Breaking news: New York Yankees reveals that a $37 million sensational player might not make the squad for the MLB playoffs.
On Wednesday, a source with the New York Yankees brazenly hinted that one of the team’s best additions from the previous summer would not make it onto their MLB playoff squad for the Division Round.
As we head into today’s MLB games, the Yankees are deeply divided. to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in order to win the AL East championship in addition to earning the first seed in the American League playoffs. New York could win almost 100 games and qualify for the Wild Card round, that is how outstanding the AL East is right now.
The Yankees’ postseason strategy might have a significant impact on how they arrange their roster for their first series. And Chris Kirshner, a reporter for The Athletic Yanks, reported about it on Wednesday. Additionally, he believes that the team’s brass will have to make some difficult choices about the pitching staff.
According to the Yankees reporter, roster berths will go to Ian Hamilton, Jake Cousins, Tim Hill, Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle, Carlos Rodón, Luis Gil, Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes, and Gerrit Cole. However, Mark Leiter Jr., Lou Trivino, Ron Marinaccio, Cody Poteet, Scott Effross, Marcus Stroman, and Clayton Beeter remain on the bubble.
Marcus Stroman’s two-year, $37 million contract
Marcus Stroman, a significant free agent acquisition, might not make the New York Yankees playoff squad.
He thinks Stroman will be in the New York roster if they stumble in the closing stages and end up in a Wild Card series. But he thinks the player the organization signed an offseason $37 million contract to would be the odd man out if they begin the 2024 MLB playoffs in the Division Series and only require three starters. And he presented his argument.
This season, Stroman’s 1.43 WHIP is the fourth worst in MLB. The only pitchers allowing more traffic are Griffin Canning of the Los Angeles Angels and Patrick Corbin and Mackenzie Gore of the Washington Nationals. With 109 strikeouts, Austin Gomber of the Colorado Rockies is the only other qualified starter with less than Stroman, however Gomber has also made one fewer start.
“Stroman is among the poorest pitchers at keeping base runners on base, which makes his incapacity to control traffic a bigger problem. Just five possible MLB postseason pitchers have performed worse at suppressing the running game than Stroman, according to Statcast’s pitcher base-advances prevented metric.
The reasons he wouldn’t be a good choice out of the bullpen in the Division Series are explained in the second section. Kirshner believes that Stroman is among the New York Yankees staff’s top starters. But in the playoffs, his play of late makes him a very dangerous player.
