Kodai Senga - MLB News, Rumors, & Updates

Slated for another Triple-A start Senga is expected to make another start at Triple-A Syracuse during the upcoming week, Will Sammon and Tim Britton of The Athletic report.

Impact After accepting a demotion to the minors Sept. 5 following a string of poor outings, Senga shined in his first start with Syracuse this past Friday, striking out eight batters over six innings while allowing one earned run on three hits and no walks. Unless the Mets place a player on a reserve list and recall Senga in a corresponding move, however, the right-hander won't be eligible to join the big club until Sept. 20. With that in mind, he'll stick around at Triple-A and will presumably stay on his typical five days' rest schedule to make his next start Thursday. If all goes well in that outing, Senga will likely rejoin the Mets for the final week of the regular season, but his exact role remains in flux. The Mets are already planning on using Sean Manaea in a piggyback role behind starter Clay Holmes on Tuesday against the Padres as the team transitions from a six-man rotation to a five-man setup during the upcoming week, and Senga could be deployed in a similar capacity as Manaea upon his return to the big club. Rookie Jonah Tong has struggled with both his command and control in his last two starts and may benefit from being used in a tandem when Senga is recalled, if Senga doesn't replace Tong in the rotation outright.

SEPTEMBER 15 • ROTOWIRE

Makes case to return to majors Senga allowed one run on three hits over six innings for Triple-A Syracuse on Friday. He struck out eight without walking a batter.

Impact The 32-year-old right-hander allowed himself to be optioned to the minors to try and get right after stumbling to a 6.56 ERA, 1.71 WHIP and 35:22 over his last eight starts and 35.2 innings for the Mets, and Senga's first turn in the Syracuse rotation provided a great deal of hope that he might still be able to boost New York's fading playoff hopes, as he fired 52 of 74 pitches for strikes in an efficient performance. Per Jared Greenspan of MLB.com, the original plan was to have Senga make two starts at Triple-A to get used to some mechanical tweaks before a return to the majors was considered, but with Jonah Tong having been routed by the Rangers on Friday and the Mets' lead over the Giants for the final wild-card spot in the NL having slipped to half a game, the organization may not be able to afford that kind of patience. Absent an IL move to create a spot on the 26-man roster for him, Senga isn't eligible to return to the Mets until Sept. 20.

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Dodgers lead with 26 pitch clock violations. Baz tops pitchers with 6, Butler heads batters with 3

'It's Pain': The Mets' $340 Million Payroll Found A Way To Miss the Playoffs

Mets can't overcome poor 2nd half of season, miss playoffs with season-ending loss at Miami

Senga is not guaranteed a roster spot if the Mets make the playoffs, and Garrett is sidelined again

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