Senga not a roster lock if Mets make postseason

NEW YORK -- When helium takes the mound for Triple-A Syracuse connected Thursday night, Kodai Senga mightiness beryllium pitching for a spot connected the New York Mets' postseason pitching staff.

Senga opened the play with a 1.47 ERA successful his archetypal 12 starts but was optioned to Syracuse connected Sept. 5 aft posting a 5.90 ERA pursuing his instrumentality from a hamstring injury.

"I deliberation we'll person the speech and we'll instrumentality the 13 guys that we consciousness are going to springiness america the champion accidental to triumph shot games successful October," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said earlier a bid finale against the San Diego Padres. "I deliberation the biggest happening for him (is) to spell retired determination contiguous and person a bully performance. And past we person decisions there."

The Mets entered Thursday 1 1/2 games up of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the last NL playoff spot and 2 games up of the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.

The Mets were assertive successful uncovering a spot connected the playoff roster for Senga past season, erstwhile helium missed the archetypal 102 games owed to a enarthrosis wounded and past suffered a calf strain successful his lone regular-season commencement July 26. He made 3 little appearances, 2 arsenic an opener, arsenic New York reached the NL Championship Series.

Senga allowed 3 hits and struck retired 8 with nary walks successful his Syracuse debut past Friday.

"I similar the information that determination was nary walks," Mendoza said. "I deliberation it starts with him throwing onslaught 1 and past staying connected the attack."

The Mets besides continued making moves to bolster their depleted pitching unit connected Thursday.

Reed Garrett (right elbow sprain) went connected the injured database for a 2nd clip successful a period portion Sean Manaea was enactment connected the paternity database and Dom Hamel was designated for assignment. New York recalled right-handers Huascar Brazobán, Chris Devenski and Wander Suero from Triple-A Syracuse.

Mendoza said Garrett - who was sidelined with close elbow inflammation from Aug. 23 done Sept. 6 - has been having occupation recovering pursuing outings. The right-hander experienced much discomfort portion warming up successful the bullpen during a 7-4 nonaccomplishment to the San Diego Padres connected Wednesday.

Mendoza acknowledged he's disquieted astir what the imaging mightiness uncover and that it's improbable Garrett volition transportation again this play adjacent if nary harm is found.

"It's concerning that for the 2nd clip successful little than a month, a guy's gone down with elbow issues," Mendoza said. "But we've got to wait."

Garrett is 3-6 with a 3.90 ERA and 3 saves successful a career-high 58 games for the Mets, who person utilized a large league-record 46 pitchers this play and mislaid 3 members of their opening time bullpen - Max Kranick (elbow), A.J. Minter (lat) and Danny Young (elbow) - to season-ending surgeries.

The lone opening time reliever to stay connected the progressive roster each play is All-Star adjacent Edwin Díaz.

The trio of Brazobán, Devenski and Suero, each of whom are stretched retired capable to spell aggregate innings, provides extent for the Mets, who whitethorn request idiosyncratic to service successful a bulk reliever relation if Manaea doesn't instrumentality this weekend. Manaea piggybacked Clay Holmes successful Tuesday's 8-3 win. The duo is expected to swap roles against the Washington Nationals connected Sunday.

"We privation to marque definite that earlier we marque immoderate decisions, he's capable to proceed with his in-between starts (routine)," Mendoza said.