With Marcus Stroman refusing to pitch out of the bullpen, he won't factor into the Yankees' starting rotation unless someone gets hurt or they use a six-man staff.

The big storyline from Yankees camp on Thursday was the absence of Marcus Stroman. Manager Aaron Boone said it was an "awkward situation," and we've got to keep in mind the trade rumors swirling around Stroman in addition to the possibility that he's been squeezed out of the Yankees' rotation.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone explains why he's not too concerned with Marcus Stroman being absent from the team's first two spring training workouts.

Marcus Stroman returned to Yankees camp on Friday morning after skipping the club’s first two spring workouts, making it clear that he has no intentions of changing his role. “I’m a starter,” he repeated several times.

Aaron Boone addressed Marcus Stroman's absence from the first two days of New York Yankees' preseason workouts.

Marcus Stroman and Aaron Boone discuss his role for 2025 as the right-hander expresses his desire to remain a starting pitcher

In an emerging contender for the title of "biggest early spring training story that will be forgotten by March," New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman has not yet participated i

Speaking to reporters Monday, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicated that Giancarlo Stanton's departure from camp was not due to his elbow injuries.

Aaron Boone may be happy with where Marcus Stroman is mentally after a winter full of noise about the veteran right-hander being traded. The New York Yankees manager, however, isn’t thrilled about where Stroman has been physically for the first two days of official pitchers-and-catchers workouts.

The New York Yankees have already opened their spring training camp for pitchers and catchers. Disgruntled started Marcus Stroman, who seems to be on the outside looking for a rotation spot, reported two days ago and took his physical.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone insists that the team's very open attempts to trade Marcus Stroman this winter won't affect the locker room during spring training, but it seems like the righty is already expressing his displeasure.