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Pitcher · 2026

Kodai Senga

Age
33
B/T
L/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
202 lb
Number
#34
Born
January 30, 1993 in Gamagori, Japan
MLB debut
April 2, 2023
Salary, 2026
$15M
dbWAR
.5
3 season(s)
IP
46.2
ERA
8.29
FIP
6.32
K/9
10.6
FIP−
151
100 = avg

Kodai Senga is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 55 batters over 46.2 innings across 15 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 0-8. His ERA of 8.29 was 98.6% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 465th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.32 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 28.8% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.3%. His -0.8 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP6.32
K/910.6
WHIP1.71
WAR-.8

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB109952861427.295.385.547.40424.8%
vs RHB108861961928.221.370.477.37425.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Kodai Senga throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamForkballCutterSweeperSliderSinker

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball38.4%33196.22,37148.0%18.7%
Forkball24.3%20983.21,16438.3%43.3%
Cutter16.1%13989.92,42446.0%25.8%
Sweeper9.3%8081.22,57242.5%20.8%
Slider7.8%6786.72,54549.3%47.7%
Sinker3.8%3390.12,22642.4%14.3%
Kodai Senga's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202615846.2080474355338.296.321.7110.66.4199151-0.8
20252222113.17609438109553.024.121.318.74.473991.2
2024115.110022913.383.350.5615.21.783820.1

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.