The Mets strengthened their starting lineup by recruiting Sean Manaea for a two-year total of $28 million (about 36.8 billion won) on the 7th. Manaea, who was born in 1992, is a left-hander starting resource who made his big league debut with the Oakland Athletics in 2016, won 12 consecutive games in 2017 and 2018, and went through the San Diego Padres in 2022 and recorded a 7-6 record with a 4.44 ERA in 37 games (10 starts) with the San Francisco Giants last year. His overall big league performance was 65-56 with a 4.10 ERA in 196 games (166 starts).
Manaea was once a member of the FA group that issued the fourth to fifth runs along with Ryu in the latest Stove League. Despite being five years younger than Ryu, Manaea was recognized as a resource that can consistently play rotation with the same left-handed pitcher. He has consistently been listed on the Mets’ list of candidates for recruitment along with Ryu.
In the end, however, the Mets’ choice was Manaea, not Ryu. Multiple U.S. media outlets steadily connected the Mets, who need to reinforce their left-handed starters, and although the Mets appeared to turn to Ryu as Japanese left-hander Imana recently gave up buying Shota, they decided to leave Manaea with a starting job. 슬롯사이트 순위
With Manaea’s addition, the Mets’ starters have plenty of options, including Senga Kodai, Jose Quintana, Luis Severino, Tyler Megill, Adrian Houser, Joey Lucchesi and Manaea. David Peterson, who is recovering from injury, is also a potential starter.
Nevertheless, the Mets will likely continue to strengthen their starting lineup. MLBcom said, “The Mets have enough resources to challenge for the 2024 presidential election, but efforts to strengthen their starting rotation are not over.”
However, there has been a change in the way starting pitchers have been reinforced. The plan is to recruit necessary starting pitchers through trade, not FA recruitment. MLBcom said, “We still have top-notch free agents in the starting pitcher market, including Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, but the Mets do not believe that the two players are competitive in terms of price. Instead, we have decided to look at the trade market.”
According to the New York Post, right-hander Dylan Sith of the Chicago White Sox is known to be the Mets’ top priority. “We are actively attempting to trade to secure more starting pitchers,” Mets President David Stearns said.
Ryu’s option has completely disappeared due to the Mets’ withdrawal from the FA market. Still, the San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, and Boston Red Sox are connected to Ryu, but the Mets were considered Ryu’s likely destination.
With the recent explosion of local interest in Ryu Hyun-jin, it was expected to remain in the major leagues in the 2024 season, but the Mets’ choice forced them to consider the option of returning to the Hanwha Eagles in the KBO League.
MLBcom predicted, “The Mets are expected to be interested again in recruiting offseason starters next year, when a large number of aces such as Jack Wheeler, Corbin Burns, Max Fried and Walker Buehler are expected to appear.”