The New York Mets have been having internal discussions as of late about what to do with starting pitcher Kodai Senga. During the first two plus months of the 2025 MLB season, he looked like one of the best pitchers in baseball until he injured himself.
When Senga returned to the mound in July, he has not looked the same. In his first 14 starts, Senga had a 1.39 ERA. After that, he had a 5.25 ERA in July and a 6.18 ERA in August. With him looking horrendous on the mound, the Mets decided to make a decision on him about potentially making another MLB start.
New York Mets Send Down Kodai Senga to Triple-A
On Friday, Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that the Mets have decided to send down Senga to Triple-A and pitch for the Syracuse Mets. This is a necessary move for the organization. Senga will be able to make a couple of starts for Syracuse in Triple-A. The Mets also recently called up Brandon Sproat from Syracuse and he will be starting on Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Sunday was supposed to be Senga's start, but the Mets realized that Senga cannot be pitching in big games right now. New York is currently in the third wild card spot in the National League, and they can't be throwing away games this late in the season. It will be interesting to see if Senga will even pitch on the mound for New York again this season.
If he does well for Syracuse, maybe they will move him to the bullpen for the playoffs. If not, then may just shut Senga down until next season. Overall, in 22 games pitched for the Mets in 2025, he had a 7-6 record with a 3.02 ERA. In 113.1 innings pitched, Senga has given up 94 hits and 44 runs. He also has walked 55 batters and struck out 109 batters. His WHIP is also 1.31.
With Senga not being in the picture for the Mets rotation for the next couple of weeks, they are going to be still in a six-man rotation with Sproat, David Peterson, Jonah Tong, Nolan McLean, Clay Holmes, and Sean Manaea.
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