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Thor still looking to neutralize runners
- Updated: May 7, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Word is out around the league, and has been for some time now. Teams are running. So when Noah Syndergaard allowed a one-out single in the second inning of Friday’s 2-0 Mets loss to the Padres, a phalanx of scouts whipped out their stopwatches, timing his much-publicized move to home plate.
It wasn’t noticeably different, according to one scout in attendance, still in the realm of 1.4 seconds. So it’s not surprising that the end result wasn’t terribly different, either — a Jemile Weeks stolen base in the fifth inning directly led to the Padres’ second run, when Jon Jay laced a single up the middle to score him from second.
But Syndergaard and the Mets do feel they are making tangible improvements to his performance against the running game.
“I feel like I finally figured it out,” Syndergaard said. “I was a little quicker during innings one through five. But I really felt a lot more comfortable in the sixth inning. I made a little slight mechanical adjustment that helped me be quicker toward home plate, and also deliver a quality …
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