Noah Syndergaard insults Twitter troll, gets reprimanded by Mets

Noah Syndergaard, the New York Mets' top pitching prospect, got an earful from David Wright after he was spotted eating lunch in the clubhouse during a spring training game. And Friday, Syndergaard found himself getting an earful again — this time from the Mets after he got into a spat with a Twitter troll.

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Syndergaard was scratched from his scheduled start Friday with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s because he was sick. And, of course, some rabble-rouser on Twitter called out Syndergaard. This sort of thing happens quite often — an online troll is looking for attention from an athlete or celebrity and starts mouthing off.

Most of the time, these people get ignored, but Syndergaard felt compelled to defend himself. The conversation, captured by Newsday's Marc Carig, went as seen below. The Twitter troll, in a sure sign of shame, has since deleted his account.

The Mets, as you might recall, clashed with Matt Harvey over his Twitter account at one point. He deleted it, then brought it back. Keeping with that pattern, the Mets weren't too happy about Syndergaard responding to this troll.

Syndergaard's response on Twitter when people started to pile on him was, "I'm allowed to stick up for myself, aren't I?" Yes, he is. But when it comes to people in the public eye, sometimes it's not worth it. Celebs have more to lose than they can gain by getting snarky with a troll.

And you can bet that's what the Mets told Syndergaard.

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