Thor Syndergaard Once Tossed 100 Miles, Will He Have 92 Miles of ML Rechallenge From 121 Defeat Rebuilding Team

Jun 25, 2025

Thor Syndergaard Once Tossed 100 Miles, Will He Have 92 Miles of ML Rechallenge From 121 Defeat Rebuilding Team
Noah Syndergaard spent her youth in her 20s in the New York Mets. Syndergaard of 2021 last thrown from the Mets. AP Yonhap News



Noah Syndergaard, who commanded the mound with his long hair flying and muscular body, decided to challenge the major leagues again at the Chicago White Sox.

MLB.com said on the 25th (Korea time) 'Cinderguard has begun its move to return to the big league. He signed a minor league contract with the White Sox. He is training in Glendale, Ariz., a spring training camp for the White Sox, he reported.

Syndergaard last took the mound in the Major League Baseball on August 28, 2023, when he was with the Cleveland Guardians. At that time, he started against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Center, giving up four hits and three walks in six innings and allowing five runs. However, he was released shortly after that and gained free agency, but failed to find a new team.




Syndergaard, who was born in August 1992, is 33 years old this year, and is still eligible to play as an active player. However, it is not easy to make a comeback as the recent gap has been long due to frequent injuries.

Syndergaard, who joined the team after being drafted by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2010 draft, made his major league debut in 2015 and stood as the top pitcher. He pitched 150 innings in 24 games that year, ranking fourth in the NL Rookie of the Year vote with a 9-7 record and a 3.14 ERA, and led the team to the World Series.

Thor Syndergaard Once Tossed 100 Miles, Will He Have 92 Miles of ML Rechallenge From 121 Defeat Rebuilding Team
Noah Syndergaard will challenge for the Chicago White Sox. Syndergaard during his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers in April 2023. AP Yonhap News
In 2016, he marked 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA and 218 strikeouts, marking a career high by being selected as an All-Star. He took only seven appearances in 2017 due to a ruptured dorsal muscle, but continued to pitch at the highest level with 13 wins and 4 losses and an ERA of 3.03 despite being on the injured list twice due to finger ligament injuries in 2018.




He started 32 games in 2019 and peaked at 10-8 with a 4.28 ERA, and began his downward path with Tommy John Surgery in 2020. After returning to the last minute in 2021, he became an FA and moved to the Los Angeles Angels at the end of that year, and he seemed to succeed in making a comeback with a 10-10 record and a 3.94 ERA in 25 total games in 2022 traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.

However, he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023 and ended the season ambitiously, but after throwing 12 games, he was placed on the injured list due to severe finger blisters, and was traded to Cleveland at the end of July that year when his recovery was slow and his return to the big league was delayed.

Syndergaard, who pitched 88 ⅔ innings in a total of 18 games for the two teams in 2023, will leave the Major League after the end of the season with a 2-6 record and a 6.50 ERA.




The White Sox, who had their worst season ever with 41 wins and 121 losses last year, are struggling at the bottom of the AL Central with 25 wins and 54 losses as of the 24th. The club is advocating rebuilding, but the situation seems to be so bad that it brought Syndergaard.

Syndergaard was in the spotlight as a power pitch with a fastball of up to 100 miles during his time with the Mets, but he couldn't find his old ball as his speed dropped sharply after his elbow injury. His average sinker and fastball restraint in 2023 was 92.3 miles.





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