Just as the New York Mets were beginning to build momentum, Kodai Senga’s health has become a troubling issue once again. The Japanese pitcher, who’s been battling physical setbacks for over a year, suffered yet another injury on Thursday — this time a right hamstring strain during a 4–3 win over the Washington Nationals .
Kodai Senga’s hot 2025 campaign derailed by injury
The injury unfolded in the sixth inning, when CJ Abrams hit a ground ball to the right side. Pete Alonso fielded it and tossed a high flip to first, forcing Senga to leap while sprinting to the bag. As Senga came down awkwardly, he immediately clutched his hamstring and collapsed to the turf. It was a gut-wrenching moment, echoing the calf strain that sidelined him last July.
After the incident, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed that Senga would be placed on the 15-day injured list. “It’s hard for me to speculate, but obviously we know he’s going to be down,” Mendoza said. “As soon as he goes down like that, he grabs the hamstring — we saw it last year, unfortunately. But we’ve got to wait till tomorrow and see what we’re dealing with here.”
Despite initial speculation, Mendoza was quick to shut down any notion that Pete Alonso’s errant throw caused the injury. Alonso, who’s struggled at times with similar throws this season, became the subject of fan frustration following the play. But Mendoza revealed that Senga had actually informed him — via his translator — that he felt something in his hamstring even before leaping to make the catch.