STROMAN'S TANTRUM HAS SEALED HIS FATE

I've been waiting for this for 3 days!

Marcus Stroman arrived at Yankees camp on Friday, and in true Stroman fashion, he immediately made it clear that he still believes he's a frontline starter. That’s cute.

“I don’t think there was a need for me to be here in the last few days, given the climate,” Stroman told reporters.

Ah, yes. "The climate." As if he’s some kind of VIP guest at Yankees Spring Training instead of a guy who was barely visible down the stretch last year. But then, he took it up a notch with this gem:

“I won’t pitch in the bullpen. I’m a starter.”

Oh, you won’t? That’s fascinating, because at this point, the Yankees don’t exactly seem sold on the idea of you being a starter, either.

He doubled down:

“How many people can stay healthy and do it 30 starts year after year, especially when they said I’d never do that at my size? I’m a starter.”

First of all, Boone, needs the just shut up. Watch him in this video. Dumb mouthpiece. Secondly, the whole “they said I couldn’t do it at my size” thing was an underdog narrative ten years ago. Now? You’re a 32-year-old pitcher who fell off a cliff at the end of 2024, and the Yankees are wondering if you can even be a reliable depth piece.

But let’s get real—what's actually happening here?

The Yankees have a problem: They’d love to trade Stroman, but no one seems interested. Turns out, teams aren’t lining up to pay big money for a guy who’s adamantly refusing to adapt to the reality of his situation.

You know where Stroman could be useful? In the bullpen. He could thrive in a long-relief role. But, nope—he’d rather pout.

So now, the Yankees are left with three options:

1. Let him keep pretending he’s still the reliable workhorse he used to be.
2. Find a trade partner who somehow hasn’t watched baseball since June 2024.
3. Cut their losses, pay him to leave, and move on.

I vote for option three. Geez.