Do Yankee fans want Marcus Stroman in their starting rotation as a “difference-maker"?

Why show a photo of Marcus Stroman pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016 when Stroman pitched 59 innings in 2019 (none in 2020) and 179 innings in 2021 for the New York Mets? Because 2016 is the most recent season that Marcus Stroman pitched in a tournament game. See below.

Marcus Stroman for Blue Jays at Orioles June 2016
Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, via Wikimedia Commons

Marcus Stroman isn’t over Brian Cashman slight after two years By Ethan Sears November 10, 2021 nypost.com

Two years after Brian Cashman said Stroman wasn’t a “difference-maker,” the pitcher got on Twitter to remind everyone of the slight.

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There followed some predictable blah, blah, blah. The Post article features a current Met photo of Marcus Stroman with his head covered in a rag.

Marcus Stroman    baseball-reference.com

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

5-7, 180lb (170cm, 81kg)

Team: New York Mets (majors)

Born: May 1, 1991 (Age: 30-194d) in Medford, NY us

2022 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2022): 7.026  •  Free Agent: 2022

Agents: The Legacy Agency

July 28, 2019: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the New York Mets for Simeon Woods Richardson (minors) and Anthony Kay.

October 28, 2020: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 2020: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 3, 2021: Granted Free Agency.

2021 Mets salary: $18,900,000. That's almost $19 MILLION dollars.

2020: did not pitch

2021: 179 innings, 158 SO, 133 ERA+

This is Stroman's most recent tournament game:

2016 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3, Indians at Blue Jays, October 17

Cleveland had won games one and two.

Monday, October 17, 2016

Start Time: 8:09 p.m. Local

Attendance: 49,507

Venue: Rogers Centre

Game Duration: 3:23

Night Game, on turf

Indians 4, Blue Jays 2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLI	RE24
Marcus Stroman, L (0-1)	5.1	3	4	4	3	5	2	4.76	22	94	59	28	12	19	5	9	3	0	48			-0.127	0.91	-1.79%	18.85	-0.4

2B: Mike Napoli (2, off Marcus Stroman); Tyler Naquin (1, off Roberto Osuna).

HR: Mike Napoli (1, off Marcus Stroman, 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); Jason Kipnis (2, off Marcus Stroman, 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF-RF).

Toronto won game four but lost game five and the series 4-1.

Marcus Stroman made a difference in that game. It isn't often that someone makes Brian Cashman look good.