Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Mets ace Kodai Senga will be out for some time due to the hamstring injury he suffered last week while trying to cover first base. Senga is now expected to mi s at least five weeks after suffering the Grade 1 (low grade) hamstring strain in the Mets 4-3 win over the Nationals on Thursday, That would mean that Senga Ranger Suarez Jersey , the National Leagues ERA leader, would not be available until sometime just before MLBs All-Star break in mid-July. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters on Friday after the Mets fell to the Rays that the team had gotten some good news , before revealing it was a Grade 1 strain. Kodai Senga injures his hamstring during the Mets-Nationals game on June 12, 2025. JASON SZENES/NY POST Explore More Senga suffered the injury while covering first base, as he had to extend to try and reach a throw by Pete Alonso. CJ Abrams hit a ball right to Alonso at first and Senga came off the mound to cover the bag, which went from a seemingly innocent play to a blow to the Mets pitching staff. The throw was a bit high and Senga was forced to leap for the ball and came down awkwardly on the bag, immediately crumpling in pain. Kodai Senga injures his hamstring during the Mets-Nationals game on June 12, 2025. JASON SZENES/NY POST that game that he felt awful about what had happened, even though Mendoza told him Senga said he felt something in his hamstring before the throw. I still feel awful because, for me, just trying to make a baseball play. Just trying to make a play for my pitcher, Alonso said after the win. I tried to make the best throw I could. It just sucks. I mean, sucks to be involved in that. Senga, hes one of our guys here and it sucks. You hate to see anyone go down. And yeah, it sucks being a part of that. I wish it wouldnt have turned out like that. The Mets were swept by the Rays over the weekend in which starter Griffin Canning struggle. Michael Mercado Jersey