Over the weekend, news broke about Marcus Stroman because of this tweet reply he sent:
My agent and I made multiple attempts to engage them on an extension. Club wasn’t interested in exploring it now. Will see how it plays out! Love everything about the @Cubs organization!
— Marcus Stroman (@STR0) June 10, 2023
Well. Twitter being what it is, this immediately made people say, “He’s gone! He’s going to be traded!”
That sort of thinking missed one key word in Stroman’s tweet: “now.” This absolutely, positively does not eliminate the possibility of the team and player and agent exploring it later.