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Players · M · Pitcher · 2026

Sean Manaea

Age
34
B/T
R/L
Height
6' 5"
Weight
245 lb
Number
#59
Born
February 1, 1992 in Valparaiso, IN, United States
MLB debut
April 29, 2016
Drafted
2013, round CB-A
College
Indiana State
High school
Andrean
Salary, 2026
$25M
dbWAR
17.0
15 season(s)
IP
144.2
ERA
4.67
FIP
4.44
K/9
8.8
FIP−
106
100 = avg

Sean Manaea is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 141 batters over 144.2 innings across 32 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 6-7. His ERA of 4.67 is 11.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 14th of 22 on his team, and 365th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.44 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 22.5% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.5%. His 0.9 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.44
K/98.8
WHIP1.30
WAR.9

WAR by season

3.31.70.01617181920212223242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026NYM3218144.267014575141434.674.441.308.82.71121060.9
2025NYM151260.2240623875125.644.391.2211.11.81361060.5
2024NYM3232181.2126013470184633.473.831.089.13.185942.7
2023SF3710117.276110458128424.443.901.249.83.2102901.4
2022SD3028158.089015587156504.964.531.308.92.81251140.6
2021OAK3232179.11110017978194413.913.661.239.72.192863.3
2020OAK111154.043057274584.503.711.207.51.3101831.1
2019OAK5529.24001643071.213.420.789.12.127760.7
2018OAK2727160.2129014164108323.594.261.086.01.8861031.5
2017OAK2929158.21210016777140554.374.101.407.93.1100942.5
2016OAK2524144.279013562124373.864.081.197.72.392971.7

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021OAK25200001.500.500.750.250.6670.0%20.0%.532+0.92580.2
2018OAK35100000.200.200.200.000.2000.0%0.0%.176-0.610.0
2017OAK25000012.000.250.000.000.00020.0%40.0%.178-0.6-00.0
2016OAK12000001.000.000.000.000.0000.0%50.0%.000-0.5-123-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1871714251155.246.306.386.30929.4%
vs RHB440385103183286.268.336.501.36119.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Sean Manaea throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Four-Seam Fastball38.7%92591.32,05553.7%23.9%230.226.727
Sweeper30.7%73475.82,27145.6%30.1%150.240.765
Sinker18.7%44890.42,05546.9%7.0%116.336.886
Cutter7.6%18284.62,13552.7%26.8%35.314.968
Changeup4.3%10484.11,57632.7%14.3%28.250.802
Sean Manaea's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.