It was Noah Syndergaard who once said about hitters getting bent out of shape due to being pitched inside: “They can meet me 60 feet and six inches away.”

New Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland, with the go from manager Mickey Callaway, has instilled in his pitching staff the importance of pitching inside to opposing batters.

“Don’t let hitters get comfortable,’’ Eiland told The New York Post about the style of pitching he wants his Mets hurlers to have on the mound. “When you’re pitching, you have to be feared.”

Eiland didn’t mince words in elaborating on what he meant.

“There is one stat I hope we lead the league in, and that’s hit batters,’’ he said.

In order to take control of the plate, Eiland expects his pitchers to be in command.

“Not because we are trying to hit guys, we’re not head-hunting,’’ Eiland said. “It’s because we are pitching them off the plate.

“And they’re diving,’’ Eiland added. “Is there anybody who doesn’t have body armor now? You see a lot of guys who are hitting good pitches that are down and away, that’s because they don’t have a fear of the ball in.

“I am not saying we are going to throw at people’s heads because we’re not. We are not going to throw behind them. We’re going to go in and when we go in, if we miss, we are going to miss in off the plate and we are going to hit some guys.

“That’s the way it goes.’’

Eiland was in the opposing dugout when Syndergaard dropped Alcides Escobar to the ground with some high cheese to lead off Game 3 of the 2015 World Series.

“Actually, after that first pitch I knew we were not going to win that game,” Eiland said. “The way we reacted to that. I leaned over to our bench coach and said, ‘Well, [Kelvin] Herrera, [Wade] Davis, [Luke] Hochevar and [Ryan] Madson won’t be pitching tonight because they got us on this one. We’re not winning this one.’’’

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom has bought into the philosophy of pitching inside.

“Guys aren’t as comfortable when you pitch inside,” Jacob deGrom said. “It’s your plate. You want to own both sides of it. You’re away, away, away they get comfortable. Bring one in, it doesn’t even have to be that far off the plate and they are going to say, ‘Well, he’s going to come in here.’ It just puts that in their minds.’’

The Mets pitching will need to be their strength if they wish to compete in 2018. Hopefully, taking back the inner portion of the plate will only help them dominate hitters and strike fear in their opponents.