With the New York Mets preparing for their biggest season since 2016, they’ll need one of their best pitchers to improve off last year’s performance.
During the 2019 campaign, Noah Syndergaard produced a career-high 4.28 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 3.83 xFIP, 1.23 WHIP, .252 OPP AVG, 24.5% strikeout rate, 6.1% walk rate, 13.3% HR/FB rate, along with a 4.4 fWAR rating over his 197.2 innings pitched.
The biggest reason for these unusual results from the NL All-Star hurler is because of his unreliable breaking ball. Through his five seasons in the majors, Syndergaard has utilized his slider around 20% of the time and has consistently thrown it at 92 mph.