The 2020 season hasn’t even started yet, and the New York Mets already received their first major injury blow of the year. Noah Syndergaard, who was expected to be the team’s second starter, will not pitch at all this year and will miss at least the first half of the 2021 campaign.
As it turns out, the Mets’ starter has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The expectation, according to Jeff Passan, is that he goes under the knife with the Tommy John surgery in the upcoming days.
The New York Mets had six starters for five rotation spots prior to receiving the Thor news.