"We're going to continue to put the best players on the field at all times and every one of our players in there is going to compete to the best of their ability and only worry about the team."

Van Wagenen said he respected Syndergaard for sharing his feelings.

"We listened to him, he understands our thought process that he may have other catchers catch him," the first-year GM said. "No different than he has earlier in the course of the season and we'll continue to make those evaluations on a day by day basis that gives us a chance to win."

Syndergaard gave up four runs in five innings in a 10-7 loss to the Phillies on Sunday with Ramos catching.

The right-hander is 10-7 with a career-high 4.06 ERA in 28 starts this season. His name was mentioned in trade speculation as the July 31 deadline approached.

Syndergaard can be a free agent following the 2021 season. Ramos signed a two-year, $19 million contract as one of Van Wagenen's free agent acquisitions in his first offseason since moving from being an agent to New York's front office.

"Wilson is a good player, Noah is a very good player,'' Van Wagenen said. "Everybody out there is doing their best to try to win a game, so my comfort level with all those guys is that every time somebody takes the field, they're going to give their all.''

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.