LIVE: Mets welcome Kodai Senga to rotation

Adding Senga additional bolsters a Mets rotation that options the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner in Justin Verlander, co-ace Max Scherzer, José Quintana and Carlos Carrasco.

Senga, who turns 30 in January, spent 11 seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball group, all for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. Overall, the right-hander posted a 2.59 ERA and 1.12 WHIP over 1,089 innings, placing out 28% of the batters he confronted, but additionally strolling 9%. In 2022, he had a 1.89 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP over 148 innings for the Hawks.