Kodai Senga has a simple goal for Mets spring training: ‘Not get injured’

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Kodai Senga has only one goal coming into spring training. “Not get injured,” he said Wednesday through translator Hiro Fujiwara. Having made only 23 starts in the last two seasons, it seems like a solid goal. The Mets starting pitcher spent much of the last two seasons injured. Once he returned from a hamstring injury last season, his struggles were so severe he accepted a Triple-A demotion. The Mets filled out their rotation around the 33-year-old Japanese right-hander in each of those seasons as well, but this year they knew they couldn’t count on a healthy, productive Senga. They built a rotation that they think can compete without him, even...