Marcus Stroman explained what his clubhouse 'commotion' was about after Mets trade

The New York Mets made a surprising move on Sunday when they traded for All-Star pitcher Marcus Stroman and sent top pitching prospects Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson to the Blue Jays.

With the Mets realistically out of the playoff hunt and Stroman’s free agency after the 2020 season, the deal made little sense. The popular opinion across baseball was that Stroman was going to be moved to a contender, and the Mets are decidedly not that.

A report from the New York Post said that in the immediate aftermath of the trade, Stroman caused a “commotion” in the Blue Jays clubhouse to voice his displeasure about being dealt to a non-contender.

The scene was described as “not pretty.”

On Monday, Stroman denied that report in a conference call with Mets reporters. Though he acknowledged that a commotion occurred in the clubhouse, he said that it wasn’t over displeasure with being dealt to the Mets. He claimed that he was expressing his opinion about how the deal was handled by the Blue Jays.

At least publicly Stroman has reacted positively to the trade. He grew up in New York and shared an old photo of himself in a Mets jacket.

But the Mets aren’t the Yankees. That’s for sure.