Dodgers, Noah Syndergaard ink 1-year, $13-million contract for 2023

The Dodgers signed veteran right-hander Noah Syndergaard to a one-year contract value a assured $13 million for the 2023 season. The deal was finalized on December 16, 2022.

Syndergaard had a 3.94 ERA and three.83 FIP in 25 video games, together with 24 begins with the Angels and Phillies in 2022, with 95 strikeouts and 31 walks in 134⅔ innings. His 16.8-percent strikeout charge was by far a profession low, and ranked 121st among the many 140 main league pitchers with at the least 100 innings final yr.

Tommy John surgical procedure in 2020 worn out almost two full seasons for Syndergaard, who was one of many Nationwide League’s greatest pitchers for the majority of his first 5 seasons with the Mets. He pitched a complete of two innings in 2020-21 mixed earlier than having a comparatively full season in 2022.

Syndergaard can earn as much as $1.5 million in efficiency bonuses, with $500,000 for every of 130, 150, and 170 innings.

The 30-year-old right-hander rounds out a Dodgers beginning rotation that features Julio Urías, Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin, and Dustin Could, with Ryan Pepiot, Michael Grove, Bobby Miller, and Gavin Stone ready within the wings in Triple-A ought to Los Angeles must deliver up one other beginning pitcher.