With their injured ace starter, who is anticipated to lead the New York Mets’ rotation this season, the team is going cautiously.
Around February 23, Kodai Senga underwent an injection of platelet-rich plasma into his shoulder, as he has been sidelined from throwing for three weeks due to a posterior capsule strain behind his right shoulder. If his shoulder reacts well to the injection, the Mets intend to start gradually increasing him. This could happen in a few weeks.
Carlos Mendoza, the manager of the Mets, informed reporters on Wednesday that “he’s strengthening that shoulder.” “He keeps saying that he feels fine and is making good progress in the little amount of activity he is doing. numerous shoulder exercises. Everything is going well so far.
“I guess we’ll wait until he starts playing catch and all that. But as of right now, he’s moving in the right direction.”
Senga is expected to require approximately six weeks to reach peak conditioning before he is prepared to begin throwing in games. In the best case scenario, this could put him on track to rejoin the Mets sometime in May.
Senga, who inked a five-year, $75 million contract with the Japanese Mets last winter, just finished his rookie campaign in which he finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year competition.
For that reason, the Mets trusted the right-hander, 31, to enter his second season as the team’s ace in the starting rotation.
President of Baseball Operations David Stearns is also hopeful that his No. 1 pitcher, Senga, will be able to start a lot of games for the Mets this season despite his injury.