Marcus Stroman is on his way back after a rigorous rehab procedure that lasted more than 6 months. He is set to make his Blue Jays debut this Saturday in a critical game against the New York Yankees in the Bronx.
While it was initially feared that Stroman would miss the rest of the season, his perseverance paid off, and his effort never wavered. Marcus was able to rehab his knee, regain his strength, and finish his degree at Duke University, where he had spent three years prior to being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 2012 MLB.
following tossing 4.2 innings of no-hit ball against the Lansing Lungnuts following a borderline miraculous five-month comeback from ACL surgery on September 2nd, the ever-energetic Stroman could not contain his joy, telling the media post-game, “I was a little pumped. I felt like I needed to slow down a little bit here. I felt like I was working beside Buerhle.”
While Stroman’s final Rehab start with the Buffalo Bisons against the Pawtucket Red Sox was not as impressive, allowing four runs on eight hits in three arduous innings pitched, he decided to focus on the positives of the outing. While some may have regarded the outing as a setback in his path back from
“My arm felt great, knee felt great,” he told me. “The results didn’t say so, but my stuff felt unreal.”
So there you have it. That is Marcus Stroman, who always sees the glass half-full and never half-empty, and we, as Blue Jays fans, will have the opportunity to see him toe the rubber live in the Bronx on Saturday, September 12th, at 1:05 ET.
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Drew Hutchison, the Toronto Blue Jays’ opening-day starter, was demoted to triple-A Buffalo today after two strong starts at home against the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees. With the team on the danger of getting swept by the Yankees at home, manager John Gibbons and his staff looked to Drew Hutchison to save the series and keep his team from falling 2.5 games behind their AL East opponents. With the team having lost a tough one on Friday with Ace pitcher David Price on the mound, and having been shut down by $155 million man, Masahiro Tanaka, on Saturday, Drew Hutchison answered the bell Sunday, surpassing all expectations.
