A right forearm strain has stopped reliever Jake Cousins from throwing and could keep him off the Opening Day roster, manager Aaron Boone said on Tuesday. The team, however, is encouraged by his recovery.

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.

Aaron Boone discusses Marcus Stroman missing the first few days of camp, Max Fried settling in and the Red Sox acquiring Alex Bregman

The New York Yankees expect begin their 2025 season with Marcus Stroman as part of their pitching staff — something that was far from guaranteed all winter as trade rumors swirled. Yankees manager Aaron Boone,

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.

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

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

The New York Yankees could very well end up stuck with Marcus Stroman thanks to Brain Cashman playing this situation all wrong.

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.

With his Yankees future up in the air, social media sleuths noticed recently that the pitcher scrubbed the Yankees from his Instagram account, unfollowing the team’s official page.

With pitchers and catchers reporting, the manager answered multiple questions regarding DJ LeMahieu and Marcus Stroman, the latter of which spoke with Boone at George M. Steinbrenner Field earlier