Marcus Stroman Once Again Looks Like A Big Dumb Idiot

Most athletes are celebrated for voicing themselves on social media today. The “shut up and dribble” crowd has pretty much all but dissipated. The only ones left have severe scoliosis. People love when Kevin Durant claps back at Twitter eggs with 37 followers. Or Christian Yelich’s “Relax Roxane” at the lady mad at his nudies in the body issue. And then there’s Marcus Stroman. 

I wouldn’t care if anything baseball related that Marcus said was clever, or funny, or even correct. But that’s just not the case. Every time he has a take or tweet he’s just abhorrently wrong. For instance: 

Betting on himself the next 5-7 years. Might have been the lock of the century to fade. Or when he said the Mets hired a terrible GM and he’s thankful that he’s gone. The Mets are in first place at 37-19 without their two generational talent pitchers. But Marcus knows best. 

My personal favorite, given my fandom, is Stroman’s comments on the Yankees’ rotation. When it became evident that the Jays were shopping their former number one pitcher, he was basically begging to come to the Bronx. When the Yankees never even considered making a move for him he was like a lover scorned. Couldn’t keep the Yankees out his mouth. Mainly criticizing the payroll since he wasn’t on it. But he also took a shot at the staff. 

Whoops! I mean I guess, technically, Marcus Stroman was correct that he’s not anywhere in these guys’ league. While the Yankees’ pitching staff leads the MLB in ERA, K’s, WHIP, BAA, and K/BB, Marcus Stroman has a 5.32 and a 2-5 record in Chicago. Gave up nine earned on ten hits in four inning worked during his last start. He’s on his third team in his last three seasons played. 

I’m all for talking shit. But you have to have something, anything, to back it up. Stroman’s had 1.5 good seasons, the rest of his career has been pretty subpar. He talks like he has a 2.80 ERA but actually walks with a career 3.71. 

I’m not sure what it is. Maybe he thinks he’s good because people take cool pictures of him screaming on the mound. Maybe the pipsqueak runs his mouth because he knows his daddy could beat up the entire world. Whatever the case may be, I’m confident betting against anything Marcus Stroman says for the next 5-7 years.