Marcus Stroman has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Duke. He’s planning to get his masters in the near future. Obviously Stroman is a smart guy who knows what he’s doing in the classroom. My hunch is he’s also aware of the showdown he’s orchestrating against the Yankees.

Marcus Stroman has reported to New York Yankees spring training after missing the first two days of workouts and said he will refuse to pitch out of the bullpen.

Marcus Stroman, whom the Yankees tried to trade this offseason with the veteran being the projected odd man out of the rotation, had until Feb. 22 to report to camp under CBA rules.