Mets Shake Up Rotation, Manaea Thrives in Relief

0:00On March 30, the New York Mets shook things up right before opening day by pulling Sean Manaya from the starting rotation. Instead, the lefty made his season debut in relief against the pirates on Sunday, March 29. He tossed 1.1 innings on 29 pitches, gave up a hit, and two walks, but kept it scoreless with two strikeouts. Manaya's fastball averaged just 88.7 mph, down about 3 from last year, and the contact he allowed had some hard. These evalocities over 100 mph. Still, manager Carlos Mendoza deployed him in a higher leverage spot than planned. Coming in during the 7th after the starter and another, Releater. Manaya stayed chill about the roll switch, saying it felt good overall, and he's ready to pitch whenever they need him. The move helped preserve a thin bullpen in that win, even if his stuff wasn't popping yet. Looking ahead, the Mets see this as a piggyback setup to build Manaya up for starts later. He parrying him in long relief with another arm for A, left the righty mix, his next

1:04outing should stretch him further. Expect Manaya to slide back into the rotation soon as he ramps up, keeping the Mets flexible early in this wild season. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI.