Marcus Stroman
32-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
10-9
ERA
3.95
WHIP
1.26
K
119
SV
0
2024 Projections
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
Tinkering with mechanics
Stroman adjusted his hand position in Saturday's Grapefruit League outing against the Orioles and is "probably tinkering with something every single time he walks to the mound," Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Hoch notes that Stroman held his hands a bit higher in the outing, and while it's unclear how much of an impact that made on his performance, the veteran hurler's results were excellent -- he tossed four scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks while striking out three batters. That was considerably better than his first start this spring, when he gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk while striking out two over 2.1 frames against Philadelphia. Stroman is set to slot into the middle of New York's rotation behind Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon this season after signing a two-year deal with the team in January.
Hoch notes that Stroman held his hands a bit higher in the outing, and while it's unclear how much of an impact that made on his performance, the veteran hurler's results were excellent -- he tossed four scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks while striking out three batters. That was considerably better than his first start this spring, when he gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk while striking out two over 2.1 frames against Philadelphia. Stroman is set to slot into the middle of New York's rotation behind Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon this season after signing a two-year deal with the team in January.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
82
Last 10 Games
68
Last 5 Games
43
How many pitches does Marcus Stroman generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Marcus Stroman generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-29%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .231 | 196 | 73 | 200 | 21 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .243 | 200 | 59 | 205 | 21 | |||
2023vs Left | .194 | 59 | 35 | 53 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .272 | 60 | 17 | 67 | 5 | |||
2022vs Left | .257 | 66 | 15 | 69 | 9 | |||
2022vs Right | .213 | 53 | 21 | 55 | 7 | |||
2021vs Left | .239 | 71 | 23 | 78 | 8 | |||
2021vs Right | .245 | 87 | 21 | 83 | 9 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-25%
ERA on Road
2023
-1%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 3.96 | 1.21 | 215.2 | 8.3 | 2.8 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 2.98 | 1.15 | 238.2 | 7.4 | 2.4 | ||||
2023Home | 3.93 | 1.09 | 73.1 | 8.0 | 3.1 | ||||
2023Away | 3.98 | 1.45 | 63.1 | 7.7 | 3.8 | ||||
2022Home | 5.18 | 1.32 | 64.1 | 8.8 | 3.1 | ||||
2022Away | 2.06 | 1.00 | 74.1 | 6.8 | 1.7 | ||||
2021Home | 3.00 | 1.24 | 78.0 | 8.3 | 2.4 | ||||
2021Away | 3.03 | 1.07 | 101.0 | 7.7 | 2.0 | ||||
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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.
* 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
2.29K/9
7.8BB/9
3.4HR/9
0.6Fastball
91.6 mphERA
3.95WHIP
1.26BABIP
.294GB/FB
3.08Left On Base
65.2%Exit Velocity
83.0 mphBarrels/BBE
3.0%Spin Rate
2392 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.2%Swinging Strike
9.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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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.
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Multi-year deal with Yankees
Stroman signed a two-year, $37 million deal with the Yankees on Thursday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports. The contract also includes a vesting option for 2026.
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Becomes free agent
Stroman opted out of his contract with the Cubs and became a free agent Saturday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Struggles in start
Stroman (10-9) allowed four runs (two earned) on four hits and struck out two without walking a batter over two innings, taking the loss versus Atlanta on Thursday.
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Gets another turn through rotation
Stroman is slated to start Thursday's game in Atlanta.
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Short outing in return to rotation
Stroman did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over three innings against Colorado. He struck out two.
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