If all goes according to plan, both Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea should be back pitching for the New York Mets in Kansas City.

The good news for the Mets now is that the days of rotation improvisation should come to an end this week. The two pitchers at the top of the rotation on the preseason blueprint — Manaea and Senga — should return and make starts against the Royals in Kansas City before the All-Star break.