TAMPA -- New York Yankees right-hander Marcus Stroman, the subject of trade rumors in recent months and currently the odd man out of the team's starting rotation, did not participate in the first two spring training workouts, choosing to stay away from camp after reporting for his physical on Tuesday.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he "had an idea" that Stroman would miss workouts on Wednesday and Thursday after speaking with the pitcher earlier in the week. Boone said he was in communication with him both Wednesday night and Thursday morning, declining to divulge Stroman's reasoning for the absence.