Timing of Mets rotation troubles come with plenty of worry

Statistically, the Mets rotation remains atop the heap, No. 1 in all of baseball, with a 2.93 ERA. Realistically, it doesn’t feel that way today.

According to those in the know, staff ace Kodai Senga, the National League ERA leader, is expected out a minimum five weeks after suffering a hamstring injury. That he only suffered a Grade 1 (low grade) strain is considered the positive news of the week that got away from them.

On the day after starter Tylor Megill lost his way, Griffin Canning never found it Sunday. Two of the best surprises of the season turned in their worst outings to cap the roughest home weekend of an otherwise beautiful start to the season (not counting the weather, which continues to disappoint).

Before a sellout Father’s Day of 42,804 crowd on yet another day that qualified on the drab-to-dreary atmosphere range, the Rays played Canning’s daddy, setting the tone for his day filled with wildness by scoring three runs in a third inning in which only one ball left the infield.