CLEVELAND — The Yankees initially thought that Marcus Stroman would surge quickly and quickly return from the injured list.
However, 10 days after his final start, Stroman still experiences some issues with his left knee, and doesn’t sound particularly like he’s coming back.
“He’s still feeling a few things there, so he’s not. He’s thrown, but it’s still like he’s clearing the path for him,” manager Aaron Boone said Monday at Progressive Field. “Because he still felt a few things there.”
Stroman’s placement on the 15-day injury list with knee inflammation coincided with Clark Schmidt’s return from IL, so the Yankees did not have to fill in the spinning hole.
But their depth, beyond their current five starters, is unstable. And that’s what Carlos Carrasco is trying to prove that he’s at least in enough tanks to bring the Yankees to June.
Stroman, 33, who earns $18.5 million this season, has a $18 million vesting option for 2026 that triggers when he pitches 140 innings this season.
Still, Boone said he hopes that Stroman can get right while he’s in Illinois.
“I know there’s probably something nervous there that was probably a bit of a nervous thing that was stimulating it,” Boone said. “We will continue to try and try to get him physically where he needs him and hopefully start backing up him.”
