During Monday night’s game against the Phillies, Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki took a pitch from Noah Syndergaard off his chest protector. It’s got “protector” in its name, so surely it’s one of the few parts of a catcher’s body that’s safe from balls/bats/sliding human beings/the general havoc of home plate. No?
Noah Syndergaard pitched so hard he left a cross-shaped welt on his catcher
How hard does Syndergaard throw? Plawecki blocked a pitch w/ his chest. Theres now an imprint where his necklace was pic.twitter.com/Sd52ije5PZ
— Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) April 19, 2016
Maybe not with Noah Syndergaard.
Syndergaard clocked 100 mph or faster 12 times over the course of Monday’s game, according to Sports Illustrated. His average sinker speed in was 100.1 mph. His ERA currently stands at 0.90.
