The Man(aea) is back!

[Frayed Knot]

Three year deal. Pending physical yadda yadda.





Sean Manaea is staying in Queens.

He is signing a three-year deal worth $75 million to return to the Mets, The Post's Jon Heyman reported early Monday morning.

Manaea, 32, enjoyed a career year this past season in his first campaign with the Mets, recording a 12-6 record and 3.47 ERA in the regular season and a 4.74 ERA in the postseason as the team reached the NLCS.





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[metirish]

Good news to wake up to

[Centerfield]

Stearns gets him at his price. I guess we are into the buyer's market portion of the winter.

[metirish]

Yeah, I think Sean would have hoped for 5 years ?

[MFS62]

That present came early.

Hey, Steve. Just a reminder. There are eight days of Hanukkah.

What will the other days bring?

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Very good news!



Mr. Alonso? Mr. Stearns will see you now.

[smg58]

Fangraphs projected Manaea at 3 and 60, so I wouldn't call it a buyers' market just yet. Plus Burnes is still going to get the eight years that Fried got, and I expect Sasaki will get quite a bit more than I'd give him as well.



Having said that, I am happy to have Manaea back and I hope last year was the beginning of a solid four-year run for him.

[Fman99]

Happy Monday indeed

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Good.



I guess this means we're out on Sasaki

[Benjamin Grimm]

I hope not!



Let's see... Senga, Manaea, Peterson, Holmes, Montas. Hmmm...



I guess it would be a tight squeeze, but I think it could happen.

[Lefty Specialist]

Good chance they'd go to a 6-man rotation, so there's room for Sasaki. Both he and Senga would do better on extra rest.

[MFS62]

I'm not convinced that Senga is healthy enough to resume a regular spot in the rotation. Sasaki would be a good addition.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

This almost certainly means that Quintana won't be coming back. No real surprise there, but he was a real contributor. I wouldn't have been at all sorry to see him return. I also wouldn't be surprised if he, wherever he ends up, has a better year in 2025 than Frankie Montas.

[Cowtipper]

They are going to have a loaded rotation. No stand out greats in it, but I'd much rather have a bunch of #3s than a great #1 and four #5s. This is good news.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Sasaki will sign as an amateur free agent, so he'll be getting a little more than Griffin Canning buck$ from whoever signs him. Everything about this team has got to be appealing, you'd think. Marquee city, huge earning opportunities, Japanese mentor. He'd almost certainly be on a 6-man rotation here so he could acclimate a little easier and stay on something more resembling a Japanese schedule. The only thing working against the Mets is that New York isn't on the west coast. Let's hope he hates good Mexican food and traffic.

[metirish]

We have good Mexican food here and bad traffic too , win win

[ashie62]

Passan says 3 years for 75 million



Yeah!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Will Sammon, The Athletic wrote: The deal contains deferrals, a league source told The Athletic. The deferred amount is $23.25 million, per another league source. It's a 10-year deferral (equal payments) starting in 2035 and ending in 2044.

[The Hot Corner]

I was quite pleased when I saw this signing come over the wire. Hopefully, the changes he made to his delivery in 2024 will continue to give opposing hitters major problems.

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I hope not! Let's see... Senga, Manaea, Peterson, Holmes, Montas. Hmmm... I guess it would be a tight squeeze, but I think it could happen.

Holmes is a reliever. Montas is…not that good? There's plenty of room to upgrade the pitching staff.

[ashie62]

They are going to try Holmes as a starter



In this day and age he doesn't have to be a horse to be effective in that role



I am accepting the idea that Stearns doesn't offer lengthy big money contracts to starting pitchers, Corbin Burnes will likely be an example of that



I will defer to Stearns given his track record, for now anyway

[G-Fafif]

It's official.