Sean Manaea, who emerged because the Mets’ ace down the stretch final season, has reached an settlement to return to the group, in accordance with reviews.
It’s a three-year, $75 million contract for the left-hander, per ESPN.
Manaea, who turns 33 in February, went 12-6 with a 3.47 ERA and 184 strikeouts over a career-high 181.2 innings in 2024, and he was significantly dominant because the season wore on.
His 110.1 innings from June 26 on led MLB pitchers, whereas his 3.02 ERA over that stretch — a span of 18 begins — was the Eleventh-best mark within the Nationwide League.
He pitched not less than 6.2 innings in 12 of his closing 18 begins, turning right into a workhorse for a Mets rotation that was with out No. 1 starter Kodai Senga for all however one begin within the common season as a consequence of shoulder and calf accidents.
Manaea tweaked his supply throughout that dynamic run, utilizing a decrease arm slot after observing Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale throughout a July 25 recreation between the groups.
And whereas his 4.74 ERA within the postseason didn’t match his regular-season success, Manaea was stable in three of his 4 playoff begins.
Manaea returns to a Mets rotation headlined by Senga, together with offseason signings Frankie Montas and Clay Holmes.
David Peterson, Paul Blackburn and Tylor Megill are all set to return, whereas Griffin Canning, who made 31 begins for the Los Angeles Angels final season, signed a one-year cope with the Mets final week, including to their depth.
The Mets may once more deploy a six-man rotation, which higher replicates Senga’s pitching schedule in Japan.
Manaea, who’s coming into his tenth MLB season, has additionally pitched for the Oakland A’s, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants and owns a 4.00 ERA for his profession. A sweeper that Manaea added to his arsenal in 2023 with the Giants has proved very important to his latest reinvention.
The Mets signed Manaea final season to a two-year, $28 million contract with an opt-out, which he exercised in November to turn out to be a free agent.
He additionally rejected the Mets’ one-year, $21.05 million qualifying provide, which means the Mets would have acquired draft choose compensation had he left.
The Manaea settlement continued a busy offseason for the Mets, who signed former Yankees slugger Juan Soto to a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract earlier his month. Manaea, like Soto, is represented by agent Scott Boras.
Initially Printed: December 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM EST
