Every thing went nicely for Kodai Senga in what the Mets hope can be his one and solely rehab begin.
Pitching for the primary time since he strained his proper hamstring, Senga allowed 4 runs (three earned) over 3.2 innings with Double-A Binghamton on Saturday night time.
Senga threw 68 pitches and gave up six hits and two walks with 4 strikeouts in opposition to the Hartford Yard Goats.
“He physically feels fine, so we’ll see how today, tomorrow go, and then hopefully he’s making a start for us next time,” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated earlier than Sunday afternoon’s 6-4 loss to the Yankees at Citi Area.
Senga is 7-3 with a 1.47 ERA in 13 begins this season.
He may very well be an possibility to begin for the Mets as quickly as subsequent weekend’s sequence in Kansas Metropolis.
Senga suffered a Grain 1 pressure — the bottom degree of severity — as he lined first base throughout a June 12 win over the Washington Nationals. The proper-hander, 32, landed on the 15-day injured record the following day however was by no means shut down from throwing, which helped expedite his rehab.
“I feel great,” Senga stated by means of an interpreter on June 24. “I’m recovering really well.”
Since Senga’s damage, the Mets have misplaced fellow starters Tylor Megill to an elbow sprain, Griffin Canning to a season-ending Achilles tear and Paul Blackburn to a shoulder impingement.
They misplaced 14 of their first 17 video games after Senga went to the IL.
“We saw it when he went down, how hard it was for us,” Mendoza stated. “He’s a big part of this team. He’s a big part of this rotation, and for us to be able to get him back this quickly [is huge]. When he went down, in my head, it was more like after the All-Star break, and then for him to be in play for us now before we go on the All-Star break is huge for us.”
Shoulder and calf strains restricted Senga to at least one regular-season begin final yr.
Throughout spring coaching, Senga stated his objective this yr is to pitch not less than 162 innings, which might qualify him for MLB’s statistical leaderboards and thus point out a wholesome season.
The Mets might additionally get left-hander Sean Manaea again for the sequence in Kansas Metropolis. He’s set to make what may very well be his last rehab begin on Tuesday with Triple-A Syracuse.
Manaea has not pitched within the majors after struggling an indirect pressure throughout spring coaching. His rehab task was briefly interrupted when an MRI revealed a unfastened physique in his throwing elbow, for which he acquired a cortisone shot.
WINKER’S WORK
The Mets’ lineup might get a key enforcement throughout the upcoming highway journey, too.
Jesse Winker (indirect pressure) was set to play what may very well be his last minor-league rehab recreation on Sunday with Triple-A Syracuse.
“We’ll check with him after the game today and see if there’s a chance for him to be active on Tuesday,” Mendoza stated.
Winker, who has been out since Could 4, entered Sunday with three hits, together with a house run, in 11 at-bats over 4 minor-league video games.
The lefty-swinging designated hitter is batting .239 with a homer and 10 RBI in 24 MLB video games this season.
STARLING SCARE
Starling Marte’s knee “flared up” throughout the ninth inning of Sunday’s recreation, Mendoza stated afterward.
Marte missed almost two months final season with a bone bruise in his proper knee.
“[It is] the same knee that he had issues with last year, spring training, so they’re taking a look at him right now to see what we’re dealing with,” Mendoza stated.
Marte began in left area on Sunday and went 3-for-5 with a stolen base.
OTHER UPDATES
Jose Siri was set to bear an MRI over the weekend to find out whether or not his fractured left tibia had healed, in response to Mendoza. The speedy outfielder has been out since April 12.
“He still has a way to go,” Mendoza stated.
Proper-handed reliever Max Kranick is rehabbing his proper elbow pressure on the Mets’ facility in Port St. Lucie. He has been out since June 15.
“Last report I got was [that] he’s feeling a lot better, almost symptom-free, so he should be close to starting a throwing progression,” Mendoza stated.
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