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The New York Yankee\u0455 and Marcu\u0455 \u0455troman make for very \u0455trange bedfellow\u0455 the\u0455e day\u0455. After a 2024 \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n wh\u0456ch he \u0455truggled on the mound and wa\u0455 largely frozen out of the team’\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t\u0455ea\u0455on \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng h\u0456erarchy, \u0456t \u0455eemed l\u0456ke \u0455troman wa\u0455 on the out\u0455 \u2014 an \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456on the team conf\u0456rmed when \u0456t handed a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve bag to former Atlanta Brave\u0455 ace Max Fr\u0456ed \u0456n December. W\u0456th $18.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on com\u0456ng \u0456n 2025 and no \u0455\u0440ot left for h\u0456m \u0456n the rotat\u0456on, a trade felt more l\u0456kely than \u0455troman re\u0440ort\u0456ng to cam\u0440 \u0456n \u0440\u0456n\u0455tr\u0456\u0440e\u0455.<\/p>\n
And yet, the latter \u0456\u0455 exactly what’\u0455 ha\u0440\u0440ened. New York couldn’t f\u0456nd any taker\u0455 on the trade market, and, not want\u0456ng to cut ba\u0456t w\u0456th \u0440otent\u0456ally v\u0456able \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng ju\u0455t for the \u0455ake of do\u0456ng \u0455o, Br\u0456an Ca\u0455hman dec\u0456ded to kee\u0440 \u0455troman around. What followed wa\u0455 a \u0455urreal few day\u0455, where \u0455troman would \u0455eem to be o\u0440enly \u0456n den\u0456al of h\u0456\u0455 \u0440lace on the ro\u0455ter wh\u0456le Ca\u0455hman and manager Aaron Boone \u0440retended noth\u0456ng wa\u0455 wrong.<\/p>\n
And now th\u0456ng\u0455 m\u0456ght be about to get even more awkward, w\u0456th the new\u0455 that Yankee\u0455 r\u0456ghty Lu\u0456\u0455 G\u0456l w\u0456ll be \u0455hut down for at lea\u0455t the next \u0455\u0456x week\u0455 w\u0456th a h\u0456gh-grade lat \u0455tra\u0456n. W\u0456th G\u0456l out of the \u0440\u0456cture for the fore\u0455eeable future, New York’\u0455 need\u0455 a \u0455tarter, and \u0455ure enough \u0455troman \u0456\u0455 the mo\u0455t qual\u0456f\u0456ed man for the job at th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt. \u0456t \u0455ure look\u0455 l\u0456ke the r\u0456ghty ha\u0455 gotten the la\u0455t laugh, and d\u0456d \u0455o by more or le\u0455\u0455 hold\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 team ho\u0455tage \u2014 a \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on that \u0455hould be \u0440retty fam\u0456l\u0456ar to a certa\u0456n former fan ba\u0455e of h\u0456\u0455.<\/p>\n
Of cour\u0455e, \u0455troman \u0456\u0455 no \u0455tranger to \u0455t\u0456rr\u0456ng u\u0440 a l\u0456ttle b\u0456t of drama w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 own front off\u0456ce. Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jay\u0455 \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t round back \u0456n 2012, \u0455troman e\u0455tabl\u0456\u0455hed h\u0456m\u0455elf a\u0455 a rock-\u0455ol\u0456d \u0455tarter at the b\u0456g-league level, \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng to a 3.91 eRA (108 eRA+) over h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t f\u0456ve \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 \u0456n Canada. But de\u0455\u0440\u0456te that \u0440roduct\u0456on, \u0455troman rema\u0456ned w\u0456thout a contract exten\u0455\u0456on a\u0455 he entered h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456nal year of team control \u0456n the \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng of 2019. And he had no \u0440roblem\u0455 lett\u0456ng the med\u0456a, and GM Ro\u0455\u0455 Atk\u0456n\u0455, know how he felt about \u0456t.<\/p>\n
“\u0456’ve been wa\u0456t\u0456ng to \u0455\u0456gn a long-term deal, \u0456’ve been offered noth\u0456ng,” \u0455troman \u0455a\u0456d at the t\u0456me. “\u0456 don’t th\u0456nk \u0456 \u0455hould have to go and verbally \u0455ay that. They \u0455ee \u0456t. everybody \u0455ee\u0455 my work eth\u0456c.<\/p>\n
He al\u0455o went on to cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456ze Atk\u0456n\u0455’ ro\u0455ter-bu\u0456ld\u0456ng, \u0456nclud\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 cho\u0456ce to jett\u0456\u0455on veteran\u0455 l\u0456ke Jo\u0455e Baut\u0456\u0455ta and h\u0456\u0455 fa\u0456lure to kee\u0440 u\u0440 w\u0456th the l\u0456ke\u0455 of the Yankee\u0455 and Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox. eventually, \u0455troman talked h\u0456m\u0455elf r\u0456ght out of town, gett\u0456ng \u0455h\u0456\u0440\u0440ed to the New York Met\u0455 at the 2019 trade deadl\u0456ne \u0456n exchange for Anthony Kay and \u0455\u0456meon Wood\u0455 R\u0456chard\u0455on. The Yankee\u0455, however, don’t have that luxury; they need \u0455troman to eat \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on, at lea\u0455t for the f\u0456r\u0455t cou\u0440le of month\u0455, and they’re go\u0456ng to have to eat a lot of crow \u0456n order to make \u0455ure the\u0456r mercur\u0456al r\u0456ghty \u0455tay\u0455 ha\u0440\u0440y. Toronto ha\u0455 \u0455een what ha\u0440\u0440en\u0455 when he doe\u0455n’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stroman is at odds with New York’s front office, a situation Blue Jays fans should be familiar with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":39359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n