Report: Angels, Noah Syndergaard in agreement on one-year, $21M deal

November 16, 2021 - 10:27am

New York Mets' Noah Syndergaard pitches during the first inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

The Los Angeles Angels and right-hander Noah Syndergaard are in agreement on a one-year, $21-million contract, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

BREAKING: Right-hander Noah Syndergaard and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $21 million deal, pending physical, sources tell ESPN.

The Angels bolster their staff with the highest-upside arm on the market — and pay a heavy price, plus a second-rounder.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 16, 2021

The Angels will have to give up a second-round draft pick as part of the deal as the New York Mets had made Syndergaard a qualifying offer.

Syndergaard, 29, has played his entire career with the Mets thus far, earning an All-Star nod in 2016. The Toronto Blue Jays drafted him in the first round in 2010.

The Mansfield, TX., native hasn’t pitched much since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2020 and suffering a series of setbacks. He logged two innings in 2021.