Kodai Senga will start Game 1 of the NLDS for the New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, manager Carlos Mendoza announced Friday.
The decision came as surprise after Senga made only one start during the regular season due to injuries. He was diagnosed with a capsule strain in his throwing shoulder in spring training and did not make his season debut until July 26. He was pulled in the sixth inning of that start after throwing just 73 pitches due to a calf strain.
“We’ll see, we’re going to let it play out,” Mendoza said when asked how long he expects Senga to be able to pitch. “He’s been in Florida throwing, facing hitters. We have a plan. We’re going to go out there and watch him closely and go from there. But he’s ready to go, and that’s why we’re going with him in Game 1. He’s excited. He said right away when we talked to him that he was ready to go.”
The Mets signed Senga to a five-year, $75 million contract before last season following a decorated career in Japan. He was their best starter in 2023 and finished second in National League Rookie of the Year voting behind Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll. He also received six Cy Young votes, finishing seventh in the voting.
New York will have to shuffle its roster a bit to make room for Senga. Luis Severino, Sean Manaea and José Quintana started the three games of. Starter Tylor Megill was left off the roster after he threw 100 pitches in the Mets’ playoff-clinching victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday but he figures to be included on the roster for this series.
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