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Mets To Promote Noah Syndergaard

By Jeff Todd | May 8, 2015 at 6:22pm CDT

The Mets will promote top pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard to start on Tuesday, GM Sandy Alderson told reporters today, including ESPNNewYork.com’s Adam Rubin (Twitter link). Righty Dillon Gee is headed to the DL with a groin strain, though the injury does not appear to be serious.

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Syndergaard, 22, is widely regarded as one of the very best prospects in all of baseball. The towering righty came to New York along with backstop Travis d’Arnaud in the deal that sent R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays.

Since that trade, Syndergaard has shot up prospect boards by continuing to show a huge fastball, solid control, and quality secondary offerings, as Baseball America explained in rating him New York’s best minor league arm coming into the year. There is a clear industry consensus that Syndergaard is ready and able to be a quality big league pitcher: BA rated him the 11th best prospect in the game, with MLB.com (#10) and Baseball Prospectus (#9) concurring in the general assessment. Kiley McDaniel of Fangraphs is somewhat less bullish, but only slightly, as he rated Syndergaard just inside the top 20 while expressing some concern with the consistency of the youngster’s offspeed offerings.

Syndergaard has done nothing to tamper expectations so far in 2015. Over 29 2/3 frames at Triple-A Las Vegas, a tough place to pitch, he has a 1.82 ERA with 10.3 K/9 against 2.4 BB/9. That start to the year seems to answer any questions that might have cropped up after Syndergaard proved somewhat easier to score against than expected last year (4.60 ERA) in his first run at the highest level of the minors.

It remains to be seen, of course, whether Syndergaard will hold down a big league job this year. Certainly, the opportunity is there. While Gee has been as solid as usual, and the Mets have ample rotation depth even after losing Zack Wheeler for the year, the club’s strong 18-10 opening to the year only raises expectations and increases the importance of putting the best product possible on the field.

If Syndergaard is able to hold onto an active roster slot all season, he would set himself up for future Super Two qualification. But by keeping him down to start the year, the Mets would retain control over their prized young arm through 2021. Regardless of roster status, it is not likely that Syndergaard will spend the entire year putting up long outings at the big league level; he has yet to exceed 133 frames in a professional season, meaning the club will likely look to manage his innings.

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46 Comments

  1. Yankeeboy11

    10 years ago

    Fantasy pick up or??

    Reply
    • JcHc3in1

      10 years ago

      Absolutely, all formats

      Reply
    • Solomon Crowe

      10 years ago

      don’t do it. He’s probably going to have this start before being sent down.

      Reply
      • Yankeeboy11

        10 years ago

        Eh I’ve been looking to drop Greene. Looks like he’s going to start a couple of games with Gee going to the DL.

        Reply
    • tomh

      10 years ago

      I picked him up Wednesday morning with the hope he would get the call. The very next day we were informed!

      Reply
  2. sdsuphilip

    10 years ago

    Reminds me a bit of a mix of Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux

    Reply
    • JcHc3in1

      10 years ago

      That’s more than a little unfair for the kid

      Reply
      • sdsuphilip

        10 years ago

        Why? He has better stuff than both, I thought I was being light on the comparison

        Reply
        • JcHc3in1

          10 years ago

          No, just no.

          Reply
        • MB923

          10 years ago

          “Why? He has better stuff than both”

          Lulz.

          Reply
        • Matt B.

          10 years ago

          haha. Pedro had among the best stuff of anyone to ever put on a uniform.

          Reply
          • sdsuphilip

            10 years ago

            As does Noah

            Reply
        • DippityDoo

          10 years ago

          I’m just penciling him in on my 2036 presidential ballot now, guy is rock solid.

          Reply
        • RippinNTearinAB

          10 years ago

          Must be a Mets fan!

          Reply
          • paqza

            10 years ago

            Doubt it. If he were, he’d know enough about Syndergaard to realize what he said makes no sense whatsoever.

            Reply
          • sdsuphilip

            10 years ago

            Padres fan

            Reply
        • MattHollidaysForearms

          10 years ago

          Better stuff than Pedro? What even.

          Reply
        • paqza

          10 years ago

          No.

          Reply
    • Solomon Crowe

      10 years ago

      No….just no.

      Reply
    • PTier

      10 years ago

      He is a COMPLETELY different type of pitcher than those two, in both stuff and style of pitching, not to mention also physical size.

      Reply
    • Gland1 2

      10 years ago

      In what way does he remind you of either?

      Reply
      • paqza

        10 years ago

        He hurls baseballs for a living

        Reply
        • Gland1 2

          10 years ago

          Good point. I can’t believe I missed the similarities

          Reply
    • paqza

      10 years ago

      He’s got two arms, two legs, and throws baseballs, for a living. There’s no resemblance beyond that.

      Reply
  3. Sleeper

    10 years ago

    Pretty cool seeing all of these prospects coming up already for these different teams. Wish the kid luck in the big leagues!

    Reply
    • metallicwolf29

      10 years ago

      Only in baseball is 22 a kid

      Reply
  4. Brandon Marin

    10 years ago

    What happens if he throws 3 fantastic starts. You can’t send him back after that. 6 man rotation until they can move gee?

    Reply
    • iliekcereal

      10 years ago

      maybe a month-long “rehab” assignment

      Reply
  5. Tommets

    10 years ago

    Let’s go! The future is upon us. Can’t wait.

    Reply
  6. stymeedone

    10 years ago

    Dillon Gee = Wally Pipp

    Reply
    • alex navarrette

      10 years ago

      But Pipp was actually a pretty good ballplayer. Gee has been a 4-5 for most of his career.

      Reply
      • stymeedone

        10 years ago

        Gee, being a 4-5, has been a pretty good starting pitcher. You have to be pretty good to achieve that status. Pipp was good, but not the annual All-Star.

        Reply
        • alex navarrette

          10 years ago

          All I’m saying is that Pipp was a lot less likely to lose his job than Gee is. The Mets wanted to get rid of him all offseason.

          Reply
          • stymeedone

            10 years ago

            I doubt the Manager just “suddenly” decided to never play Pipp again. He had thought about it. Gehrig just gave him a reason.

            Reply
            • alex navarrette

              10 years ago

              When someone isn’t willing to work through an “injury,” most employers want to teach them a lesson. Lou simply took the opportunity and never looked back.

              Reply
  7. Pei Kang

    10 years ago

    MLBtraderumors, please get rid of the spam that’s filtered through here! And It’s THOR time! so excited-woot!

    Reply
  8. jrod13

    10 years ago

    want to pick him up…thinking about dumping jimmy nelson for him?

    Reply
    • MattHollidaysForearms

      10 years ago

      What’s the first rule of fantasy sports?

      Reply
      • dwarfcatt

        10 years ago

        Have fun

        Reply
    • jho

      10 years ago

      It’s a push, IMO Nelson has bigger upside at least this season, and less of an innings cap.

      But by being on the better team Thor can pick up more wins and will probably put up better stats

      Reply
  9. rich 3

    10 years ago

    I know it’s always fun to rag on a hyped prospect and make “lol Mets!” jokes but this guy has some serious talent and their rotation is going to be really, really good . Him and Matz are the best 1-2 punch currently pitching in the minor leagues.

    Reply
  10. Brixton G.

    10 years ago

    RA Dickey; 4.00 ERA, 4.52 FIP, 100 ERA+
    I think the Mets won this one.

    Reply
    • jho

      10 years ago

      Huge win

      Mets also got rid of Thole and Nickeas.

      And we also received Buccera, a toolsy OF prospect who could make an impact further down the line.

      Reply

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