Marcus Stroman's latest setback of injuries effectively brings Yankees out of the contract

On the way to the 2025 season, Marcus Stroman's contract was a major topic of conversation under New York Yankees fans. The veteran has an 18 million dollar -Vesting option for 2026, which will be received in 140 or more inning this year.

Well, this conversation is over. Because there is almost no conceivable way for electricity to achieve this after his last setback of injuries.

The right -hander was placed on the injured list exactly one month ago on April 12th. Since then he has received cortisone injections that only acted as a temporary patch at short notice. The Bullpen meetings for a simulated game completed the power of the power, but the pain does not disappear.

Aaron Boone told reporters on Sunday that power after his simulated game in Tampa “still had discomfort with his knee last Friday”. Since then he was temporarily closed and Boone could not provide a timeline.

This is probably precluded by power until June, which is optimistic about four months to record 131 2/3 Innings. This does not happen with certainty, based on his track record in the last seasons.

Marcus power injury update: Yankees will probably get out of the contract

Based on its original timeline, when everything had gone well, electricity was probably on the right track to return in the next two weeks. When he has closed for another week, the watch essentially restart for his rehab. He started throwing a week after the injury and three weeks later only reached the simulated play area of ​​his rehab. We will probably take a month before he is back in action – and that could be generous.

It is hard to believe that the Yankees are probably still a loss for them if they avoid its 18 million dollars. The power will earn $ 37 million over 2024 and 2025, and that is after it ended last year as the sixth largest starter in the league. And it is unclear whether he can compensate for this with all the time that will be chewed out of the calendar in 2025.

The Yankees knew the risk of going into their deal with power and still daring to jump. We'll say it was probably better than investing 200 million US dollars in Blake Snell, which has to do with shoulder problems. However, this will most likely fall as one of Brian Cashman's worst fluctuations, although it was only a two -year contract. If another effective/less injury -prone pitcher had been in the staff last year, October might have turned out much differently.