Video: Noah Syndergaard Confident He'll Stay with Mets Amid Trade Rumors

New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard believes he will still be with the team following Wednesday's 4 p.m. ET trade deadline.

"I am, yeah," he said when asked if he is confident New York will not trade him:

The comment came after Syndergaard allowed one unearned run, five hits and a walk while striking out 11 in 7.1 innings of work during New York's 5-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.

Bob Nightengale of USA Today furthered the notion the pitcher will not be traded when he cited a Mets executive who said the fact that he pitched Tuesday suggests there is no trade on the immediate docket.

The Mets did not look like realistic contenders when they started the season poorly, and trading someone of Syndergaard's caliber to a team looking for starting pitching help to get it over the top could help them reload the farm system for the future.

Still, the 51-55 Mets have won five games in a row and are within striking distance of the second wild-card spot at this point. They are just five games back and gaining momentum, and the right-hander proved how valuable he can be down the stretch with his latest performance.

The Mets already resembled buyers rather than sellers when they surprised the baseball world and traded for Marcus Stroman, and they now have a rotation that features the newest addition plus Jacob deGrom, Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz.

That gives New York a chance in any game.

The argument can be made the team would be better off trading Wheeler, considering he is a free agent after this season and could leave, but Syndergaard is under team control until 2022. He can help the team make a run this year and anchor the rotation alongside deGrom and Stroman next season as well.

It appears as if the Mets are going to hold on to Syndergaard. He even said so himself.