On Thursday, Marcus Stroman took the mound for the New York Yankees as trade rumors swirled. While the team’s front office closed deals for pitchers like David Bednar and Camilo Doval, Stroman tried his hardest to keep the Yankees in the game.
After all was said and done, Stroman exited after allowing four runs across five innings in an eventual Yankees win.
We didn’t know it at the time, but it marked the last time we'd see him in pinstripes.
On Friday, the team announced that it had released Stroman as a part of the corresponding moves to add their deadline acquisitions to the active roster, meaning that any of the other 29 teams in baseball can now sign him.