Kodai Senga, who looked like he began to really acclimate to the Major League game, took the ball on regular rest for the first time in the 2023 campaign this Sunday afternoon.
And, well, it was not what you want.
Senga threw a mere two and two thirds innings, walking five Blue Jays and surrendering four runs (three earned). He was wild and he was hittable, which is not a terribly good combination. Whit Merrifield drove in two with a double, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a laser beam of a home run, and the fourth run came on very poor play by Francisco Álvarez, when the young catcher tried to pick Matt Chapman off of second base and threw the ball into center field when it careened off his foot.