I was really encouraged by Kodai Senga's first start of the year, where he struck out nine batters over six innings. He recorded four whiffs from six swings on the forkball, and more notably, Senga had seven whiffs on the fastball as it averaged 97+ mph. Last year, he was below 20% whiff rate on the fastball, and averaged less than 95 mph on the pitch, so the jump in velocity and whiffs was great to see. Hitting 90+ pitches in that first start, a full workload should be in play here. We just have to hope the lack of bullpen used yesterday and off day tomorrow don't give him a shorter leash should be run into walk issues...