The New York Mets entered 2025 believing Kodai Senga would anchor their rotation, the steady hand atop a staff full of promise. For the first few months, he delivered on that faith — and then some. But by season’s end, Senga’s story had turned from brilliance to bewilderment, leaving analysts wondering whether his time in Queens could soon come to an end.

It’s a tough pill to swallow for Mets fans who watched Senga dominate early in the season. His 3.02 ERA across 113.1 innings still looks impressive on paper, but the numbers only tell half the story. Beneath that tidy ERA lies a tale of injury setbacks, declining command, and a second-half collapse that cost both Senga and the Mets dearly when they needed him most.

A Tale of Two Halves

Before his hamstring injury in mid-June, Kodai Sen

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