"These past two years have been frustrating and tough mentally, Senga said through his translator. At some points, maybe I started to lose confidence. In this world, it's either you do it, or you don't, and I'm here to do it, and that's all there is."
"At the end of the day, I can only control what I can control, Senga said. At that point, I hadn't gotten traded yet, so I just wanted to do whatever I could in that moment and be back out there for the Mets and play hard."
"When healthy and right, Senga's brilliance is undeniable. His vaunted ghost forkball is one of the best putaway pitches in the game, and there was no indication of opposing batters figuring it out anytime soon."
Kodai Senga enters 2026 spring training focused on staying healthy and proving durability after injuries sidelined him the past two seasons. He threw only 5.1 regular-season innings in 2024 and lost effectiveness after a strained hamstring in 2023 that disrupted mechanics and led to a demotion to Triple-A. Senga experienced mental frustration and wavering confidence but commits to controlling what he can and returning to form. Mets leadership questioned his ability to make 30-plus starts, and trade rumors circulated despite his desire to remain. His elite ghost forkball remains a dominant putaway pitch.
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