Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John Surgery has put the New York Mets in a position of uncertainty even beyond 2020. While the game itself is going through questions itself, when we narrow in on the Mets and their starting rotation, it’s impossible to predict what the 2021 starting rotation will look like.
The main reason for this is that they have only two starters signed through next year. Ace Jacob deGrom and lefty Steven Matz are the only ones aside from Syndergaard who have a contract. Because Syndergaard will likely miss at least the start of the 2021 season, the team will need to look elsewhere.