Mets RHP Kodai Senga's first start in the minors will be Friday or Saturday, New York manager Carlos Mendoza said before Monday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies on SNY.
"We're talking about either Friday, Saturday this weekend," Mendoza said of Senga, whom the Mets optioned to Triple-A Syracuse this past Friday. "We're going to give him time to throw a couple of bullpens before we put him in the game."
Senga, 32, is 7-6 with a 3.02 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 22 starts over 113.1 IP this season for the Mets.
He has struggled since July, going 0-3 with a 5.90 ERA and 5.76 FIP in nine starts over 39.2 IP.
"This is a guy that part of the reason we sent him down was to work on his mechanics," Mendoza said. "And in order for him to work on the mechanics, we've got to give him a chance to get on the mound without facing competition.
"So, that's what he's going through right now — he throws a bullpen, then a couple days down, throws another one, watch film and getting the feedback from him and then, hopefully, he gets in a game here towards the end of this week."
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