There's Good News & Bad News About Marcus Stroman

It’s been a month since we’ve seen Marcus Stroman in action. He’s been sidelined with a left knee injury since April 11th and was initially placed on the 15-day Injured List but we are well past fifteen days and it doesn’t sound like we are going to see him again anytime soon.

So Stroman pitched Friday, and then yesterday Aaron Boone gave an update, read more HERE. Obviously, it isn’t good news. Or is it? That depends on how you feel about Stroman and getting him back in the rotation. We definitely need all the help we can get, but is Stroman more of a help or a hinderance? 

The Yankees need help, no doubt about it. Brian Cashman hasn’t brought any help for a team that is supposed to be defending the American League title and getting back to a World Series. So, does Stroman help the rotation more than Will Warren or Ryan Yarbrough? They certainly don’t make for a competitive back end of the rotation either.

So, now what? No matter what, the Yankees need to get Stroman right. We can’t just sit on him injured and hope his knee is magically fixed. So how are Boone and the medical staff going to address this? “He’s got a lot of treatments on it and stuff, and he just can’t kind of get over that final hump to really allow him to get to that next level on the mound,” Boone said. “We’ll try and continue to get our arms around it and try and make sure we get that out of there.”

I’m sorry but….what? That’s a lot of word salad gobble dee goop that we have come to expect from him. But really, stretch your arms as much as you like and dig away to get the knee inflammation gone. It sounds like something our trainers and medical staff would actually try since they are completely inept. It’s more of the same. It’s insane that a team chasing to get back to a World Series would choose to operate like this, but here we are.

So, what’s the good news? I guess that depends on if you really REALLY dislike Stroman. This setback almost guarantees the Yankees that Stroman won’t hit the 140 innings needed to trigger his $18 million option for next year. So, no more wasted money on him and we don’t have to dread the days on when he is back on the mound just yet. 

That’s the silver lining for you. It’s me trying to make the best out of a bad situation….and me continuing to make fun of Baboonie and his stupid sound bites.