Mets Notebook: Kodai Senga avoids throwing ghost fork as precaution in final Grapefruit League start

PORT ST. LUCIE — Kodai Senga’s infamous ghost fork is tough to see (hence the nickname for the pitch), but if you were watching the Mets’ 5-2 Grapefruit League loss at Clover Park on Wednesday, you didn’t see any at all.

Senga didn’t throw any splitters in his final Grapefruit League start of spring training. He threw 58 pitches, most of which were fastballs and cutters. He allowed two earned runs on two hits over four innings, walked three and struck out three in a start that he said felt good at some points...