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Matt Strahm on reported tension with Phillies management: ‘I’ll call a spade a spade’

Former Phillies reliever Matt Strahm addressed some of the reports that came out about his time in Philadelphia after being traded to the Kansas City Royals.

After three years with the Phillies, Strahm is heading back to the team that originally drafted him in 2012. On a recent appearance on the show Foul Territory, he joked about “butting heads,” with every team he has been with after leaving the Royals in 2017.

“I kind of gave (Royals general manager) J.J. (Picollo) a hard time,” Strahm said. “I said, ‘You guys ran such a great organization that I seemed to butt heads everywhere I went.