So far it’s been a swing and a miss with the Noah Syndergaard experiment. The right-hander said all the right things when he signed a one year, $13 million deal with the Dodgers in December but the tone has changed drastically with each appearance in blue.
First, all the talk was centered on the return of his 99mph fastball. With the Dodgers, he felt he should be able to get the stuff back that made him one of the better pitchers in baseball at one point — stuff he’s been searching for since returning from 2020 Tommy John surgery.