Stroman finished with a 4-9 record and a 5.54 ERA in 102 1/3 innings on the mound for Toronto last season. During the baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas last week, it seemed like a new rumour involving the Toronto Blue Jays pair of starters Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez would pop up every day. Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins was quick to shoot down any and all of them, including Buster Onley and Jon Morosi both strongly suggesting there was significant interest from the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds eventually did end up following through on a different deal, landing Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, and Alex Wood from the Los Angeles Dodgers.