In Focus - Kodai Senga

 

Thomas Nestico                 @TJStats

Kodak Senga made his 2025 debut

The Japanese ace struck out 8 across 5.0 IP as he spoon fed batters his forkball. They couldn’t keep up and it returned a fantastic 57.1 Whiff%

 

Pitch Profiler                      @pitchprofiler

Kodai Senga had one of the more intriguing outings of the season — striking out eight over five innings while allowing four runs, two of them earned.

He showcased all seven pitches in his arsenal, and the splitter was nasty — but it still wasn’t enough to avoid some damage.

 

Mack –

Senga fought two enemies last night. The Marlins and Lindor.

Simply put, Lindor’s rare two errors cost Kodai a chance for a victory and eventually doomed a team that returned to unproductive bats.

Another negative was his oft thrown 4-seemer that was a dud all night, producing 100% barreling and absolute zero whiff%.

Now, for the good news. The fork was forking incredible and virtually unhittable. It even produced a three batter strikeout inning, all off which succumbed to this deadly pitch.

I was pleasantly surprised here. Didn’t expect it to go well, especially after a choppy start.