Mets ace Kodai Senga was fine in his latest Grapefruit League outing in a 53-pitch start in which he worked into the fourth inning against St. Louis.

During his second spring game, Mets ace Kodai Senga threw a slow curveball to a Cardinals hitter. Like the ghost fork, the right-hander has a name for it.

The New York Mets are going to need Kodai Senga to perform like he did in 2023 if they have a hope of returning to the NLCS. While this was most likely the case before spring training, it certainly has become so after starters Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas went down with relatively severe injuries.

Senga will pitch the first inning in the Mets' 6:10 p.m. contest against the Marlins at Clover Park. Then he will head out back for two more simulated innings against Mets batters, maybe minor-leaguers,