Next Up: 6 God Marcus Stroman comes back in 6 months from ACL injury

For those of you who don't know Marcus Stroman, the next few months you'll be seeing this kid and his Toronto Blue Jays making a serious MLB playoff run this year. In terms of underdog story you really can't find much better low key story right now in professional sports. I noticed him because he's still good friends with former Duke pitcher now Rapper, Mike Stud, where they seemed to push each other to get to the next level in their respective fields. These two are the most recent Dukies to be named All Americans for the Blue Devils baseball program. Stroman is no lie a updated version of Tim Linceum from back in the day when were were teenagers. He's 5'7 or 5'8, throws gas (his 94mph looks like 97 in my opinion), and at times his off speed pitches can make it look like he's playing wiffleball. Only 6 pitchers under 5'10 have made it to the MLB level in the 21st Century******

                                    

Living through the hashtag #HDMH (Height Doesn't Measure Heart), i watched this kid rehab from a torn ACL in early March fielding a bunt at Spring Training, with his whole 2015 season predicted to be done. Whether it be Instagram or twitter, he was updating his social media accounts to the point where it was excessive. Saw this guy lift, sprint, stretch, fucking everything. Along with this, he was away from the Blue Jays and headed back to Duke to get his shit together. Rehabbing just wasn't enough, he took 5 summer classes and finished his degree in Sociology as well.

I know this isn't a Boston guy or anything really relative, but since I'm trying to get back into this i thought id shed some light on a guy who deserves it. Peep some highlights and you'll see what I'm taking about. Dude is crazy. Ive seen him make Papi foolish numerous times.

Most recent stat line:
7 innings, 5 hits, 5 K's against the Yankees in a legitimate race for the AL East.

PS: He's one of Nike's best guys for Vapor cleat color designs (These aren't even the good ones I'm talking about) as well as he's got the "in" with OVO from what I'm assuming.

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