Imanga, Manea and Ryu

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Jon Hey Man says these 3 pitchers are "connected" to the Mets.



All 3 have international backgrounds, as Manea (born in Indiana) is the son of a Samoan.



Imanga has a nickname "The Throwing Philosopher." I don't know what that is about. He's a crafty small lefty, 30 years old.

[metsmarathon]

i like the idea of imanaga. seems like he'd be a quality add. not a top of the line guy, but certainly a solid mid-rotation starter. the kind of player a team building for the future could use and keep around.



the rest... eh... at least they'd eat innings....

[metirish]

"The Throwing Philosopher."



Sounds like a crafty pitcher



The son of a Samoan is a great description

[Benjamin Grimm]

The posting deadline for Imanaga expires in six days, so we'll know soon enough. I do hope they sign him.

[Bunt the First Two]

Imanga, Manaea, and Ryu

Imanga, Maanea, and Ryu

Philosophical throwa

Son of Somoa

And Toronto lefthander in blue



I'd dance a conga

if we got Imanga

Who has spent his career in Nippon

He gives up fly balls

That can reach shallow walls

So the Yanks and the Phils have moved on



But if he can be crafty

If the ballpark ain't drafty

And the league hasn't figured him out

And the Mets make him wealthy

We'll pray he stays healthy

And trust that we know how to scout



I know Sean Manaea

A career West Coast playa

Spent last year with the Giants I thinks

But alas San Francisco

Is deader than disco

The players all think that it stinks



With his long flowing locks

He no-hit the Red Sox

And that is no easy assignment

He's Samoan, not short

But 6'5", I report

May his spine never lose its alignment



Our third guy's Korean

And a fine human bein'

Tho' his physique is described as quite hefty

From Korea's bright shores

Only Park has won more

Games than this world famous lefty



But his big bag of tricks

Is now age thirty-six

And by opening day, thirty seven

I'd explode into flames

If he won but ten games

And if he wins fifteen, I'm in Heaven



Imanga, Manaea, and Ryu

Imanga, Maanea, and Ryu

The Pool now discusses

Minuses, pluses

Of three lefties we all barely knew

[Benjamin Grimm]

That would make Ogden Nash proud!



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[MFS62]

Well done!

Later

[Frayed Knot]

So now we know The Plan!!!!: Sign as many vowels as possible.

[Edgy MD]

Lefthanded vowels only, please.

[Frayed Knot]

Manaea, two year deal (though opt-out after one) - Hey Man!



https://nypost.com/2024/01/07/sports/mets-sign-sean-manaea-to-two-year-28m-deal/https://nypost.com/2024/01/07/sports/mets-sign-sean-manaea-to-two-year-28m-deal/

[ashie62]

Manaea used to be a good pitcher. We shall see.



Don't look for the Mets to make a splash signing before camp



Wendle, Taylor Stewart Vientos



These are your guys



It will be a year of prospect development and the culling the roster



I would imagine Narvaez is next

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Senga

Manaea

Quintana

Houser

Severino

*

Peterson

Megill



We will have a No. 3 starter coming at ya almost every night!

[metirish]

That's a scary rotation

[bmfc1]

From D.J. Short (NBC Sports): "Spent some time in the bullpen, but was very good after returning to the rotation in September. 2.25 ERA, 18/2 K/BB ratio in 24 innings across four starts."

[MFS62]

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That's a scary rotation

[Edgy MD]

D.J. Short then returned to his floor-filling heavy mix of techno, trance-core, and Latinx beats.



Like D.J. Short's killer set, David Stearns seems to be preparing his roster with a mind to nailing the segues.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Manea on a two-year, $28 million deal seems like a stop gap, but ok.

[Frayed Knot]

This entire pitching staff has been full of stop-gap moves for several years now.

[Frayed Knot]

Don't look now, but our pitching staff has consisted almost entirely of stop-gap acquisitions over the last few years.





The crew below were all acquired from outside the org in the Cohen era and combined to make 334 starts.

Yet only two made as many as 50 starts (61 & 59), just three remain on the 40-man, and only two (Senga

and Quintana) are likely to make a significant number of starts going forward.

Pitcher

Acquired

APP/Starts

1st NYM G

Last NYM G

Marcus Stroman

FA

44 / 44

3/28/19

10/2/21

Max Scherzer

FA

42 / 42

4/8/22

7/28/23

Chris Bassitt

Trade

30 / 30

4/9/22

10/2/22

Carlos Carrasco

Trade

61 / 61

7/30/21

8/26/23

Taijuan Walker

FA

59 / 58

4/8/21

10/4/22

Rich Hill

Trade

13 / 12

7/25/21

9/30/21

Joey Lucchesi

Trade

20 / 17

8/7/21

??

Trevor Williams

Trade

40 / 12

8/12/21

10/5/22

Justin Verlander

FA

16 / 16

5/4/23

7/30/23

Jose Quintana

FA

13 / 13

7/20/23

??

Kodai Senga

FA

29 / 29

4/2/23

??

[metsmarathon]

i'm starting to worry that our rotation is filled with too many stop gaps and not enough fill gaps.

[Lefty Specialist]

That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

[Edgy MD]

They'll win a million games.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Lefty Specialist wrote: That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

It might be. If it is, I think they feel like they can flip any of the guys not named Senga at the deadline to pad the farm and then load up in '25.



And maybe it's an 83-win team that flirts with a wild card. I think that's possible, too.

[MFS62]

There are some spots in the lineup that need improvement.

To paraphrase Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men - please hope the GM hasn't pinned our future to the return of Starling Marte.

https://metsmerizedonline.com/how-can-a-healthy-starling-marte-help-mets-in-2024/https://metsmerizedonline.com/how-can-a-healthy-starling-marte-help-mets-in-2024/



Later

[Edgy MD]

I'm sure he hasn't done that.

[Frayed Knot]

'The Throwing Philosopher' Imanga to the Cubs

[Edgy MD]

Despite us mostly referring to him as "Imanga" in this thread, official sources seem to insist his name is "Imanaga."



It's probably our fault he didn't sign here.

[DocTee]

Kenta Maeda: 2/24

Shoto Imanaga: 2/30

Sean Manea: 2/28



It pays to be a mid-rotation guy I guess. For my money I would have rather signed either of the two for what they got than what we gave Manea.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Despite us mostly referring to him as "Imanga" in this thread, official sources seem to insist his name is "Imanaga." It's probably our fault he didn't sign here.

I also spelled Manaea wrong.



I need spring training

[MFS62]

Report on Metsmerized site says that "the Mets have $10 million left to spend".

Choose wisely.

Later