Noah Syndergaard has had a busy week. On Monday, he had a poor start against the Nationals; on Tuesday, he denied a report -- one confirmed by the Mets -- that he had a bone spur; and on Wednesday he joined the Boomer and Carton show (or guest host Chris Simms, anyway) to talk about how it was impacting him.

"I didn't want to make it sound like I was making an excuse for my poor performance the other night," Syndergaard said. He made a point to say that nothing is wrong with his elbow structurally, and that the spur only affects him on certain nights. "As long as I'm staying on my anti-inflammatories my elbow is feeling great." Syndergaard did concede that he's having to reduce his workload at times, and that he's being more careful not to rush his delivery and land on a hard front side -- since that's when he feels it the most.

Simms couldn't let Syndergaard go without talking about the other thing pestering the Mets ace: opposing basestealers. Syndergaard, to his credit, noted that Dwight Gooden and Nolan Ryan were pitchers who, like him, were more concerned about striking out the batter than checking the baserunners. Nonetheless, he added that he'd like to get better at holding runners in the future.

For those wondering how Syndergaard really feels about all this elbow talk: