PORT ST. LUCIE — Noah Syndergaard turned WBC into an acronym for “Won’t Be Coming.” And the decision never was complicated.
The Mets ace will watch several teammates depart for the World Baseball Classic within the next two weeks, sure he made the right choice to decline an invite from Team USA.
“It was a piece-of-cake decision,” Syndergaard said Wednesday. “My heart and desire is with the New York Mets and competing with them and striving for a world championship ring. I wasn’t interested.”
The Mets will send nine players from their 40-man roster to the tournament — the most of any team in the major leagues.