Noah Syndergaard's first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers is not going according to plan, and it sounds like the struggles are starting to get to him.
A rough night against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday — seven hits, five runs , three homers and only two strikeouts in five innings — pushed the right-hander's season ERA up to 6.54, which would be the worst mark in the National League if he had enough innings to qualify.
That's a far cry from Syndergaard's past form with the New York Mets, with whom he held a career 3.32 ERA while pumping triple-digit hit. Syndergaard spoke with reporters after the game Wednesday and things proceeded to get, well, pretty dark."Trying to make big adjustments in between starts isn't the easiest," Syndergaard said."I would give my hypothetical first-born to be the old me again. I'll do anything possible to get back to that. I'm expected to go out there and compete, and today I just fell behind a lot of hitters.
As you can see, so far the opposite is happening. Syndergaard's sinker, his most-used pitch, averaged more than 97 mph in each of his first five seasons, a career-low 93.6 mph last year and is now averaging an even-lower 92.2 mph. Hitters are teeing off against it, hitting .292 and slugging .477 on the pitch this year.
"It really sucks," Syndergaard said."Right now I just feel like I'm the weakest link on this team. I want to go out there and compete and be successful for the other guys in this clubhouse, but it's just not working out."The team's injury woes caused them to promote top-20 prospect Bobby Miller to the rotation earlier than expected, but the rookie has allowed only two earned runs in 11 innings across his first two starts.
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