DUNEDIN, FLA.—If Marcus Stroman is incorrigible, the front-front-front office isn’t tutting and tsking about it. Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro says you have to commit to younger players to find out if they can handle the job. ( Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star )Stroman has click-liked and retweeted disses against Blue Jays corporate management and praise for the bygone Alex Anthopoulos regime. “He’s the kind of player we want in our clubhouse,” Shapiro asserts of the unpredictable Stroman, whose value plummeted in a tough, injury-riddled 2018. “Whenever you’re thinking about trying to rebuild with a sense of urgency, you’re trying to accelerate time frames, you’re trying to move it as fast as you can, there is an opportunity cost,” Shapiro says.

Source: thestar March 12, 2019 23:15 UTC