PHILADELPHIA — Noah Syndergaard is well aware of the video that went viral in recent days of him pressing his fingers into his glove for an apparent substance before throwing a pitch.
But the Mets right-hander denies there was anything nefarious about his actions.
“If I were doctoring up the baseballs, I wouldn’t be throwing 86 mph sliders,” Syndergaard told The Post after the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Phillies on Wednesday.
On a cold night at Citizens Bank Park on Monday, it’s possible Syndergaard was concealing pine tar that would have helped him grip the baseball.