Ex-New York Mets flamethrower Noah Syndergaard called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a “lunatic” and advised his former squad to “stop hanging out with socialist mayors” to end its on-field struggles.
The retired MLB pitcher delivered chin music to the Amazins and Mamdani during a Tuesday interview with Outkick host Tomi Lahren as he appeared to lean into the “Curse of the Mambino.”
“Stop hanging with socialist mayors I guess, probably,” Syndergaard said when Lahren asked how the Mets can turn their woeful season around.
The host of “Tomi Lahren is Fearless” then asked if the former pitcher believed that Mamdani cast a “curse” on the Mets when he hugged Mr. and Mrs. Mets near the start of the season at Citi Field.
“Something like that,” he replied.
“I mean, I hate saying it but at the end of the day the Mets are gonna Met and it’s just, I think I’m allowed to kind of say that cause I’ve bled orange and blue for, I don’t know, eight years, made it to the World Series with them.
“Just kind of disappointed to see A) who they’re inviting into their clubhouse and B) like just the lack of success that they’re having which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. I mean, they have a huge payroll and it’s not creating dividends for them.”
Following Mamdani’s hug heard round the world, the Mets lost 11 straight games as part of an embarrassing 12-game losing skid.
The team was firmly in last place in the National League East with a pathetic 16-25 record heading into Wednesday night’s game.
While the club has one of the highest payrolls in the sport, the Mets lost key players during the offseason like first baseman Pete Alonso and outfielder Brandon Nimmo.
Syndergaard, whose nickname is Thor, said both players – as well as former Mets pitching great Jacob DeGrom – were some of the “biggest conservatives” he played with and claimed they wanted out of the “craziness that’s going on in New York.”
He then tore into Mamdani while admitting he’d still love to play for the Mets or that other New York baseball team.
“But if I still played for the Mets or the Yankees I’d be like ‘oh, this is freaking awesome,’” he explained.
“I could block the crazy part out and still focus on I get to play a kid’s game in one of the greatest cities in the world, albeit ran by lunatic or I don’t know, he’s 34 years old. Is that right? Like I’m 33 and I can’t imagine being a mayor.”
Syndergaard also assailed the democratic socialist whom he said “never really held an actual job before” he became mayor.
Syndergaard spent six seasons on the mound for the Mets as part of a feared starting rotation including DeGrom and now-retired pitcher Matt Harvey.
The team reached the World Series during his rookie season in 2015 – though the Metropolitans ended up losing to the Kansas City Royals.
Syndergaard hopped around to a few other clubs after the Mets, last playing in 2023 with the Cleveland Guardians.
Synderhaard and other athletes spent some time with President Trump earlier this month to celebrate the GOP leader’s reinstatement of the Presidential Fitness Test.
