Updated Post – March 27 at 12:30 PM
Mets ace Kodai Senga was at Citi Field on Wednesday ahead of Opening Day, and he played catch for the first time since he was shut down last month with a moderate right posterior capsule strain in his right shoulder.
Updated Post – March 21 at 11:21 AM
Carlos Mendoza says Kodai Senga’s MRI from Tuesday was clean, and the right-hander has been cleared by doctors to resume activity. The Mets will wait until Senga passes their internal strength tests before he does so. The Mets ace is expected to throw within the next week.
Updated Post – March 13 at 3:42 PM
The Mets say they’re going to wait an extra week –March 15 was the original target date– for Kodai Senga (moderate right posterior capsule strain) to resume throwing. Manager Carlos Medoza told reporters on Wednesday the change in schedule isn’t the result of a setback.
“We want to make sure that before he picks up a baseball, he’s strong and we’re comfortable,” Mendoza said.
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Updated Post – Feb. 25 at 9:55 AM
According to Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, injured Mets pitcher Kodai Senga received a “PRP injection” in his shoulder back in New York. DiComo added that Senga’s shutdown period should last three weeks. Afterwards, he’s expected to restart his throwing program.
Three weeks takes the schedule to March 17 which is the back half of spring training. The season opener is March 28.
Updated Post – Feb. 22 at 10:05 AM
Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters on Thursday morning that Kodai Senga is dealing with a moderate right posterior capsule strain in his right shoulder. Senga is shut down for now and is expected to start the season on the injured list.
“I do expect him to make a bunch of starts for us this year,” Stearns said. “This is not a surgical-type problem. This is something with rest and treatment — potentially an injection — that can move this forward.”
Doctors told Stearns that Senga will be shut down until the symptoms subside.
Senga talked to the media later on Thursday. “There was no pain,” Senga said through an interpreter. “It was just a little bit of uncertainty whether I will be able to ramp up to triple digits. I didn’t know if I was ready for that at this point. And so I reached out to coaches and training staff.”
“The message (from doctors) was it’s not anything severe at this point, and if we can treat it now — there aren’t any effects on other parts of the body — so if we can treat it now, we will be able to get over this hump quick.”
Stearns said the Senga injury doesn’t increase the chance they add a starting pitcher. Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery are still free agents.
Original Post – Feb. 21 at 2:14 PM
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters on Wednesday that Kodai Senga didn’t work out today because he’s dealing with arm fatigue. Senga did a side session on Tuesday and will be examined by trainers.
Senga is the Mets ace coming off a fantastic rookie season in which he posted a 2.98 ERA in 29 starts. The Japanese right-hander was an All-Star, finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting, and finished seventh in NL Cy Young voting.
