NEW YORK — New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga, the main league ERA chief, was identified with a Grade 1 pressure of his proper hamstring Friday, hours after he was positioned on the 15-day injured listing.
Supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated after the Mets’ 7-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays that Senga shall be shut down for 2 weeks earlier than being re-evaluated.
“Speaking to the trainers, they really feel like we bought some excellent news right here,” Mendoza stated.
Senga was injured masking first base on a grounder to Pete Alonso within the sixth inning of Thursday’s win over the Washington Nationals. Based on 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 had been injured in spring coaching.
Paul Blackburn will substitute Senga within the rotation subsequent Wednesday towards 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 bought at present in place. They’ve been doing it the entire 12 months and they’re going to proceed to take action.
“However shedding 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 towards 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 switch 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 really get to the purpose the place you’ve too many beginning pitchers that you could 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 towards 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 Might 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 Might 2025, is throwing reside batting follow and will start a rehab project subsequent week.
