Hard-throwing Noah Syndergaard will be on the mound for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night when they host the Tampa Bay Rays to begin a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.
And although the right-hander has returned from the Tommy John surgery that cost him most of two seasons, there still are milestones that need to be reached for a full recovery to be realized.
Two of those milestones came his last time out, when he made 100 pitches and lasted seven innings in a loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday.
It was his longest outing since Sept. 29, 2019, and the most pitches he’s thrown since he threw 108 on Sept. 18, 2019.
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