ESPN: The Yankees Cut Ties With $37 Million Former Cy Young Candidate.

This winter, the New York Yankees have effectively shifted their focus away from Juan Soto. They missed out on Soto, but they signed Max Fried in free agency before making a huge deal for Devin Williams, a reliever for the Milwaukee Brewers. Cody Bellinger, an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs, was just acquired by the Yankees in yet another significant transaction. Rucker Haringey of FanSided thinks that severing ties with starting pitcher Marcus Stroman would be one of New York’s next options.

“Cashman and his team still have six reliable starting pitchers for five rotation places, despite having already offloaded Nestor Cortes this summer. That makes it possible to let go of one more starter,” Haringey wrote. “The club is more interested in moving Stroman. The Bronx’s management has previously said that they don’t trust him in the postseason, and he is compensated in relation to his on-field performance. New York won’t get anything in exchange for the veteran righty because of his inflated contract.

The Yankees would be well advised to trade Stroman. After the Yankees paid Stroman close to $20 million throughout the season, he was a healthy scratch from the postseason and World Series teams last postseason. The Yankees should attempt to move beyond Stroman’s contract after adding the contracts of Bellinger and Fried. The Yankees would be better off dropping his contract or trading him for an expiring pitcher. They could try to deal him now, or they might wait until the middle of the season.