Noah Syndergaard

Noah Syndergaard
Syndergaard 2016
New York Mets - No. 34
Starting pitcher
Born: August 29, 1992 Mansfield , Texas , United States
Strikes: Left	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
May 12,  2015  at the  New York Mets
MLB statistics (until the end of 2019)
Win-loss	47-30
ERA	3.31
Strikeouts	775
Teams
New York Mets (since 2015 )
Awards
All Star ( 2016 )

Noah Seth " Thor " Syndergaard (born August 29, 1992 in Mansfield , Texas ) is an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . The right-handed pitcher , who hits with his left, has been playing for the New York Mets in the National League since his debut in 2015 . After Syndergaard had to undergo Tommy John surgery in March 2020 , he will not be able to play for at least the 2020 season .

Career

Minor Leagues

Syndergaard was drafted in the first round of the MLB Draft 2010 in 38th place by the Toronto Blue Jays , where he then signed his first professional contract. In 2011 he was then active at A and A level in the minor league teams of the Blue Jays. In the 2012 season he came to the Lansing Lugnuts, the Jays A-level team, to 27 missions, 19 of them as a starting pitcher and convinced with a win rate of over 60% and an ERA of 2.60. Then, in December, Syndergaard was part of a larger trade between the Blue Jays and the Mets. He moved to New York together with Travis d'Arnaud , John Buck and Wuilmer Becerra , in return RA Dickey , Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas left the Mets for Toronto.

In the new franchise , Syndergaard operated both at Advanced A Level for the St. Lucie Mets and at AA level for the Binghamton Mets in 2013 and made a total of 23 starts there. The following year he was promoted to the top-class minor league team of the Mets to the Las Vegas 51s , where he made 26 starts and a win-loss of 9: 7. In 2015 he started again with the 51s, won his first three games in a row and was named to the 40-man roster of the Major League team.

Major League

Noah Syndergaard made his debut for the Mets in the MLB on May 12, 2015 as a starter against the Chicago Cubs , conceded three runs and was given a loss . In the regular season of the 2015 MLB season , he was allowed to start 24 times and ended his first MLB season with an ERA of 3.24 and a record of 9: 7 wins. Since the Mets won their division, Syndergaard also played in the playoffs in his first year in the MLB. In the National League Division Series 2015, he pitched Game 2, in which he received a loss. In the second inning of the game he allowed five runs alone. In the fifth game in the series, he was first used as a relief pitcher , threw an inning, and thereby helped the Mets to win the series and qualify for the 2015 National League Championship Series . In the 4-0 sweep against the Cubs in the NLCS, Syndergaard started in Game 2 and booked his first win in a playoff match. The Mets reached the World Series 2015 , Noah Syndergaard started in game 3 of the series and won the 9: 3 success of the Mets at Citi Field against the Kansas City Royals . It was the only win for the Mets in the series, which was lost with 1: 4 games.

Syndergaard was also an integral part of the starting rotation of the Mets in the 2016 season . On July 5, 2016, he was nominated for the National League squad for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game , but did not take part in the game. He finished the season with a win-loss of 14–9. In the 2017 season , Syndergaard only came to seven missions due to injury, in which he pitched 30.1 innings.

2018 was Syndergaard's best season to date with a win rate of 76.5%, two complete games, and the first shutout of his career. After a not so strong season in 2019 , in which he had the worst ERA of his career to date (4.28), he had to undergo Tommy John surgery in March 2020 . As a result, it will no longer be operational at least in the 2020 season .

Trivia

Syndergaard was given the nickname "Thor" based on the superhero of the same name from the Marvel universe. This is due to his Nordic appearance and similar hairstyle (long blonde hair), as well as the similarity of his surname to the name of the mythological place Asgard and the city of the same name from the Marvel universe.

Syndergaard has made several cameo appearances on television shows. In the fourth episode of season seven of Game of Thrones , he played a Lannisters javelin thrower in a battle scene. In the first season of the sitcom Kevin Can Wait , he played a man in Viking costume at a Halloween party. He also dubbed himself in an episode of the cartoon Uncle Grandpa .

Web links

Commons : Noah Syndergaard  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Noah Syndergaard Brings 'Thor' Nickname to Life, Walks Around NY in Costume. bleacher report, April 27, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ How Noah Syndergaard got his 'Thor' nickname. New York Post , March 4, 2014, accessed May 18, 2016 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} MLB - New York Mets: Noah Syndergaard missed entire season after Tommy John Surgery. spox, March 25, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Noah Syndergaard Minor League Statistics. baseball-reference.com, accessed on May 18, 2016 . 
5. ^ Dickey trade to Blue Jays official. Fox Sports, December 14, 2012, accessed May 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ All-Star Rosters packed with dynamic talent. mlb.com, July 5, 2016, accessed July 7, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard's strength, talent impossible to ignore. Retrieved October 9, 2018 . 
8. ↑ To All-Star New York Mets Pitcher Appeared on Sunday's 'Game of Thrones' . In: EW.com . ( ew.com [accessed October 9, 2018]).
9. ↑ Check out photos from Mets ace Noah Syndergaard's cameo on 'Kevin Can Wait' . In: NJ.com . ( nj.com [accessed October 9, 2018]).
10. ↑ Check out photos from Mets ace Noah Syndergaard's cameo on 'Kevin Can Wait' . In: NJ.com . ( nj.com [accessed October 9, 2018]).