Noah Syndergaard is back in baseball.
Syndergaard signed a minor league deal with the White Sox on Tuesday and reported to the team complex in Glendale, Ariz, CHSN reported on Tuesday
The former Mets superstar pitcher has been out of baseball since 2023 after spending some time with the Dodgers and Guardians.
Syndergaard, still just 32, was among the best pitchers in baseball upon his arrival in the big leagues in 2015, finishing eighth in the NL Cy Young voting in 2016 after posting 218 strikeouts in 183 ⅔ innings with a 2.60 ERA.
At his best, “Thor” was best known for his physically imposing 6-foot-6 height with long dangling blonde hair to go along with a triple-digit fastball and wipeout slider.
He was traded to the Mets from the Blue Jays for Cy Young knuckleballer R.A. Dickey in 2012.
Syndergaard, along with Jacob DeGrom, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz, formed what the Mets expected to be their next great rotation.
Syndergaard underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the 2020 season, while also barely pitching in 2021.
The Mets made him an $18.4 million qualifying offer in the 2022 offseason, but Syndergaard wound up rejecting it in favor of a $21 million offer from the Angels.
In his time with the Angels, he pitched to a 3.83 ERA in 15 games before being traded to the Phillies at the deadline where he pitched for them through a run to the World Series.
Things unraveled for Syndergaard from there.
In 2023, he signed with the Dodgers and had a disastrous 7.16 ERA.
After a particularly poor start in June, a dejected Syndergaard had nothing good to say about his new reality as a pitcher.
“I would give my hypothetical first-born to be the old me again. I’ll do anything possible to get back to that,” he told reporters. “I’m expected to go out there and compete, and today I just fell behind a lot of hitters.”
After he was released, Syndergaard moved on to the Guardians, where he also struggled, starting in six games and posting a 6.50 ERA.
Syndergaard spent some time in March with former Mets manager Terry Collins, visiting Mets fans to celebrate Opening Day.
Syndergaard was famously on the mound during Collins’ epic meltdown on May 28, 2016, for throwing at Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley.
He now looks to resurrect his baseball career with a new opportunity.
