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Mets Continue to Splurge With Addition of Japanese Ace

Kodai Senga will bring his “ghost fork” pitch and his championship pedigree to the Mets in a deal that will push the team’s 2023 spending past $400 million.

Kodai Senga is known for his forkball, nicknamed the “ghost fork,” which falls off a cliff as it approaches the plate.Credit...Koji Watanabe/Getty Images

When Major League Baseball’s owners tried to curtail overspending by creating a third tier of the luxury tax, it was immediately nicknamed the “Cohen Tax.” Steven A. Cohen, the owner of the Mets, took that as a compliment.