PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Noah Syndergaard stood tall on the pitcher’s mound, the breeze blowing his long blond hair as he looked in for the sign. It’s spring training, a time for players to ease themselves into a season that won’t begin for weeks.
But in this casual atmosphere, as fans in shorts and sunglasses chatted away and snapped their pictures, Syndergaard lost himself in a different time.
As the rest of the Mets went through the paces of another mundane day in camp, Syndergaard took the mound on Thursday as if it were already July.