New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga, the foremost league ERA chief, was recognized with a Grade 1 pressure of his proper hamstring Friday, hours after he was positioned on the 15-day injured checklist.
Supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated after the Mets’ 7-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays that Senga might be shut down for 2 weeks earlier than being re-evaluated.
“Speaking to the trainers, they really feel like we received some excellent news right here,” Mendoza stated.
Senga was injured protecting first base on a grounder to Pete Alonso within the sixth inning of Thursday’s win over the Washington Nationals. In line with Mendoza, Senga stated he felt his hamstring seize one stride earlier than he made a leaping catch of Alonso’s excessive throw to retire CJ Abrams.
Senga is 7-3 with a 1.47 ERA for the Mets, whose starters have the bottom ERA within the bigs at 2.78 regardless of lacking Sean Manaea (proper indirect) and Frankie Montas (proper lat), each of whom have been injured in spring coaching.
Paul Blackburn will change Senga within the rotation subsequent Wednesday in opposition to Atlanta. Blackburn made his third look of the season Friday and was charged with 4 runs in one-third of an inning in reduction of Clay Holmes.
“You hate to see it, particularly speaking a couple of man like Senga with the way in which he’s been throwing the baseball,” Mendoza stated earlier than the sport Friday. “However we additionally really feel good with the pitching that we’ve received at present in place. They’ve been doing it the entire 12 months and they’re going to proceed to take action.
“However dropping Senga clearly is a tricky one right here.”
The leg damage is the second in as many seasons for Senga, who strained his left calf in his solely regular-season begin final July 26. After lacking the primary 102 video games due to a proper shoulder pressure, Senga gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings in opposition to the Braves earlier than he was injured sprinting off the mound to clear room for Alonso to catch a pop-up by Austin Riley.
Senga returned to make three appearances, together with two transient begins, within the playoffs.
To interchange Senga on the lively roster, the Mets recalled reliever Max Kranick from Triple-A Syracuse. Kranick took the loss Friday after giving up two runs in 1 2/3 innings.
The Mets are anticipated to get additional rotation reinforcements quickly with Montas and Manaea.
President of baseball operations David Stearns stated Friday that Montas was anticipated to make two extra begins within the minors, although that was earlier than he allowed eight runs in 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Syracuse as his ERA throughout his rehab rose to 13.17. Manaea has a 6.23 ERA in his first two rehab begins for Single-A Brooklyn.
“It’s factor to have extra main league high quality beginning pitchers than much less,” Stearns stated. “I’m frankly by no means actually involved about having an excessive amount of as a result of as we noticed (Thursday) and as I’ve skilled all through my profession, it’s very, very uncommon the place you truly get to the purpose the place you might have too many beginning pitchers that you would be able to roster.”
Stearns stated outfielders Jose Siri (left tibia fracture) and Jesse Winker (proper indirect) are nonetheless nowhere close to returning.
Siri, who fouled a ball off his shin in opposition to the Athletics on April 12, had his rehab paused this week after imaging exhibiting his damaged bone was therapeutic slower than anticipated. Winker, who was injured Could 4, is progressing however not near starting a rehab project.
Stearns additionally stated left-handed reliever Brooks Raley, who underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and had bone spurs eliminated in Could 2025, is throwing reside batting apply and will start a rehab project subsequent week.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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