PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Mets endured their first damage scare of 2024 on Wednesday when Kodai Senga skipped the crew’s exercise on account of what supervisor Carlos Mendoza termed “total arm fatigue.” Senga was on account of endure testing Wednesday afternoon, in keeping with an individual with information of the state of affairs, and the Mets hope to know extra quickly.
“After his aspect session yesterday, he got here in and skilled some arm fatigue,” Mendoza mentioned. “So he stayed inside, and we’re looking at him.”
Senga was unavailable to talk on his situation Wednesday as a result of he was receiving therapy, in keeping with a crew spokesman, who added that membership officers wished to chorus from speculating publicly earlier than receiving all of the info. One particular person near Senga mentioned he had motive to think about the problem minor, however added that Senga could be tough to learn.
There may be no extra essential member of the Mets’ rotation than Senga, who went 12-7 with a 2.98 ERA final season and made the Nationwide League All-Star crew as a rookie. With Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander out of the image, Senga entered this spring because the Mets’ unquestioned ace.
The crew has taken pains to maintain Senga wholesome since signing him to a five-year, $75 million contract in late 2022. Final season, the Mets made it so Senga made all however three of his 29 begins on 5 or extra days relaxation, benefiting from crew off days and typically including a sixth starter or shuffling different rotation members to accommodate him. In that manner, the Mets hoped to imitate a conventional Japanese once-per-week pitching schedule.
Senga completed with 166 1/3 innings, a quantity he had eclipsed simply twice over 11 seasons in Japan.
If Senga misses time, Tylor Megill is the possible subsequent man up within the rotation given his sturdy end to final season. However he can have competitors for the job; Mets officers are happy with the rotation depth group they’ve assembled, together with Joey Lucchesi, José Butto and Max Kranick. Prospects Mike Vasil, Christian Scott and Dominic Hamel are additionally edging nearer to the Majors.
“We’ve loads of names,” Mendoza mentioned.