That Noah Syndergaard, the New York Mets’ “Thor,” could be out a few months with a partial tear in his latissimus dorsi muscle should be a cautionary tale for all pitchers who try to bust the 100 mph mark in pitch speed. Syndergaard, who often has been clocked at 102, has made no secret of wanting to be the hardest thrower of his time, and the righthander has weight-trained to help himself become stronger.
But no less an authority than former Mets star righthander Dwight “Doc” Gooden, who probably threw just as hard when they used real radar guns, told New York reporters last week that he doesn’t agree with pitchers bulking up to throw harder.