Right-hander Kodai Senga activated by Mets after missing first 102 games

Fri, Jul 26, 2024
MLB News (AP)

NEW YORK (AP) - Right-hander Kodai Senga was activated from the 60-day injured list by the New York Mets after recovering from a right shoulder capsule strain that caused him to miss the season's first 102 games.

Senga, runner-up to Arizona's Corbin Carroll for NL Rookie of the Year last season, was to start against Atlanta on Friday night. Senga, 31, was 12-7 with a 2.98 ERA in 29 starts last season after signing a $75 million, five-year contract.

Senga began a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment on July 3 and went 0-0 with a 4.15 ERA in four starts, three for Triple-A Syracuse and one for Class A Brooklyn.

Right-handed reliever Eric Orze was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse and emerging reliever Dedniel Nunez was put on the 15-day injured list with a right pronator strain. Right-handers Adrian Houser and Shintaro Fujinami were designated for assignment.

Nunez, 2-0 with a 2.43 ERA and one save in 24 games, had an MRI that didn't reveal any elbow ligament damage, manager Carlos Mendoza said. The 28-year-old right-hander began feeling tightness following back-to-back appearances at Miami last Saturday and experienced discomfort again Wednesday,

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Houser, acquired from Milwaukee with outfielder Tyrone Taylor on Dec. 20, was 1-5 with a 7.84 ERA and one save in seven starts and 16 relief appearances. He opened 0-3 with an 8.16 ERA in his first six starts before working himself into a late-inning bullpen role by going 1-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 12 appearances from May 10 through June 30.

Hauser was scored upon in all five of his outings this month with a 9.00 ERA.

"Even when we put him in the bullpen, he was always willing to take the baseball and do whatever the team needed," Mendoza said. "He was such a professional. It was just hard for him to find that consistency."

Fujinami signed to a $3.35 million, one-year deal and opened the season with Syracuse. He was recalled and placed on the 15-day injured list on May 13 with a strained right shoulder, then walked eight in 8 2/3 innings over nine rehab appearances since June 25.

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