New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza provided an encouraging injury update on ace pitcher Kodai Senga, who suffered a Grade 1 hamstring strain while

Kodai Senga is making progress. The Mets ace threw with some intensity from the bullpen mound at Citi Field on Monday as he works his way back from a right hamstring strain. Senga played catch from the mound for about 15 minutes, and while the activity didn’t quite amount to a bullpen session, the Mets viewed the development as a possible step.

Mets right-hander Kodai Senga was throwing off of the mound in the bullpen Monday afternoon as he deals with a Grade 1 hamstring strain. Senga threw with decent intensity, just as he told reporters earlier in the say that he would. “Yeah, I feel great,” he said before Monday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. “I’m recovering really well.”