Amid a resurgent season with the New York Mets, Sean Manaea is pitching his way into the qualifying offer conversation. Manaea has not pitched at this high of a level in quite some time. Winning consecutive starts for the first time this season, he pitched another gem on Monday, allowing six hits over seven innings with 10 strikeouts and zero walks.
In his last two starts, Manaea has tossed 14 scoreless innings, allowing eight hits, striking out 21 and walking one. For just the second time in his nine-year career, Manaea has struck out at least 21 batters over two starts (he struck out 22 batters in 2021 with the Oakland Athletics) and the first time in three years he’s had back-to-back seven-inning starts. This is also the first time since 2016 that Manaea has had back-to-back seven-inning starts with one or fewer walks.
Following Monday’s 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, Manaea is now 8-4 with a 3.30 ERA.
New York has won eight of his last 10 starts. He is also the only Mets pitcher with over 100 strikeouts, with Luis Severino not too far off at 96. Likely to opt out of his $13.
5 million deal for 2025 , the 32-year-old lefty might be worth a qualifying offer. Sean Manaea joins Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden as the only pitchers in @Mets history with 7+ IP, 10+ K and no runs allowed in consecutive starts. #LGM — Jonathan Baron (@jmb9191) August 5, 2024 Mets Pitcher Sean Manaea Emerging as a Strong Qualifying Offer Candidate Mets star first baseman Pete Alonso , .