Three down by two on a on with
the last thing you can say
Marcus Stroman has been the best
pitcher in the national league
and not a lot of people argue
with you struck out Stroman,
what a job and stroh with the
shutout.
Wow, you talk about earning it,
Stroman the eighth of the staff
s swing and a miss struck him
out and the stro continues to
swing and a miss and how about
Stroman is always ready to go?
He knows in his mind right now
what he wants to do.
Marcus Stroman popped up 32
years of age going to baseball
as well as he ever has off here
with breaking news and you saw
Marcus Stroman there and it is
regarding Stroman reportedly
agrees to a deal with the
Yankees a two year $37 million
deal according to john Haman,
who's been all all over this,
but there are some options and
incentives and we're gonna talk
to john right now MLB Network
Insider.
Hello john.
Thank you for taking the time.
Uh You're all all over this
story.
So, uh first tell me when this
came about and how long you've
been working on it.
Well, the last few days, they
certainly were talking seriously
with Stroman.
He had three or four other teams
that were interested in him.
The Yankees first investigated
the Snell Montgomery cease their
top targets to add to the
rotation and they made an offer
for Blake Snell as we reported
earlier today.
They were just very far apart on
the terms of the deal.
Uh Montgomery, they kind of felt
that perhaps he'd like to go
back to Texas or go somewhere
and c they were not close c the
White Sox wanted Spencer Jones
and some other top prospects
with the Yankees Yankees didn't
want to do that.
So their options were fairly
limited and they're going to
turn to a New Yorker Long Island
product Marcus Stroman here was
outstanding.
First half of last year has been
generally a very consistent
pitcher over his career and
really never has had serious arm
trouble.
He did miss most of the second
half last year, came back at the
very end but not an arm injury.
And, uh, right now, I mean, he
felt like their best option and
they're going to give him that
two year deal, as I said, for 37
million plus the best option.
Yeah, and john, um you mentioned
durability and he really has
been up until the last couple of
years.
The one thing that is, uh,
intriguing to me, uh, really in
a positive way for the Yankees,
he's a groundball guy.
He's a groundball machine and
that works well at that
ballpark.
Absolutely.
You do not want a fly ball
pitcher.
It's one of the reasons they
shied away from some of the
other free agents, including
Imana good pitcher, but they
felt he was a flyball guy.
Obviously, a lot of fly balls
will go out in Yankee Stadium.
Uh Stroman, they like him
because obviously he pitched for
the Mets.
He is from New York terrific
competitor, great fielder and
like I said, no real history of
any arm issues.
So that's a big thing these
days.
Most pitchers have some history
of arm issue been around as long
as he has and he's been very
consistent.
I mean, his er, a is almost
always below four and that's
pretty consistent in major
league baseball these days.
Yeah, John, we're looking at the
rotation options and obviously
this is Garrett Cole's rotation
, the Cy Young winner, carlos
Rodon with the injuries.
So we don't really know.
Then you have Stroman, Then
Cortez and Then Clark Schmidt,
they have the options near the
bottom.
Are they done or do you believe
they might still be working on
another starter?
Well, they also did sign Luke
Weaver today to a $2 million
deal.
So I, I put him there at the
bottom there.
Potentially, they did have him a
little bit last year and he is a
veteran starter who's had some
success at the major league
level.
So he's another option at this
moment.
They're kind of suggesting that
they may be done with the, the
rotation and be looking for
bullpen arms at this point.
Obviously, the depth situation
isn't perfect.
They traded King, they traded uh
Brito Vasquez Thorpe, I mean,
four viable starters uh to San
Diego for Juan Soto.
Not gonna regret that trade is
now gives them the best 12
hitting punch in baseball with
judge and SOTO.
So obviously they're very with
that deal, but it certainly did
hurt in the depth issue, but
they added two guys today.
Obviously one of them will be in
the rotation, the other weaver a
depth piece.
Well, you mentioned SOTO and he
agrees to a one year deal, a
record one year deal reportedly