New York Mets RHP Noah Syndergaard delivers a pitch during his major-league debut in 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Former Lansing Lugnuts and current New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard underwent Tommy John surgery Thursday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He is expected to return sometime during the 2021 season.

In the Midwest League, Syndergaard went 8-5 with a 2.60 ERA, 122 strikeouts and 31 walks in 103.2 innings (27 games/19 starts) for the 2012 Lugnuts, and struck out nine batters in nine innings in two starts for Lansing in late 2011.

Noah Syndergaard pitched for the Lansing Lugnuts in 2011 and 2012. (Photo by Craig Wieczorkiewicz/The Midwest League Traveler)