Yankees' Stroman has setback in rehab of knee

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman had a setback arsenic helium tries to instrumentality from a near genu wounded that has sidelined him for the past month.

Manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that Stroman inactive had "discomfort" successful the genu aft throwing a unrecorded batting signifier league successful Tampa, Florida, connected Friday and volition beryllium reevaluated earlier the squad figures retired the adjacent measurement successful his rehabilitation process.

"He's gotten a batch of treatments connected it and stuff," Boone said. "It conscionable can't benignant of get implicit that last hump to truly let him to get to that adjacent level connected the mound. We'll effort and proceed to get our arms astir it and effort and marque definite we get that retired of there."

Stroman hasn't pitched since allowing 5 runs successful two-thirds of an inning against the San Francisco Giants connected April 11. He was placed connected the 15-day injured database the adjacent time with what Boone hoped astatine the clip would beryllium a short-term absence.

But determination is nary timeline for the right-hander's return, and Boone said the wounded apt impacted the mode Stroman pitched earlier going connected the IL. He was 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA successful 3 starts.

"Certainly that past start, I deliberation helium conscionable couldn't truly measurement connected that beforehand broadside similar helium needed to," Boone said. "I speech astir however these guys are similar contention cars, and 1 small happening disconnected and it tin impact conscionable that past level of bid oregon that past level of other worldly that you need. So we'll proceed to effort to get him wherever we request to."

Stroman had country March 19, 2015, to repair a torn ACL successful his near knee. He returned to a large league mound that Sept. 12.

Stroman, 34, is successful the 2nd play of a two-year declaration guaranteeing $37 million. His woody includes a $16 cardinal conditional subordinate enactment for 2026 that could beryllium exercised if helium pitches successful astatine slightest 140 innings this year.

Last season, Stroman was 10-9 with a 4.31 ERA successful 30 games (29 starts) erstwhile helium threw 154⅔ innings, his astir since 2021 with the Mets. Stroman struggled successful the 2nd fractional and did not transportation successful the postseason, erstwhile the Yankees made their archetypal World Series quality since 2009.

In different wounded news, DJ LeMahieu played for the 2nd consecutive time connected a rehab duty astatine Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre connected Sunday and could articulation the squad successful Seattle this week to marque his play debut. LeMahieu had a cortisone injection past week successful his close hip, dealing with an wounded stemming from past year.