Manaea's Velocity Drops in Mets Debut

0:00It's March 30th. This is New York Metz news today, powered by AI, your team, your update. Metz, lefty Sean Manayah, stepped up in his first regular season outing, but that big question about his velocity hung around. He tossed 1.1 scoreless innings from the bullpen during Sunday's 4-3 extra innings loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, yet his. Fastball average just 88.7 miles per hour, across 8-4 seamers, down 3 miles per hour from last year. His sweeper clocked in at 75.5 miles per hour on 14 pitches, a drop of 2.2 from before, and he mixed in 6 sinkers. At 89.1 miles per hour, a pitch he skipped entirely last season, and now down 3.3 from its prior mark. Manayah brushed it off post-game, saying he feels healthy with no shoulder or elbow issues, and he's pitched through this before. More reps should bring. The speed back. Major Carlos Mendoza agreed the sweeper looked solid against lefties, though one hung up

1:01for a single to O'Neal Cruz. He kept the Pirates off the board with two strikeouts despite one hit, two walks in a throwing air on a pickoff, all on just 29 pitches. Manayah plans to make himself available as early as Monday or Tuesday. Keep watching Manayah ramp up. He's confident it'll click soon, and the Metz need that arm firing in the pin.