An ongoing “controversy” during the 2019 New York Mets season was the desire of pitcher Noah Syndergaard to pitch to practically anyone other than starting catcher Wilson Ramos. On two separate occasions, it leaked that he was unhappy whenever Ramos was behind the dish.
By year’s end, the Mets finally started pairing Tomas Nido or Rene Rivera with Syndergaard. They did so somewhat reluctantly as if they were giving into Syndergaard’s demands. In actuality, they were giving the team its best shot at winning.
Syndergaard wasn’t a lock to perform well whenever Nido or Rivera were catching him just as he didn’t always get pummeled whenever Ramos was there.