Unbelievable:.Kodai Senga announced his departure and decommit from Mets due to….

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Last year, Senga was the Mets’ best pitcher, going 12-7 with a 2.98 ERA over 29 starts and making the NL All-Star team. He held the Phillies to two earned runs in two starts against them. Although this will be the first MLB postseason outing for Senga, he amassed plenty of playoff experience over 11 seasons with the Softbank Hawks in Japan.

 

 

 

The Mets have multiple options ready to go behind him, including starters David Peterson and Tylor Megill, plus their full complement of bullpen arms. Peterson closed out Wild Card Game 3, but he threw just eight pitches in the process. Megill wasn’t on the Wild Card roster and will be available for a full starter’s workload if needed.

 

These contingency plans are necessary because, in many ways, the Mets have no firm idea of what Senga can provide. Before this year, the only pitcher to start a postseason game after making no more than one MLB appearance in that season was Virgil Trucks, who started two World Series games for the 1945 Tigers after returning from World War II military service. Earlier this week, Atlanta’s AJ Smith-Shawver joined that list when he pitched for the Braves in NL Wild Card Series Game 1 against the Padres. Now, Senga will join it too.

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