The Mets sandwiched four terrific starts (in wins) between two sub-par efforts (in losses). We can call coincidence that those sub-par efforts came with Noah Syndergaard pitching to Wilson Ramos.
But that would necessitate us taking up residence in the land of unreality with Mickey Callaway.
Before Friday’s series opener against the Dodgers, the Mets manager described Syndergaard as someone who “doesn’t let anything affect him,” when Callaway has been the sounding board (and at times yelling board) for Syndergaard’s stated desire to not pitch to Ramos. Callaway also continued to call Syndergaard “one of the five best pitchers pretty much on the planet,” which has only been tenable to believe the past three years when the righty has pitched to Tomas Nido or Rene Rivera.