Marcus Stroman and Brian Cashman hashed out a previous beef as the pitcher agreed to join the New York Yankees earlier this offseason.

Cashman apologized to Stroman for remarks made in 2019. The GM discussed trading for Stroman with Toronto before the Blue Jays dealt the pitcher to the New York Mets in July 2019.

"We were interested in Stroman but we didn't think he would be a difference-maker," Cashman said at the time. "We felt he would be in our bullpen in the postseason."

Cashman said he apologized through Stroman's agent and directly to Stroman during negotiations this offseason.

"I just said for the amount of talent they wanted back, it wasn't going to be enough of a difference-maker," Cashman said. "That was my bad, because then how it played wasn't certainly how it was intended."

Stroman joined the Yankees on a two-year, $37 million contract this offseason.