between beauty and resilience. The company takes pride in the details, from surface prep to final touch-ups, treating every home with the same care and respect given to their own. That philosophy is rooted in the leadership of company founder Hunter Miller, who has spent years helping homeowners protect and personalize their properties throughout the Front Range. "Painting a home's exterior isn't just about color—it's about making a lasting impression and protecting what matters," said Miller. "In Colorado's tough climate, we focus on both beauty and durability. With the right prep, products, and team, a home can be completely transformed." The transformation of the Stroman residence is a perfect case study. The original brick now features a white finish that seamlessly blends with the existing siding, offering a modernized, harmonious look. This design choice also reflects a popular trend among homeowners seeking to achieve timeless curb appeal with subtle contrast and clean lines. Exterior painting also represents a smart financial decision. Real estate studies show that a well-maintained, freshly painted exterior can increase a home's resale value by as much as 5%. In competitive markets like Castle Rock and Parker, a professionally painted home has the potential to stand out and attract serious buyer interest. Beyond aesthetics and value, professional exterior painting plays a crucial role in long-term protection. Regular maintenance helps shield siding and trim from UV rays, moisture, and general wear. Delaying this upkeep can result in significant repair costs due to wood rot, surface cracking, or weather-related damage. Experts recommend repainting every 5–10 years, depending on surface materials and exposure levels. Stroman's decision to invest in brick painting now provides an added layer of protection that will serve the home for seasons to come. "We appreciated the virtual design services that were provided to us," Stroman added. "We painted the brick on our house, so this was such a great resource! We recommend this company for all your painting needs. They are honest, transparent, and efficient. We will definitely use them for our next painting project." Client experiences like Stroman's highlight what sets Elk Horn Painting apart—high-quality work backed by honest communication and a commitment to excellence. The company's painters arrive with more than just tools—they bring a plan, a process, and a strong respect for craftsmanship and customer satisfaction. The results speak for themselves. What was once a dated exterior is now a standout in the neighborhood—modern, clean, and reflective of the homeowner's vision and pride. Elk Horn Painting continues to serve Castle Rock and surrounding areas with a full range of residential painting services, including exterior repaints, trim work, and color consultations. Whether the project involves wood siding, brick, stucco, or composite, the company's approach remains the same: prep with care, paint with purpose, and deliver results that last. Elk Horn Painting provides expert service with a local touch to homeowners seeking to enhance curb appeal, preserve home value, and invest in long-term protection. To learn more or request a free estimate, contact Elk Horn Painting at (720) 571-7277 or visit ### For more information about Elk Horn Painting, contact the company here:Elk Horn PaintingHunter Millerhttps:// Perry St Suite 250, Castle Rock, CO 80104 CONTACT: Hunter Miller
