Sean Manaea

Bats R Throws L6'5" 245 lbBorn 1992 Valparaiso, USADebut 2016Team NYMDraft 2013 RCB-A #34 Kansas City Royals, Indiana StateContract 3 y/$75M (25-27)* 2026: $19,680,726

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	472	23.7	7.1	3.45	21.4	6.54	100.5
2027							100.3
2028							99.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 93 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Clay Buchholz	2018	104.4	82.5	254
2	Brandon McCarthy	2017	101.2	87.6	339
3	Josh Beckett	2013	105.7	98.6	475
4	Gio Gonzalez	2019	104.7	82.8	153
5	Bartolo Colon	2006	103.7	89.2	453
6	Jeff Samardzija	2018	101.4	107.2	740
7	Anthony DeSclafani	2023	100.9	did not play
8	Brett Anderson	2021	99.8	did not play
9	Matt Moore	2022	96.8	104.9	218
10	Edinson Volquez	2017	97.1	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYM	15	0	0	0	0	0
2024	NYM	32	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SF	37	0	0	0	0	0
2022	SD	30	0	0	0	0	0
2021	OAK	32	5	2	1	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.750	1.250	247.3
2020	OAK	11	0	0	0	0	0
2019	OAK	5	0	0	0	0	0
2018	OAK	27	5	1	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	3.0
2017	OAK	29	5	0	0	1	2	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250	5.3
2016	OAK	25	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.0
Career		243	17	3	1	1	4	0.214	0.267	0.286	0.552	61.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									472				100.3
2026*									481				93.2	99.5	92.6
2025	NYM	2	4	5.64	15	12	0	60.7	263	13	12	75	93.3	101.9	95.2
2024	NYM	12	6	3.47	32	32	0	181.7	738	21	63	184	110.9	100.8	111.7
2023	SF	7	6	4.44	37	10	1	117.7	499	14	42	128	102.7	101.9	104.6
2022	SD	8	9	4.96	30	28	0	158.0	671	29	50	156	92.5	98.6	91.1
2021	OAK	11	10	3.91	32	32	0	179.3	754	25	41	194	99.9	99.6	99.5
2020	OAK	4	3	4.50	11	11	0	54.0	222	7	8	45	103.4	97.4	100.8
2019	OAK	4	0	1.21	5	5	0	29.7	109	3	7	30	129.2	103.1	132.3
2018	OAK	12	9	3.59	27	27	0	160.7	654	21	32	108	107.9	97.8	105.7
2017	OAK	12	10	4.37	29	29	0	158.7	692	18	55	140	98.1	99.4	97.5
2016	OAK	7	9	3.86	25	24	0	144.7	594	20	37	124	102.3	97.4	99.8
Career		79	66	4.08	243	210	1	1245.0	5196	171	347	1184	102.3		101.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	5	90.9	-21.3	0.0	25.0	0.0	22.2	0.183	0.252	0.191
2018	5	76.5	-17.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.085	0.095	0.088	21.1
2017	5	90.6	-16.2	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.042	0.044	0.202
2016	2				0.0	50.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	15	61	5	6	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2024	NYM	P	32	182	3	17	2	0	0.909	+0.7
2023	SF	P	37	118	3	8	2	1	0.846	+1.2
2022	SD	P	30	158	5	5	0	0	1.000	-1.1
2021	OAK	P	32	179	6	16	1	1	0.957	-0.3
2020	OAK	P	11	54	0	5	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2019	OAK	P	5	30	3	2	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2018	OAK	P	27	161	7	10	1	0	0.944	-1.8
2017	OAK	P	29	159	5	14	1	0	0.950	-0.5
2016	OAK	P	25	145	5	12	1	0	0.944	-1.9

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	34	9.0 IP, 35% K	4.00
2025	A+	Brooklyn Cyclones	Pit	38	6.2 IP, 21% K	10.16
2019	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	105	28.0 IP, 41% K	3.21
2019	A+	Stockton Ports	Pit	42	8.1 IP, 24% K	10.00
2016	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	73	18.0 IP, 29% K	1.50
2015	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	36	7.0 IP, 31% K	5.14
2015	AA	Midland RockHounds	Pit	173	42.2 IP, 29% K	1.92
2015	AA	nan	Pit	209	49.2 IP, 30% K	2.38
2015	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	81	19.2 IP, 27% K	3.75
2014	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	514	121.2 IP, 28% K	3.12

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021	0.000	0.717	0.537
2018	0.180		0.180
2017		0.175	0.175
2016		0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	2	1	4.74	4	4	19.0	17	3	8	19	1.32
2022	0	1	40.91	1	0	1.1	4	1	2	2	5.45
2020	0	1	8.31	1	1	4.3	5	2	1	2	1.38
2019	0	1	18.00	1	1	2.0	4	3	0	5	2.00
Career	2	4	7.83	7	6	26.4	30	9	11	28	1.55