DENVER — No one ever called David Cone a diva. He never felt like a diva, even in 2000 when he pushed to work with a catcher besides Jorge Posada.
Nevertheless, the two-time former Met and current YES Network broadcaster didn’t offer his unconditional support for Noah Syndergaard. Rather, Cone offered some counsel to his fellow right-hander as he deals with his own catching crisis.
“All I can say is it’s very real. There’s a very real element to a pitcher to have synergy with a catcher,” Cone said Tuesday in a telephone interview. “The flip side of that is, it’s still incumbent on a pitcher to do anything he can to work with any catcher.