Over his brief career, Stroman has a 2.35 ERA at home and a 4.97 ERA on the road; Dickey had a 3.11 ERA in Toronto and a 4.83 ERA away this season. Considering that Rogers Centre is generally considered a hitter-friendly park -- granted, Toronto's pitchers don't have to face Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson and friends -- that's a bit surprising. So, how have they managed that?
It'd be difficult to find two players more diametrically opposed than the hard-throwing 24-year-old from Long Island and the knuckleballing Tennessee native who turns 41 later this month, but Stroman and Dickey have managed to make this work in a very similar way.