Yesterday afternoon Marcus Stroman broke the news on Twitter that he was unsuccessful in his arbitration hearing and the negative things said about him would never leave his mind. That twee has since been deleted but the shot was already fired across the bow by Stroman.
There is no questioning that the Stro-Show is emotional and wears his heart on his sleeve which will never change. He definitely is not the first player and won’t be the last to leave the arbitration process with a sour taste in their mouth.
Thankfully the Blue Jays management team realized the detrimental effect it had on Stroman and Atkins met the storm head-on with his young hurler today in Dunedin.