Monday, July 31, 2023

Noah Syndergaard - What's The Over/Under

 OK, tonight begins the Noah Syndergaard era in Cleveland Guardians' history.  

I really have trouble typing that with a straight face as we all understand that this is a hail mary/shot-in-the-dark/throw-it-against-the-wall-and-hope-that-it-sticks sort of move that likely is just window dressing to not piss off fans that we gave Rosario away for nothing and are still paying the equivalent of his salary for that privilege.   

But it begs the question;  How long will Noah Syndergaard be a Cleveland Guardian? 

Thinking back, Pablo Sandoval, Alexi Ogando, Tom Gorzelany, Gavin Floyd, Brett Myers come to mind as veterans with good resumes who were brought into help or as balancing for trades that were made and who made little impact.  Kerry Wood represents another tier, famous guys who were brought into help and helped at least a little.

So where are we with Syndergaard?  Well, I thought I would do a little gambling thing here and establish and over/under for his time with the Guardians.  (no actual gambling or wagering is intended, just a sense of how long we will be seeing Mr. Syndergaard).

So, the over/under I am establishing is September 1st.   That is, do you think that Syndergaard will be active with the Guardians ML team (i.e., not counting DL time)?

How many of you are taking the over (he will be active past September 1st) or the under (he will be released or put on the IL for the rest of the season) before September 1st.

Personally, my heart is rooting for the "over" but I think, with what he has said so far (blaming at least part of his struggles on bad coaching) that we are looking at the "under", with him being toast in this organization before September 1st.

Make me look bad, Noah.   This organization needs you to help us out for the rest of the season, not with excuses or days on the DL, but with 6- and 7-inning starts and more wins than losses in those starts.

Can you do that for us?  Heaven knows, looking at the list above, that we haven't had much luck with that in the past and, recently, this FO has not had any aptitude at making trades.  

So, readers of this forum, what do you think?  Are you taking the over or the under here?


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