A healthy Noah Syndergaard may get back to the dominance he flashed as a young starting pitcher, but it won’t be with the Mets. The right-hander agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, joining a team that is long on star power but short on pitching.
Syndergaard, 29, will give the Angels the pitcher with the highest upside in this year’s free agent class, but one who also comes with a great deal of risk. While the commitment is for only one year, Los Angeles paid a steep price, guaranteeing the hard-throwing Syndergaard $21 million and sacrificing a compensatory draft pick to the Mets, who had extended a qualifying offer that would have paid Syndergaard $18.