Dodgers sign Noah Syndergaard

December 16th, 2022

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on a one-year deal for $13 million for the 2023 season.

Syndergaard, 30, spent the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies, going a combined 10-10 with a 3.94 ERA (59 ER/134.2 IP) and 95 strikeouts in 25 games (24 starts). He made 15 starts for the Angels to start the season, going 5-8 with a 3.83 ERA before being traded to Philadelphia on August 2 in exchange for outfielders Jadiel Sanchez and Mickey Moniak.

He began his Major League career in New York, pitching six seasons for the Mets (2015-2021) and going a combined 47-31 with a 3.32 ERA (293 ER/718.0 IP) and 777 strikeouts in 121 games (120 starts). In 2015, he finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting and lead the Mets to the 2015 World Series. The Texas native made the All-Star team in 2016, going 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA (53 ER/183.2 IP) and 218 strikeouts in 31 games for the Mets, while finishing amongst the league leaders in ERA (3rd), strikeouts (T-4th) and FIP (1st, 2.29).

He was originally drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (38th overall) of the 2010 First Year Player Draft out of Legacy High School (Mansfield, TX).