It was a big day for the New York Mets’ organization and their fanbase who had been waiting patiently for two years for last night.
Highly touted prospect Noah Syndergaard made his first career start on the mound at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. The right hander looked outstanding, hitting 97-99 mph consistently with his fastball, keeping his changeup down, and using his “Thor Hammer” curveball to keep the hitters off balance. His stat line wasn’t pretty, as he pitched 5 and a third innings deep, giving up six hits and three earned runs, walking four and striking out six.
Syndergaard swam through his first five innings for the most part, but his start was spoiled by a two-run home run off the bat of outfielder Chris Coghlan, and he was pulled after throwing 103 pitches. The stat line might not have looked great, but he showed signs of dominance, and it’s going to be very difficult to send him back to the minors after that.
I’m sorry, Dillon Gee, but you may have pitched your last game as a New York Met.
The 22 year old flamethrower was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in December of 2012 that will go down as one of the most lopsided trades of recent memory in my opinion. The Mets also received stud catcher Travis d’Arnaud in that deal when they shipped knuckleball pitcher R.A Dickey, as well as catchers Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas to Toronto.
