Marcus Stroman continues to be an MLB free agent, as he has yet to land a deal whether back with the New York Mets or with another team. But free agency isn't the only one he's busy navigating these days.

Stroman has apparently found himself in a mini-controversy when MLB writer Marc Carig of The Athletic pointed out on Twitter that the righty liked a tweet that has a racist connotation to it.

It did not take long before Stroman responded to Carig, denying that he ever liked such a tweet while also bringing up disturbing experiences with racist trolls on Twitter in an apparent attempt to show his social awareness of racism.

Carig isn't one to back down, though. He appeared to stand by his earlier statement and took it up a notch by asking Stroman whether he's going to make Photoshop as an alibi — to which the pitcher responded to, of course.

Whatever the truth is, this isn't an especially good time for Stroman to be dealing with such a shabby item involving himself, considering that he's still out there looking the best contract he can land in free agency.

Last season, Stroman recorded a 10-13 record to go with a 3.02 ERA and a 133 ERA+ across 33 starts for the Mets.