Has Kodai Senga earned a spot in the Mets’ 2026 starting rotation? | Baseball Night in NY
On SNY’s Baseball Night in New York, Sal Licata, Dani Wexelman, Keith Raad and Maggie Gray debate whether or not Kodai Senga has earned a spot in the 2026 Mets rotation and what his role should be. The panel also discusses top prospect Jonah Tong likely starting the season pitching for Triple-A Syracuse.
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22 comments
Hell no.
David Stearns:
"yeah, Kodai is going to be in the rotation"
SNY:
"no"
The reality is they need him enough to start the year with him. He's going to be in the rotation to start the year, but probably has the shortest leash of all of the starters. Especially if Tong and Scott look the part in AAA early on.
I believe in Senga. he's due for a return to form.
If it wasn't for Pete, Senga would have been a Cy Young candidate. After Pete got him hurt, he wasn't the same guy. How could you be with Alonso at 1st base? I'm sure Kodai was suffering from PTSD after how badly Pete messed him up!
"Earned" a spot? By failing? you guys must be really looking for something the talk about… As far as I am concerned he needs to earn a spot in either the pen or the rotation by proving h can hack it with no special treatment or limits… PERIOD.
Mets need to take Mania and Holmes and pitch them in 1 start, 4 innings each. Instead of killing the bullpen when either one of those guys can't get through 5. Problem solved!
I really don’t understand the discourse on Senga. He was great in 2023 & was on track to do the same in 2025 until Alonso injured him. When he’s coming back from injury he doesn’t seem to fully trust his body & his mechanics. When he healthy he’s great, it’s that simple.
I don’t know the lady on the end but she’s wrong. If 2 pitchers do indeed get injured, Tong can still develop in AAA, because they have 9 pitchers.
1- Peralta
2-Nolan
3-Senga
4-Manea
5-Tobias Meyers
6- Christian Scott
( Peterson/ Holmes for argument sake gets injured ). Tong can still start in AAA
Didn't he have near the lowest ERA before he got hurt last year? Tong needs time to develop and pitchers are gonna get hurt, especially in NY. I'm glad we didn't trade this guy.
manaea was the worst of the 3 pitchers that lost the season for us… peterson sucked as well.. senga was coming back from an injury…. give him a break guys… he had a 2 era until he got injured for multiple months and even after his collaps he had a 3.02 era… look at manaea had a 5.64… and Peterson 4.22… why arent you focusing on if Manaea has a spot in the rotation??? he lost every game in august and september single handedly… the difference was senga was frustrated from the injury so they could frame it to him as a rehab
Did Dani even watch the Mets last year? The ONLY pitcher to go 6 innings almost all year was Peterson. Menbozo pulled everybody else too early, destroyed the bullpen, and destroyed careers.
Gary Cohen: "Mets have only 1 starter (Peterson) in last 56 games to go more than 6 innings. Last time that happened was 1901".
Maggie: there are 8 ready starters other than Tong. If 2 get hurt, then there are still 6 starters. Don't forget Myers. This might help you:
1 – Peralta
2 – McLean
3 – Peterson
4 – Holmes
5 – Manaea
6 – Senga
7 – Myers
8 – Scott
9 – Tong
10 – Wenninger
11/14 – Suarez, Pintaro, Hangenman, Waddell
Ask her if senga is not a starter because what happened in the second half what about Holmes how many times did he go to the 6th is he a starter lol or manaea
Senga was very good before his injury by Alonso. He had 1.xx era. He is actually better than Scott, Tong, and others. We should believe him
How is this a question
Agree with senga maybe overthinking. Some medicated pot could help
Peralta and McClean. 1 and 2. The rest must be earned in spring training. Period.
I feel the same. When hes healthy hes an Ace!!! The times he has not pitched well hes been hurt or came back from injury!!!
Senga has the third most upside after Freddy and McLean he’s your 3rd starter period
who are these women talking baseball?
These people are wrong. Just put Senga as number 3 or 4 in the rotation to start the year and let hit him pitch- reassess later