A sore arm kept from participating in a team workout.
On Wednesday, the New York Mets were conspicuously absent.
The squad’s star player for the upcoming campaign, Kodai Senga, did not take part in team exercises. Manager Carlos Mendoza reports that the 31-year-old Japanese sensation is being evaluated by club trainers due to arm fatigue that developed following his Tuesday side workout. It is unclear if he requires an MRI at this time, but the Mets will know more in the days ahead.
The Mets starting rotation, which is still developing, would suffer greatly if this turns out to be an injury.
Senga, a 2012–2022 Nippon Professional Baseball player, is now in the second year of a $75 million, five-year contract. He pitched 166 innings in 29 starts during his first campaign, finishing with a 12-7 record and 2.98 ERA. Senga, who was renowned for his devastating forkball, or the “Ghost Fork,” struck out 202 hitters at an average of 10.9 per nine innings. NL Rookie of the Year went to Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who received all but five votes to finish in second place. Carroll was declared the winner by a unanimous vote.
Senga is the uncontested ace of the Mets going into the 2024 season because of his stellar rookie campaign and the trades of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer during the 2023 trade deadline. The squad must now clutch its breath and pray that Senga’s arm weariness isn’t a more serious issue.
The Mets will have to decide who starts on Opening Day between Adrian Houser, Tylor Megill, Jose Quintana, and Luis Severino if Senga is forced to miss the start of the regular season.
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