While the signing of Justin Verlander took a lot of the Mets’ headlines this offseason, bringing Japanese flamethrower Kodai Senga into the rotation can’t be overlooked.

Equipped with a fastball that touches 100 and his mysterious and devastating “ghost" fork ball, Senga went 11-6 with a miniscule 1.94 ERA, and an insane 159 strike outs and 10.0 SO/9 in Japan last season.

And now he’s hoping to bring that same domination stateside as a part of a vaunted Mets rotation. But first, Senga will have to adjust to the major leagues not just with the new rules being implemented this season but in other aspects.

“In terms of the throwing side I feel really good,” Senga told SNY’s Steve Gelbs through the team’s interpreter. “I think everything has been going smoothly, but in comparison to Japan there aren't as many off days, so I do feel a little bit more exhaustion.”

Senga says that he’s been doing a lot of conditioning to get his body ready for the season, so he believes he’ll be ok by the time the season begins. But what he hopes won’t be ok, are hitters when they come up to face him.

While his fastball and “ghost” pitch are infamous, Senga actually believes his slider and cutter will help him navigate big league lineups this season.

“Obviously, the fastball and the splitter are one of my better pitches but this offseason I really worked on changing up my slider and cutter,” he explained. “Looking at the metrics after each pitch, and those are pitches that I worked on a lot.

"Definitely adding those two pitches to my repertoire is really big because the batters will be thinking fastball or splitter and they'll see two other pitches. But as we get into the games, I hope to be able to use those effectively.”

For Senga, he won’t have the pressure of being at the top of a rotation and can fine tune his arsenal as the season goes along. That pressure goes to Max Scherzer and the aforementioned Verlander who Senga is expected to slide behind as the team’s No. 3 starter.

In addition to settling in the middle of the rotation, Senga also gets to learn from two future Hall of Famers. The 30-year-old has already begun to strike up a rapport with Scherzer and Verlander and quickly learned how competitive both pitchers are.

“They're both obviously very friendly,” Senga said. “They gave me a lot of advice and now that I'm in the mix in the rotation as well, I know that I need to be able to perform in order for the Mets to win. They really prioritize winning and getting to the World Series. So I know that I need to play a part in that as well.”

The Mets signed Senga to a five-year, $75 million contract this offseason so the organization believes he can play a part in getting the team to their first World Series since 2015. And if Senga lives up to what he did in Japan, the Mets will have a great shot.