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Righty has orders not to pitch for three weeks after PRP injection
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Mets have developed at least a rough idea about Kodai Senga’s timeline.
Senga flew to New York late last week to receive a platelet-rich plasma injection into his right shoulder, which doctors hope will promote healing of his tight posterior capsule. She has orders not to pitch for three weeks.
If Senga recovers as expected and begins a standard six-week spring training progression once his shutdown ends, it’s possible he could return to the Mets in the final days of April. But the team will take it slow with Senga and stick to his feedback, which could easily push his recovery into May.
“You never know,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “You have to wait until… first of all, let the throw do the work, and then once he starts stepping up his throwing program, we’ll have a better idea of whether he’s recovering and all that. But for now, we just have to let him heal.”
“I’m not a doctor,” Senga added through an interpreter. “Maybe it’s sooner. It may be later. We’ll have to see what it feels like then. “We will review it periodically and see what happens.”
Senga was diagnosed last Thursday with a capsule strain in his shoulder, which does not cause acute pain but has affected his ability to recover between outings. An MRI performed in Florida revealed the problem, and Senga subsequently traveled to New York for treatment. He returned to Mets camp in Port St. Lucie on Sunday.
“We have to be careful, but we will also be flexible,” Mendoza said. “Senga knows his body well. He knows he’s going to be pretty honest and this is the conversation I’m having with him: making sure he gets his point across, so we’ll have to adapt as we move forward with his release schedule.”
Of note, Senga’s five-year, $75 million contract includes an opt-out clause if he pitches 400 innings during the first three years of his major league career. After pitching 166 1/3 innings as a rookie, Senga must average around 117 innings per season in 2024 and 2025 to activate the clause and become a free agent. That should still be possible if Senga returns before too long, but major setbacks could change the equation.
“(I’m) using this time to my advantage and working on the things I need to work on and making sure I can get out as quickly as possible,” Senga said. “And once I’m out there, I can dominate and help the team win.”
With Senga sidelined, Tylor Megill, Joey Lucchesi, José Butto and Max Kranick are vying to replace him in New York’s rotation. After Megill pitched two one-run innings in Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener, Butto added two scoreless innings Sunday in a 3-1 win over the Astros. Lucchesi threw a live batting practice session earlier in the afternoon, while Kranick is scheduled to start Monday against the Nationals.
venezuelan pride
For Mendoza, a special moment unfolded just before the start of Sunday’s Grapefruit League game: He exchanged lineup cards with fellow Venezuelan Omar López, the Astros’ first base coach, who was managing the visiting half of the split team. of Houston with regular manager Joe Espada at home. in West Palm Beach. According to Venezuelan journalist Daniel Álvarez-Montes, that marked the first instance of a spring training game with two Venezuelan coaches.
“It was very good, especially with the relationship I have with Omar,” Mendoza said, citing their work together on the coaching staff of the Venezuelan team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, as well as their years coaching each other in winter baseball. “I know him pretty well. And the fact that two Venezuelans, even if it’s a spring training game, means a lot to all of us.”
Mendoza is only the second full-time Venezuelan manager in Major League history, after Ozzie Guillén.
In addition, Sunday’s game featured an all-Venezuelan battery for the Mets, with Butto and catcher Francisco Álvarez. The latter hit a two-run opposite-field home run to commemorate the occasion.
“I feel very proud, because we have Carlos on our team and López on the other team,” said Álvarez. “I feel very good at that moment because we are all Venezuelans and we have fun there.”
short in short
Hudson Valley native Zack Short opened Sunday’s game with a slick play at shortstop, moving to his right to reverse Kenedy Corona’s ground ball and firing a 79 mph strike across the diamond to retire the speedy first baseman. bat.
Short, who is competing for a bench spot on the Opening Day roster, is capable of playing second base, third base and even the outfield in addition to his natural (and aptly named) position of shortstop.
“I like it everywhere,” Mendoza said. “He is an excellent defender. … You can see it. The first play of the game, and he made that play look easy.”
Giving back
Francisco Lindor hosted a clinic Sunday for 50 kids from two area little leagues, as well as a local boys and girls club. The goal was to teach children the fundamentals of baseball while inspiring them to have fun and exemplify sportsmanship.