White Sox has signed former All-Star Right Noah Syndergaard According to James Fegan of Sox Machine, a minor league contract was signed. CAA clients will head to the Team Spring Complex in Arizona.
The 33-year-old in August has not competed in the Grand Slam since Syndergaard assigned the 2023 season on August 33. The former Mets star was one of the most promising young weapons of the year 2015-19, and the injury derailed his career. Syndergaard posted a total of 3.31 ERA in 716 innings over the five years with a strikeout rate of 26.4% and a 5.6% walking rate, but never got back on track after multiple arm injuries, most notably including Tommy John Surgery.
Angels signed Syndergaard after the surgery, earned a huge $21mm of 21mm in a one-year contract and seized the draft pick – the Mets sent him a qualified offer – hoping he could regain his ace form. He was more like the fourth starter with a halo, recording a 3.83 ERA, hitting out rate below average and the heater dropped more than three miles per hour. They handed him over to the Philadelphia Minnieke He gave Philadelphia a similar performance before the ’22 trade deadline.
A deal to join the Dodgers in 2023 was not eliminated, and Los Angeles swaps him for another underperforming veteran (Amed Rosario) The deadline agreement reached with Cleveland that year. Syndergaard was about a month after the deal, neither club was suitable for the club and was released by the ward. Despite rumors of Padres and the Pirates’ interest, he chose to sign anywhere in the 2024 season. Midway through last summer, Syndergaard reportedly turned his attention to his 2025 comeback. This will be in the form of an early summer deal with the reconstruction of the rebuilt White Sox Club, which can provide ample opportunities.
All in all, Syndergaard has only invested 225 1/3 innings in the profession since Tommy John’s surgery. At that time, he reached 4.99 ERA with a strikeout rate of 15.9%, from his previous standard deviation. Syndergaard’s fastball at the summit averaged 98.6 mph, but 93.2 mph after surgery, including an average speed of 92.2 mph between Cleveland and Los Angeles in 2023.
With Tommy John’s surgery becoming universal in today’s sports, it’s easy to assume that the surgery will be a 14-month (giving or taking) pitcher’s path – from which they will bounce back to full strength or something close to it. Syndergaard is a key reminder that such surgeries are not committed to rebounding to approximate values in full intensity or even peak form. Hopefully he can get back on track with the South side, but given his post-operative performance and major league layoffs are now close to two calendar years, Syndergaard is more or less a risk-free lottery for GM Chris Getz’s Club.
