Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard wowed in his spring debut Monday, allowing just one hit in two scoreless innings while striking out two in his team's 6-2 win over the Braves.
"Today was a big test,'' manager Terry Collins said. "You've got the Atlanta Braves. The leadoff hitter is as big as you are. That kind of shows you aren't in Kansas anymore. You're where the big guys play, and he handled it.''
Syndergaard has established himself as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, ranking in the top 16 on both the Baseball America and MLB.com preseason top-prosect lists. He went 9-4 with a 3.06 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 133:28 K:BB ratio in 117 2/3 innings between high Class A St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamtom last season.