Mets GM: Syndergaard, Matz have bone spurs

NEW YORK -- Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged the presence of bone spurs in the back of the pitching elbows of Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard, but expected the duo will continue pitching.

Alderson indicated that Matz's spur is more significant and he will need to have it surgically removed, although the hope is it can wait until after the season. Surgery would require a three-month recovery time, so any in-season procedure would end at least Matz's 2016 regular-season contribution.

Alderson described Syndergaard's bone spur as "very small" and suggested 90 percent of major league pitchers have something comparable. Syndergaard is being treated with anti-inflammatory…