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Toronto Blue Jays: The 2010s All-Decade team

By Tyson Shushkewich

TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: A banner showing the retired number 32, belonging to former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, is updated with the National Baseball Hall of Fame logo, after Halladay was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 21st, 2019, seen during a MLB game against the Cleveland Indians at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JULY 22: A banner showing the retired number 32, belonging to former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, is updated with the National Baseball Hall of Fame logo, after Halladay was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 21st, 2019, seen during a MLB game against the Cleveland Indians at Rogers Centre on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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All-Decade Blue Jays Starter

Marcus Stroman, Starting Pitcher

  • 2014-2019 (5.5 seasons)
  • 1x All-Star (2019); 1x Gold Glove Award (2017)
  • 635 Strikeouts
  • 3.76 ERA; 13.4 bWAR; 1.278 WHIP
  • 135 games; 129 starts

One of the highly touted Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospects this past decade, Marcus Stroman came into the MLB firing on all cylinders.

Known for his outlandish personality both on and off the field, Stroman was drafted 22nd overall in the first round of the 2012 amateur draft. The Duke product would bullrush his way through the minor league system, where he would make his debut with the team in 2014. There were talks of Stroman possibly making the roster in 2013, but he was handed a 50 game suspension late in 2012 for using a performance-enhancing substance (which he claims he unknowingly ingested the substance through a supplement he was taking). This would delay his MLB debut to 2014.

Stroman would pitch well in his first season, throwing to a 3.65 ERA while starting 20 games for the Blue Jays. He was dealt a significant blow in 2015, where a spring training bunting drill would see Stroman tear his ACL, sidelining him for most of the season. Widely figured to be a season-ending injury, Stroman would rehab back at his alma matter in North Carolina, eventually becoming healthy enough to pitch in the regular season as well as the postseason later that year.

The next few seasons would see Marcus go through the highs and lows of his young professional career, with his best seasons coming in both 2017 and 2019.

The low of Stroman’s career would come during the 2018 campaign, where his ERA ballooned to 5.54 and he would spend a good part of the season on the injured list. He would also go on to surrender almost the same amount of earned runs when compared to his best seasons in 2017 and 2019.

In the off-season between 2018/2019, tensions started to boil between Stroman and the Toronto Blue Jays management, where it seemed like the two sides were heading to a messy divorce. The relationship would finally come to an end a few days before the trade deadline, with the Toronto Blue Jays sending Stroman to the New York Mets for a package of prospects, signaling an end to another one of the Blue Jays longest-tenured players on the roster.

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