Blue Jays’ Stroman leaves game against Yankees with blister on finger
NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman had to leave Monday’s game against the New York Yankees after five innings with a blister on his right ring finger.
Stroman, the second Blue Jays pitcher to suffer a blister on his finger this season, appeared bothered after throwing a pitch in the fifth inning. Toronto’s trainer went to the mound to check on the 26-year-old but Stroman stayed in to finish the inning. He did not return for the sixth.
“I’ve never had a blister ever in my life, nothing remotely close to having a blister — it’s crazy,” a visibly upset Stroman said after the game. “It’s extremely frustrating. I feel it’s an epidemic happening around the big leagues now, a bunch of pitchers having blisters, guys who have never had blisters before. So for MLB to turn their back on it it’s kind of crazy.
“It’s extremely frustrating.”