Noah Syndergaard's bone spur too insignificant to operate

Noah Syndergaard finished 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA last season. AP Photo/Julie JacobsonSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Virtually every starting pitcher with the New York Mets is coming off surgery, but Noah Syndergaard is an exception.

Despite team officials acknowledging a bone spur in Syndergaard's pitching elbow this past summer, team doctors determined the ace did not need to have it removed -- even after the season.

General manager Sandy Alderson expressed confidence Tuesday that the issue is really a non-issue and predicted it will not become a topic for discussion again in 2017.

"I think this one is so insignificant in the eyes of the physicians," Alderson said. "It was probably blown a little bit out…