Sean Manaea is nearing a return to help the Mets' beleaguered starting rotation, and Kodai Senga might not be far behind.
Senga, who has been out since injuring his hamstring on June 12, faced hitters on Sunday during "an up-and-down" live bullpen session, manager Carlos Mendoza said on Tuesday.
Mendoza added that Senga is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Wednesday, which will include some fielding practice for the right-hander.
According to Mendoza, a rehab assignment could be the next step for Senga following Wednesday's BP session.
Senga was leading the majors with a 1.47 ERA at the time of his injury.
After Senga went down, both Tylor Megill (elbow) and Griffin Canning (season-ending Achilles injury) suffered injuries that have thrown New York's rotation into disarray.
The rotation has recently featured regular members Clay Holmes and David Peterson and just got Frankie Montas back, but has also been relying on an inefficient and ineffective Paul Blackburn and rookie Blade Tidwell.
If Manaea and Senga make it back when anticipated and no one else in the rotation suffers in injury before then, it's fair to believe they'll take the rotation spots of Blackburn and Tidwell.
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