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PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Kodai Senga spent Friday night working on his mechanics, trying to get himself ready so that he can take his first turn in the Mets rotation after Clay Holmes was named the Opening Day starter earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
The famously finicky Senga was fine in his latest Grapefruit League outing at Clover Park in a 53-pitch start in which he worked into the fourth inning against St. Louis and allowed seven hits and a pair of runs.<\/p>\n
More importantly, he emerged from the outing in one piece, something that didn\u2019t happen often a year ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what he means to this team and this rotation,\u2019\u2019 Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cEveryone saw it in 2023. That\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for. If he\u2019s healthy, he\u2019s an ace. We need that. Right now, he\u2019s trending in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
By this point last spring, Senga was already dealing with the shoulder strain that derailed his first half.<\/p>\n
Mendoza is seeing a different Senga this time around.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething I didn\u2019t see last year was a smile on his face [and] joy,\u2019\u2019 Mendoza said. \u201cLast year he was down early in camp and rehabbing. It\u2019s good to see the way he\u2019s carrying himself now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senga made just one regular-season start a year ago due to the shoulder injury and a calf strain \u2014 with some mechanical issues mixed in.<\/p>\n
Before the game, Mendoza said the team hadn\u2019t mapped out when Senga would make his first start of the year, as they are more focused on simply getting Senga ready for the year after the debacle of 2024.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Senga said he wasn\u2019t thinking much about when his first start would be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most important thing is to get through the entire season healthy,\u201d Senga said through an interpreter. \u201cIf I pitch the first game or another game doesn\u2019t make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday, Senga added that he was trying out \u201cdifferent things\u201d on the mound, using a mix of pitches that was more fastball-reliant than he would have during the regular season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a growing understanding of where my body is and what I can and cannot do at this point,\u2019\u2019 Senga said. \u201cI have the next two weeks to fix those things.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The right-hander also debuted what he called the \u201cMiracle Ball\u201d on Friday night, a 63 mph pitch to St. Louis catcher Yohel Pozo that Pozo fouled off.<\/p>\n
Afterward, Senga joked about the pitch, but was otherwise reluctant to talk much about the funky offering \u2014 deemed a curveball by Statcast \u2014 and said he\u2019d be hesitant to throw a pitch that funky in a real game.<\/p>\n
\u201cA pitch that slow, I\u2019d regret it if it gets hit,\u2019\u2019 Senga said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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