The multi-year relationship between former Chicago Cubs hurler Marcus Stroman and the New York Yankees is finally, mercifully, at an end after the team officially released him on Friday.
Stroman signed a two-year, $37 million contract with the Yankees on the heels of his final season with the Cubs, in which he earned the second All-Star selection of his big-league career. That success never carried over to his time in the Bronx, as he battled injuries and ineffectiveness, pitching to a 4.69 ERA across just under 200 innings of work - a mark around 15 percent league average.