NEW YORK -- Nineteen months ago, before his rookie season, Noah Syndergaard had his lunch tossed into the garbage by New York Mets veterans David Wright and Bobby Parnell because he decided to chow down during a spring-training game rather than be present in the dugout.
Now Syndergaard is the most feared member of the team's depleted rotation. And he is battle-tested as he prepares to oppose San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner in Wednesday's National League wild-card game at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Syndergaard, 24, had a 14-9 record and 2.