{"id":665491,"date":"2026-04-06T00:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665491\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:08:36","slug":"concern-for-kodai-senga-mets-starter-game-vs-giants-has-two-sided-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665491\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern for Kodai Senga? Mets&#8217; starter game vs. Giants has two-sided debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a> are hoping Kodai Senga has a rebound 2026 season, and so far, so good.<\/p>\n<p>The end of the last campaign was brutal for Senga, who even got sent down to Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>This season, his numbers have been much better, and for most of the early stages, his velocity has been improved.<\/p>\n<p>That made Sunday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/san-francisco-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> a little bit concerning, but also in a confusing way.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, Senga was solid. He went 5.2 innings with two runs allowed and seven strikeouts. His season ERA is now 3.09, and his first four innings Sunday were scoreless.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, Senga&#8217;s velocity dipped.<\/p>\n<p>Could that be a sign of something to be worried about?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kodai Senga&#8217;s velocity began a tick down from his previous start and continued to dip as today&#8217;s game wore on.<\/p>\n<p>Senga, who averaged 97.4 mph in his last start, began this afternoon sitting 96 mph. His final inning was more in the 93-94 range. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9gMg5gd3hh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9gMg5gd3hh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyDiComo\/status\/2040906290633810059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\/news\/angels-jo-adell-robbed-3-home-runs-mariners-same-game-who-hit-how-did-it\/cedbd653305cdab130512218\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jo Adell robbed 3 home runs in the same game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fans in the replies are basically like &#8212; &#8220;Who cares?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But velocity is a real indicator. It can show whether someone is injured, and it can also show when mechanics are a bit out of whack.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be something to keep a close eye on in Senga&#8217;s next start. If the trend continues, it may not mean everything is negative, but it could also be a bad sign.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are hoping Kodai Senga has a rebound 2026 season, and so far, so good.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203],"class_list":{"0":"post-665491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mets","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkmets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116354855941558835","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}