If Syndergaard's surgery should not have been performed, the hospital and the surgeons are as much at fault as he is, if not more. They could have said no.
Perhaps because the Astros took it a new level with the decoding and garbage can banging from the dugout, while other teams were decoding and signaling from the basepaths, which has been going on forever.
Another key statement from that article I linked this morning:
A spokesperson for The Hospital for Special Surgery in Florida where Syndergaard’s surgery will take place told the paper: “The procedure in question—acute ligament injury with progressively worsening ulnar nerve symptoms—is defined as essential care.”
The crux of this is what is defined as "essential".
I'm not convinced either. I don't think Henry hired Bloom to act like Dombrowski.
And the news on Sale can't be doing much for Henry's opinion of big contracts.
They could beat it if Kabloom's cast of no-name acquisitions turn out to be mostly good ones, I guess. Plus I don't think he's totally done yet, assuming the season ever resumes.
Personally I don't care about those things. What I care about is that we have crushed them, and virtually every other team, in postseason success this century.
This story says Syndergaard is having the surgery in Florida. Also has some discussion about the preferential treatment thing.
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/noah-syndergaard-tommy-john-surgery-mets/1h4b4mb32iq7u194r0dmkxllcz