Noah Syndergaard Fantasy Baseball Updates - Ben Rosener’s MLB Beat

Ben Rosener looks at the fantasy impact of the Cleveland Guardians reportedly designating veteran starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard for assignment.

Major League Baseball’s regular season continues, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter months. Lineup news, regular waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage.

This column aims to cover any fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. Has a player who's usually been hitting in the middle of a lineup suddenly batting eighth or ninth for an extended period? The fantasy implications will be covered here.

The same goes for injuries and injured list placements and whether or not you should consider picking up a player who was recently called up. Basically, any kernel of fantasy news and its relevance to fantasy managers could be covered here. Today, the news of the day is the fantasy impact of the Cleveland Guardians reportedly designating veteran starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard for assignment.

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Fantasy Baseball Impact Of The Cleveland Guardians Reportedly Designating Noah Syndergaard For Assignment

The Cleveland Guardians, per a tweet from Cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes on Sunday afternoon, reportedly designated starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard for assignment.

Hoynes tweeted the following:

The transaction later appeared on the club's transaction log at MLB.com.

Syndergaard started the year with the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing with the National League West club as a free agent, but struggled mightily, pitching to a 7.16 ERA and a 5.53 FIP in 12 starts spanning 55.1 innings. What was perhaps most alarming was the drop in strikeouts. Syndergaard registered just 38 strikeouts for the Dodgers.

Traded to Cleveland in a deal involving infielder Amed Rosario at the deadline, the veteran wasn’t as successful with the Guardians, logging a 5.40 ERA and a 7.35 FIP in 33.1 innings (six starts). Strikeout totals were again low, as the right-hander punched out just 18 for Cleveland.

Overall, the right-hander has walked just 19 batters this season, good for just 1.93 allowed per nine frames, but the lack of strikeouts significantly hampered his fantasy upside.

In the event that the longtime Met catches on with another team as a free agent before the end of the season, fantasy managers are probably better off looking elsewhere for rotation options or streaming help down the stretch due to Syndergaard’s low strikeout metrics.

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