Mets’ Jose Quintana open to bullpen move if Kodai Senga makes injury return
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — Jose Quintana is all for Kodai Senga returning to the pitching staff when he’s recovered from the strained left calf that’s sidelined him since July.
And the lefty said Sunday he’d be willing to pitch out of the bullpen if need be to make room for Senga.
“My focus is on my next start, but I think when Senga comes back, he’s gonna help us a lot, so whatever way I can help, I will do it,’’ Quintana said before the Mets lost to Philadelphia, 2-1, at Citizens Bank Park. “It’s not a big deal. Right now, it’s not a time to be about myself. It’s about the team. If it’s good for the team, I’m open to doing it.”
President of baseball operations David Stearns said Friday he was “optimistic” Senga would make it back.
The right-hander is eligible to come off the IL on Sept. 25.
Stearns added that the team was “likely” to use Senga as a starter if he were able to pitch because that’s what Senga is accustomed to.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.