Dominant Syndergaard drawing comparisons to Nolan Ryan

Noah Syndergaard has already earned the nickname Thor because of his striking resemblance to the comic book hero, and now the 23-year-old New York Mets flamethrower is being compared to the greatest strikeout pitcher in baseball history.

"He looks like Nolan Ryan," former Mets pitcher Ron Darling recently told the New York Post. "He walks like him. He acts like him, throws like him. He just has better control than Nolan had at that age. From my seat I'm having a hard time finding the words describing what he is doing."

Syndergaard has been almost unhittable during the 2016 campaign, sporting an ERA of 0.90, while striking out a major-league leading 29 hitters, making the Ryan comparison seem like a good one.

First 2 MLB seasons

Syndergaard's use of both a fastball and sinker that can sit above 100 miles-per-hour, to go along with arguably the best slider in baseball, have helped him make hitters looks silly early on in the season.

"He's got the belief that he's going to go out there, it's not to pitch well, it's not to win, it’s to dominate," Darling explained. "And you can see it from the first pitch he throws, body language, how he conducts himself. It's remarkable what he has done in the last year."

The hard-throwing right-hander is one piece of a formidable Mets rotation that also features Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, and Steven Matz.