New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman wasn't happy about starting Sunday's game against the Miami Marlins during the rain. He only made it nine pitches into the game before it was suspended due to weather and eventually postponed. The Mets also had their game on Monday postponed and now have a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. Stroman has been named the starter of the second game of the doubleheader. He will go up against Phillies ace Aaron Nola. Stroman was solid...

Despite only throwing nine pitches in Sunday's rain-suspended game against Miami, New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman will not make his next start until Friday, at the earliest, on his normal rest. Mets manager Luis Rojas stated on Monday that Stroman prefers to go through his regular routine. In two starts on the season, which includes the 1/3 inning pitched on Sunday, Stroman owns a 1.42 ERA, and an 0.95 WHIP, with three strikeouts in six and 1/3 IP. Assuming the Mets have no ...

The game between the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins was suspended in the top of the first inning on Sunday due to rain. The game got underway with Corey Dickerson hitting a single and Starling Marte flying out against Marcus Stroman before the action was halted. Marlins starter John Curtiss had yet to take to the mound. The game had been delayed more than two hours when the action started. Stroman expressed frustration after the suspension of the game and stated that it should never ...

Pitching in his first game since 2019, New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman threw six impressive innings in the Mets' 8-4 win against the Phillies on Tuesday. Stroman, the pitcher of record on the winning side, allowed just one earned one, two walks, and three hits while striking out three. Stroman showed no signs of rust as he consistently found the corners of the plate with his slider and, true to form, induced a number of ground balls, recording 13 groundouts. Stroman should be in ...

The New York Mets have set their rotation for the first two series of the season, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. In the first series of the year, the Mets will start Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman and David Peterson against the Nationals, followed by Taijuan Walker, deGrom and then Joey Lucchesi pitching behind an opener against the Phillies. deGrom will be pitching on a normal five-day schedule as the Mets have an off day on April 2. The Nationals and Phillies had two of the better ...

New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman threw five innings while allowing one earned one and striking out six in Thursday's Grapefruit League action against the Washington Nationals. Stroman has now thrown 13 1/3 innings this spring while allowing four earned runs and striking out 14. It has been a nice spring for Stroman and he should be in line for a solid campaign in 2021 as he is well-rested after opting out of the 2020 season. He is coming off a 2019 in which he posted a 3.22 ERA and...

New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman retired all six batters he faced in his first spring training start of the season on Tuesday. Stroman struck out two, threw 22 of his 30 pitches for strikes, and sat between 91 and 92 mph with his fastball versus the Houston Astros. It was a great start to the spring for Stroman who missed all of last season when he opted out of the 2020 campaign due to COVID-19 concerns. Heading into 2021, Stroman will be a solid back-end fantasy starter who can ...

In 32 starts between Toronto and New York in 2019, Marcus Stroman posted 159 strikeouts in 184 1/3 innings pitched to go with a 3.22 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, 10 wins, and 3.9 WAR. In July of 2020, Stroman went down with a calf injury prior to the beginning of the shortened season and subsequently opted-out due to COVID-19 concerns. It is unclear how a full year off will impact the 29-year-old's forthcoming season with the Mets. Looking at his 2019 numbers, Stroman's ground-ball rate declined due to a ...

New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman accepted the team's qualifying offer on Wednesday, which is valued at $18.9 million. Stroman will now return to the Mets for the 2021 season. Stroman put together a terrific 2019 season that helped him earn his first All-Star selection before getting shipped across the border to join the Mets at the trade deadline. In his 32 starts between Toronto and New York in 2019, he compiled 159 strikeouts in 184 1/3 innings while posting a 3.22 ERA and 1.31 ...

New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman (calf) surprisingly announced on Monday that he is opting out for the remainder of the 2020 baseball season due to concerns related to COVID-19. Stroman had been set to throw a simulated game on Tuesday as he was drawing closer to a return to the Mets after his calf injury suffered in late July. This is a shocking and rough blow to the Mets starting staff which also lost Noah Syndergaard (elbow) to a season-ending injury back in March. Stroman, who ...