Noah Syndergaard is the man. Jacob deGrom is pretty cool, too. In his best days, Matt Harvey was untouchable. All three of these New York Mets pitchers have spent time at the cool kid’s table at some point in his career.
There’s something different about the love for a starting pitcher and the admiration for a position player. Starting pitchers only show up once every five days. Even if we remember their names and faces, they disappear from a part of us. This doesn’t happen with position players. We get to adore them every day.