{"id":149953,"date":"2025-09-11T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149953\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:06:10","slug":"mets-notes-kodai-sengas-first-minor-league-start-set-luis-torrens-trending-in-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149953\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Notes: Kodai Senga&#8217;s first minor league start set, Luis Torrens &#8216;trending in right direction&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/tags\/mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mets <\/a>have set a date for Kodai Senga&#8217;s first minor league start since his option.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Carlos Mendoza said ahead of Thursday&#8217;s series finale against the Phillies that Senga will pitch for Syracuse on Friday after pitching bullpens the last week or so.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Mets skipper said that Senga was working on mechanics during those sessions, but the real process begins Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Facing competition tomorrow and a lot of times the hitters will tell you, he\u2019ll tell you,&#8221; Mendoza said. &#8220;We\u2019ll get the feedback from him. We\u2019ll watch videos and things like that, and we\u2019ll get the report. He feels good and feels like he\u2019s in a good spot. Make some adjustments with his mechanics, and he has to go out there now and he has to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senga, 32, has struggled since returning from the IL in July. He&#8217;s pitched to a 0-3 record with a 5.90 ERA in nine starts. This season, he&#8217;s 7-6 with a 3.02 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 22 starts over 113.1 IP.<\/p>\n<p>SNY&#8217;s Andy Martino <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/inside-the-kodai-senga-mets-negotiations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reported <\/a>that the plan is for Senga to make at least two starts with Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Updates on Luis Torrens and others<\/p>\n<p>During Mendoza&#8217;s pregame availability, he was asked for updates on a number of injured players, including Luis Torrens, Tylor Megill, and Tyrone Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>There was no update on Megill, who has been dealing with an elbow issue and is seeking a second opinion, while Torrens is doing &#8220;better&#8221; as the swelling in his forearm is down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s trending in the right direction,&#8221; Mendoza said.<\/p>\n<p>As for Taylor, who was placed on the IL in early September with a hamstring strain, his potential rehab assignment was pushed back so he could be with his family as they welcome a child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets have set a date for Kodai Senga&#8217;s first minor league start since his option. Manager Carlos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[57951,33987,72632,23560,42230,363,99,88796,36367],"class_list":["post-149953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-carlos-mendoza","tag-kodai-senga","tag-luis-torrens","tag-mets","tag-minor-league","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-tylor-megill","tag-tyrone-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}