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07/26 17:44 CDT Right-hander Kodai Senga activated by Mets after missing first
102 games
Right-hander Kodai Senga activated by Mets after missing first 102 games
By JERRY BEACH
Associated Press
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 Nez was put on the 15-day injured list with a right
pronator strain. Right-handers Adrian Houser and Shintaro Fujinami were
designated for assignment.
Nez, 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,
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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