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New York Mets Set Rehab Start Date For Ace Kodai Senga

The New York Mets have scheduled a rehab start for ace hurler Kodai Senga, who is trying to make it back before the regular season ends.

Logan VanDine

Jul 26, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga (34) looks back at the main scoreboard during the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
Jul 26, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga (34) looks back at the main scoreboard during the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
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The New York Mets may be getting a much-needed starting pitcher back in their rotation soon.

Prior to New York's game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters that ace starting pitcher Kodai Senga will make a rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday.

According to Mendoza, Senga will throw one-to-two innings with a pitch count of 30-35 in his rehab start with Syracuse.

If all goes well, the Mets could activate Senga from the IL next Friday in their final series of the regular season, which will be in Milwaukee against the Brewers.

The expectation is that Senga will return as a starter, despite the fact that he won't be fully stretched out. The Mets would need to piggyback a long reliever behind the ace if/when he makes it back.

Senga, who has been limited to just one start this season, missed the first four months of the 2024 campaign with a shoulder strain and triceps inflammation. Upon returning from the IL, the righty went down with a high-grade calf strain in his lone outing of the year against the Braves on July 26.

With Senga's potential return to the rotation this season, it will be without question a much-needed addition for the Mets as they're looking to lockdown a Wild Card spot in the National League.

The Mets entered play on Friday night holding the tiebreaker over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second spot and sitting two games up on the Atlanta Braves for the third position.

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Logan VanDine

LOGAN VANDINE

Logan is a graduate of Rider University where he majored in Sports Media and minored in Sports Studies. During his time at Rider, Logan worked for Rider's radio station, 107.7 The Bronc as a sports host, producer and broadcaster, and for the school's paper: The Rider News. He began his time with The Rider News as a section writer for sports and was a copy editor for two years followed by being one of the sports editors during his senior year. Logan also placed third in the New Jersey Press Foundation Awards for sports feature writing. Aside from his work on Yankees and Mets On SI, he is also a writer for FanSided covering the New York Giants and Mets and also covers the Giants for Total Apex Sports.

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