Syndergaard allowed three hits and a walk over 2.1 shutout innings Wednesday while striking out one in Grapefruit League action against the Red Sox.
His fastball was sitting at 97 mph and occasionally touching 100, and Syndergaard suggested after the game that he wasn't even throwing it at full strength yet. "I don't think I've really amped it up to 100 percent yet, just because I want to be able to feel everything that's going on in my mechanics," he said. "Once I start to feel more comfortable, that's when I start ramping it up." That bodes very poorly for opposing hitters this season, as the 24-year-old looks to build on his 2016 breakout campaign.