Mets top pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard continued his brilliant 2015 season for Triple-A Las Vegas on Thursday. Syndergaard, the 11th best prospect in baseball according to Baseball America, struck out eight batters over eight innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits. He had a scoreless streak come to an end at 19 innings when he allowed a run to cross in the sixth.
Syndergaard also fell a triple shy of the cycle Thursday, going 3 for 4 with a home run, a double and and two RBI.
On the season, the right-hander has a crisp 1.82 ERA to go along with a 3-0 record and a 34:8 K:BB ratio in 29 2/3 innings for the 51s. If he keeps pitching with this kind of dominance, the Mets may not be able to keep him down on the farm for much longer.
Syndergaard seems to be next in line for when the Mets are in need of a spot start, according to Newsday.