Starting with Kodai Senga Monday night, it’s about time for the Mets’ highest-salaried pitchers to put their money where the mound is.

President of baseball ops David Stearns has made a strategy of shopping at the bargain-rack for assembling a rotation, choosing not throw cash at the industry’s most fragile commodity. But that blueprint has backfired in unanticipated fashion during the season’s second half, as even the modestly-priced starters, at least by market standards, have failed the Mets while homegrown products like David Peterson and Nolan McLean are the current pillars.

Senga had his biggest test to date Monday, not only facing the Phillies in an NL East showdown, but doing so on regular rest instead of the extra day he typically gets. Based on the numbers since his July return

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