Former Yankees pitcher John Wetteland will return to court in March to face trial for alleged aggravated sexual assault of a child, court records show.

The 52-year-old former reliever and 1996 World Series MVP as the Yankees’ closer was indicted in March by a grand jury in Denton County, Texas, after a relative accused him of sexually assaulting a young boy between 2004 and 2006, beginning when the child was just 4 years old, the Dallas Morning News reports.

The accuser claimed Wetteland forced the boy to perform a sex act on him three times during that span at his home in Bartonville, where the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame hurler was arrested in January on allegations of continuous sexual abuse of a child.

Wetteland, whose attorney has denied the accusations, was indicted by a jury on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. His trial is set to being on March 2, according to court records cited by the newspaper.

“What they’ve accused him of, the only thing worse is murder,” Wetteland’s attorney, Derek Adame, said after an arraignment hearing in May. “He was completely shocked [by the allegations].”

Wetteland — who pitched for the Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos and the Texas Rangers during his 12-season career before retiring in 2000 — plans to plead not guilty, Adame said in May.

“We look forward to the opportunity to prove our innocence, which is what Mr. Wetteland is,” Adame told the Morning News. “He is innocent and is looking forward to his day in court.”

Neither Wetteland nor his wife Rebecca, who attended the hearing in May, spoke to reporters after the proceeding.

Wetteland now lives in Trophy Club, an upscale Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, the Morning News reports.