Noah Syndergaard finally conceded Wednesday he had lied earlier in the week about not having a bone spur in his elbow. The Mets ace said it was just to avoid the injury being construed as an excuse for lackluster outings and downplayed the notion of having discomfort when throwing.
“Sometimes it can be a little bit irritating, but the whole reason I basically denied it was because I didn’t want to make it sound like I was making an excuse for my poor performance the other night,” Syndergaard said on the “Boomer and Carton” show on WFAN. “There’s no structural damage; as long as I’m staying on my anti-inflammatories, my elbow is feeling great.