MLB Twitter on Marcus Stroman: "Stroman a real one for this" "Man of his word"

Back in January, Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman laid out a challenge to young Cleveland Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie. The latter needed to go 160 innings for the season and finish with a sub-3.70 ERA.

A baseball season later, the 25-year-old McKenzie not only met Stroman's requirements but did so with flying colors. McKenzie helped the young Guardians team to the ALDS after posting a 2.96 ERA across 191.1 innings. He served as a prime number-two pitcher in the Guardians' starting rotation.

Stroman, being the kind and respectful player that he is, held up his end of the deal and sent the young pitcher the promised luxury watch.

The Chicago Cubs pitcher, who has been polarizing due to his opinions, still garnered some plaudits and fetched respectable compliments from a portion of MLB Twitter.

Marcus Stroman's 2022 statistics

It was a rough year for Marcus Stroman and his Chicago Cubs. The Cubbies finished with a 74-88 record that was good for the non-contentious National League Central.

The 31-year-old pitcher started 25 games and posted a 6-7 record with a 3.50 ERA with 1.15 WHIP. The lack of run support and consistent pitching led to the Cubs' downfall even after the hot start of highly touted rookie and Japanese superstar Seiya Suzuki.

With the departure of stalwart and All-Star Willson Contreras and the current state of the Cubs' squad for the upcoming 2023 season, it seems that it will be a long and gloomy year for the north side of Chicago.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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