Marcus Stroman

Marcus Stroman

33-Year-Old PitcherSP
New York Yankees
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The 2023 season was a tale of two halves for Stroman. The 32-year-old made his second All-Star team on the strength of a first half which saw him collect a 2.96 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 98:41 K:BB over 112.2 innings. In the second half, Stroman missed six weeks with hip and rib injuries and posted an 8.63 ERA, 1.96 WHIP and 21:11 K:BB over 24 frames. Undaunted by his poor finish, Stroman opted out of the one year and $21 million remaining on his contract with the Cubs to pursue free agency. Although there have been some curvy roads along the way, Stroman has been rock-solid on the whole over the last three seasons in holding a 3.45 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 396:132 K:BB across 454.1 innings. He's not going to help you in strikeouts, but Stroman remains an elite groundball guy and usually avoids the barrel. He should be a solid floor play in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a two-year, $37 million contract with the Yankees in January of 2024. Contract includes $18 million player option for 2026 that vests with 140 innings pitched in 2025.
Cracks ALCS roster
PNew York Yankees
October 14, 2024
Stroman is on the Yankees' roster for the ALCS versus the Guardians.
ANALYSIS
Stroman was left off the ALDS roster but will be carried on the ALCS roster as a long reliever. The veteran right-hander posted a 4.31 ERA and 113:60 K:BB over 154.2 innings during the regular season, covering 29 starts and one relief appearance.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
89
Last 10 Games
80
Last 5 Games
81
How many pitches does Marcus Stroman generally throw?
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
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121+
 
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121+
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
 
 
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-29%
BAA vs LHP
2022
 
 
-17%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2022vs Left .250 924 172 81 208 39 5 23
Since 2022vs Right .249 896 179 67 203 42 0 21
2024vs Left .296 328 47 31 86 14 4 10
2024vs Right .260 347 66 29 81 14 0 9
2023vs Left .194 311 59 35 53 12 0 4
2023vs Right .272 264 60 17 67 15 0 5
2022vs Left .257 285 66 15 69 13 1 9
2022vs Right .213 285 53 21 55 13 0 7
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-38%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-42%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-1%
ERA at Home
2022
 
 
-60%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2022Home 4.82 1.28 222.1 14 18 0 8.2 3.1 1.2
Since 2022Away 2.99 1.31 207.2 12 7 1 6.5 3.1 0.6
2024Home 5.31 1.42 84.2 5 7 0 7.9 3.1 1.6
2024Away 3.09 1.53 70.0 5 2 1 5.0 4.0 0.5
2023Home 3.93 1.09 73.1 6 6 0 8.0 3.1 0.6
2023Away 3.98 1.45 63.1 4 3 0 7.7 3.8 0.6
2022Home 5.18 1.32 64.1 3 5 0 8.8 3.1 1.4
2022Away 2.06 1.00 74.1 3 2 0 6.8 1.7 0.7
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Stat Review
How does Marcus Stroman compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
1.88
 
K/9
6.6
 
BB/9
3.5
 
HR/9
1.1
 
Fastball
90.0 mph
 
ERA
4.31
 
WHIP
1.47
 
BABIP
.314
 
GB/FB
1.82
 
Left On Base
72.9%
 
Exit Velocity
82.4 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
4.3%
 
Spin Rate
2372 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
26.7%
 
Swinging Strike
8.2%
 
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After making 33 starts the previous year, a bout with COVID-19 and a shoulder issue limited Stroman to just 25 starts and 138.2 innings last season. His 14.6% K-BB% was in sync with his past few campaigns. However, for the first time in his career, Stroman yielded more than a homer per nine frames, albeit just a tad at 1.04 HR/9. Stroman performed much worse at home, sporting a 5.18 ERA and 1.32 WHIP at Wrigley Field as compared to 2.06/1.00 away from Waveland Avenue. This is likely just noise, but streaming Stroman at home last season backfired. The catch is Stroman's low 21% strikeout rate is best utilized in a streaming capacity, especially in leagues with an innings or starts limit where the strikeout category is essentially K/9. Stroman's low dominance, heavy groundball approach is usually effective, but he's subject to more variance than most hurlers, adding risk to his role as a ratio stabilizer.
Consistency is oftentimes undervalued in both real life and in sports. The Cubs will pay Stroman $71 million for his services from 2022-24, so you make up your mind in this particular instance. Stroman missed the start of the shortened 2020 campaign with a calf injury and ultimately opted out of playing that season. He returned in 2021 arguably better than ever; his 15.6 K-BB% was a career high and his 1.15 WHIP was his lowest in any season with 100-plus innings. Stroman kept his groundball rate north of 50% (just barely) for the seventh consecutive season, a byproduct of his heavy-sinker approach, and when pitching at Citi Field, the ball almost never got out against the righty (five homers in 78 innings). He has now made 32-plus starts in four of his past five seasons. Stroman is consistent with both workload and performance, and that is not "boring" consistency, but in our game the low strikeout totals make him more staff filler than frontline starter.
There's not much to say about Stroman's 2020 campaign, as it never got the chance to get off the ground. He missed the start of the season with a calf strain before opting out in mid-August right when it looked like he was about to return. He accepted a qualifying offer from the Mets in November, leaving him set to do in 2021 what he was expected to do in 2020. Just what exactly those expectations should be isn't entirely clear, however. His ERAs in his last three seasons (3.09, 5.54 and 3.22) have been all over the place, and taking a full year off from pitching doesn't exactly clarify things. He's actually produced a FIP in a narrow band between 3.71 and 3.91 in each of the last four seasons, however, and an ERA in that range would make him perfectly serviceable for both fantasy players and the Mets. He doesn't offer a whole lot else, though, as his unimpressive 20.5 K% in 2019 was his highest since 2014.
After recording a 2.96 ERA and 99:35 K:BB over the first half of the season, Stroman was traded to the Mets at the deadline and slotted into the team's talented rotation. Stroman's surface numbers suffered after the move but he performed well enough in New York, recording a 60:23 K:BB en route to a 20.5 K% on the year that was his highest since his rookie season. For the season, the right-hander carried a 10.1% swinging-strike rate, the highest rate of his career. He struggled to limit home runs after the trade, allowing nine in his final 11 starts in 2019, coinciding with a dip in groundball rate (from 56.3% to 48.3%). Stroman's BB% ticked up in Queens, as did his opponents' BABIP, from .293 to .337. The Mets had a bottom-five defense in MLB last season and they have not upgraded this winter, so Stroman will continue to contend with a high hit rate as a groundball pitcher.
Stroman had his worst professional season in a 2018, a year marred by two trips to the disabled list (shoulder fatigue and a blister on his pitching hand). The extreme groundballer (62.1 GB% in 2018) endured miserable results when on the field, though the peripherals and estimators point to a lot of bad luck. His ERA-minus-FIP came in at 1.63, one of the highest among starters with 100-plus innings, and his 3.91 FIP nearly matched what he did in 2017, when he had a 3.09 ERA. Considering all the contact Stroman allows -- he has never posted a K/9 higher than 7.7 (2014) -- it's only natural that the results would fluctuate more than they do for most pitchers. Determine whether you can buy this volatility with the hope of him repeating 2017 and 2014, not 2016 and 2018. The best part about his 2019: expectations will be subterranean, so fantasy players in position to take on risk could snatch him at a clearance rate.
Stroman built on a strong finish to 2016 to become the Blue Jays' staff ace last season after Aaron Sanchez battled persistent blister problems. Rather than leaning on his cutter as an out pitch as he had earlier in his career, Stroman instead increased the usage of his fastball and slider, with both pitches yielding favorable results. Stroman's diverse arsenal kept hitters off balance and generated plenty of weak contact, with his 62.1 percent GB% pacing all qualified pitchers. His ability to induce groundouts and avoid the home-run ball offers optimism that Stroman will remain an asset in ERA, despite his meager strikeout rate and the 3.90 FIP he posted in 2017 pointing to some regression in that area. Since Stroman is just 26 years old, it wouldn't be unprecedented if he added more strikeouts to his ledger to stave off an ERA decline, but his approach worked so well for him last season, it seems unlikely he would deviate from a successful formula.
Stroman entered 2016 with high expectations, and in hindsight, those expectations were probably unfair for a 25-year-old who made just four starts in 2015 following ACL surgery. It took Stroman time to get his bearings, but he demonstrated growth as the season wore on, managing a 3.68 ERA post All-Star break versus a 4.89 ERA in the first half. He also saw a significant uptick in strikeout rate after the break, from 16.9 percent to 22.7 percent, as he used his cutter more as an out pitch. Of course, it's all about the groundball with Stroman, and indeed his 60.1 percent groundball rate was the highest among qualified starters. Stroman has immense talent and could take a leap forward if he can continue to increase his strikeout rate.
When Stroman tore his ACL in early March, his season was declared over before it ever began and no one seemed to quibble with that. . . except Stroman. He made the best of a bad break. He went back to Duke to finish off his degree, but also got with the medical staff there for an aggressive rehab on the knee. All of a sudden there were reports that he could contribute late in the season, maybe as a reliever. Not only did he start, but he was really good. His swing-and-miss stuff wasn’t quite there, but he ramped the groundball rate up to 64 percent to cover. The strikeouts might be more of a slow climb as he uses the command of his deep arsenal (5 pitches all w/at least 10% usage) to keep the ball down and mow down hitters, but the swing-and-miss upside is definitely there. With all of 158 MLB innings on his arm, the Jays might not be ready for 200-plus-inning season, but even 180 from him has big potential.
The 5-foot-9 right-hander spent most of his age-23 season as the most effective starter in the Blue Jays’ rotation. After graduating from Triple-A Buffalo and Toronto’s bullpen, Stroman compiled a 3.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 103:27 K:BB ratio in 120.1 innings as a starter in his debut season in the big leagues. Were it not for Jose Abreu, Stroman would have had a legitimate case to be the American League Rookie of the Year. He relied heavily on his mid-90s fastball, and only used his deadly 88-mph slider roughly 7.5% of the time. That plus-plus offering generated a 17.6% whiff rate and a 63.2% groundball rate and could be a major weapon if he unleashes it more often in his second season. Considering his fielding independent numbers (2.84 FIP, 3.17 xFIP) and the addition of defensive wiz Russell Martin behind the plate, there was reason to expect an even better 2015 out of Stroman, but he suffered a torn ACL during fielding drills in March and is expected to miss the entire season as a result.
A first-round pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, Stroman put together a fantastic 2013 campaign for Double-A New Hampshire after serving a 50-game drug suspension to start the season. His 3.30 ERA was backed by 10.4 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9 rates, and he even finished on a high note with an 11-strikeout gem in his final start. The 5-foot-9 Stroman boasts a mid-90s fastball with plus command, and he is one of the top prospects in the Toronto organization, despite murmurs that he may eventually wind up in the bullpen. Having already proven his merit at the Double-A level, Stroman will likely join the starting rotation at Triple-A Buffalo to open 2014. Don't be surprised if he earns his first call-up before the end of the year.
Stroman was selected 22nd overall by the Blue Jays in the 2012 draft and the general thought was that he would move quickly through the Jays’ system. After 19 minor league relief innings, posting a 3.26 ERA over two levels, Stroman was suspended 50 games for violating baseball’s minor league drug program. After the completion of his suspension, he will start 2013 in the minors, but could find his way into Toronto’s bullpen if he pitches well.
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Doesn't make ALDS roster
PNew York Yankees
October 5, 2024
Stroman is not on the Yankees' roster for the ALDS against Kansas City.
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Ambushed by Baltimore
PNew York Yankees
September 26, 2024
Stroman (10-9) took the loss Wednesday, coughing up six runs on 10 hits over 3.1 innings as the Yankees fell 9-7 to the Orioles. He struck out one without walking a batter.
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Starting in Cortes' place
PNew York Yankees
September 25, 2024
Stroman will start Wednesday's game against the Orioles in place of Nestor Cortes (elbow), who was placed on the 15-day injured list.
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Earns nine-out save Tuesday
PNew York Yankees
September 18, 2024
Stroman picked up his second career save in Tuesday's win over the Mariners, allowing one run on five hits while striking out three over three innings.
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Moving to bullpen
PNew York Yankees
September 13, 2024
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Stroman is moving to the bullpen and will be available in relief Sunday against the Red Sox, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
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Received offers from Giants, Padres
PNew York Yankees
April 19, 2024
According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Stroman received contract offers from the Giants and Padres before he ultimately signed with the Yankees.
ANALYSIS
San Francisco apparently made offers of two and three years, while San Diego had a longer offer with a lower annual salary. Stroman wasn't fully intrigued by either team and signed with the Yankees on a two-year, $37 million pact in January. The right-hander has pitched well through four starts with a 2.42 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 19:9 K:BB across 22.1 innings.
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