“Overall body-wise, I felt great,” Stroman, who was taken deep by Austin Riley and Matt Olson, said during an 11-1 loss to the Braves at CoolToday Park. “Just made some bad pitches that they capitalized on, but definitely good to get the workload up, get into the third and then just kind of build from there.”

Marcus Stroman is the strong favorite to take Luis Gil's spot in the Yankees rotation but these three pitchers could beat him out.

He didn’t take the mound in the postseason. He was subject to trade rumors all winter long. He’s the odd-man out of a stacked starting rotation. A few weeks ago, the New York Yankees weren’t sure what to do with Marcus Stroman.