Sean Manaea

Manaea was 5–3 with a 3.34 ERA and recorded 115 strikeouts (13th in the nation) in 105 innings pitched for the Sycamores as a sophomore.

Following his sophomore year at Indiana State, he competed for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he went 5–1 with a 1.22 earned run average (ERA) and a league-leading 85 strikeouts (setting the modern record for a single summer) in 51 2⁄3 innings pitched, and won the league's Outstanding Prospect Award, and was named the B.F.C Whitehouse Top Pitcher, Summer National Player of the Year by Perfect Game USA, and the Cape Cod League's top prospect by Baseball America.

He was not selected until the Kansas City Royals took him with the 34th pick of the draft.

The Royals signed Manaea to a $3.55 million signing bonus, above the recommended value for the 34th pick of $1,623,000.

Sean Anthony Manaea (born February 1, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants.

He played college baseball at Indiana State University.

Playing for the baseball team at Andrean, Manaea was part of the state champions in 2010, his senior year.

He threw a fastball between 82 - 85 mph.

Not selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft out of high school, Manaea enrolled at Indiana State University (ISU), where he played college baseball for the Indiana State Sycamores baseball team, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference of NCAA's Division I.

After his freshman year at ISU, Manaea played collegiate summer baseball for the Dubois County Bombers of the Prospect League.

While attending Indiana State, Manaea was named the best prospect in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2012.

The Kansas City Royals selected Manaea with the 34th pick in the 2013 MLB draft, and traded him to the Athletics during the 2015 season.

In 2013, Manaea was named a Preseason All-American and added to the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List.

He compiled a 5–4 record, a 1.47 ERA, and 93 strikeouts in 73 1⁄3 innings, ranking fourth in the nation in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (11.4), while leading the league with 5 balks.

By the end of his collegiate career, his fastball reached as high as 97 mph.

Considered a top prospect in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, Manaea was scouted by the Houston Astros, who had the first overall pick.

However, he had a hip injury that he pitched through during his junior year at Indiana State.

Misdiagnosed as a hip impingement that he could play through as it healed, Manaea pitched through pain and saw his velocity decrease.

He had surgery to repair a torn acetabular labrum in his hip and missed the remainder of the 2013 season.

Healthy in time for spring training in 2014, the Royals assigned Manaea to the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, with the plan to limit him to 150 innings pitched for the 2014 season.

Manaea had a 7–8 record with a 3.11 ERA in 25 games started, leading the Carolina League with 146 strikeouts in 121 2⁄3 innings (10.8 strikeouts per 9 innings).

He was named an MiLB Organization 2014 All Star.

He missed the beginning of the 2015 season with abdominal and groin injuries.

After making four starts for Wilmington, Manaea received a promotion to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League in July, for whom he pitched seven innings.

The Royals traded Manaea and Aaron Brooks to the Oakland Athletics on July 28, 2015, in exchange for Ben Zobrist.

The Athletics assigned him to the Midland RockHounds of the Texas League.

With Midland, Manaea made seven starts, and had a 1.90 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 42 2⁄3 innings pitched.

He was named an MiLB Organization 2015 All Star.

Pitching for the Mesa Solar Sox in 2015, he was named an AFL Rising Star and to the AFL All-Prospect Team.

He began the 2016 season with the Nashville Sounds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

After he made three starts for Nashville, with whom he was 2–0 with a 1.50 ERA in 18 innings with 21 strikeouts, the Athletics promoted Manaea to the major leagues to make his debut on April 29.

In his rookie season in 2016, Manaea pitched to a 7–9 win–loss record and a 3.86 ERA in 25 games (24 starts) covering 144 2⁄3 innings.

Manaea was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to a left shoulder strain on April 30, 2017.

He debuted in MLB in 2016, and pitched a no-hitter on April 21, 2018.

Oakland traded Manaea to the Padres before the 2022 season and he signed with the Giants for the 2023 season.

Manaea was raised in Wanatah, Indiana, population 1,000.

He attended South Central Junior-Senior High School in Union Mills, Indiana, for his first three years of high school.

After his junior year, he competed in the first All-Indiana Crossroads Showcase Series.

Manaea transferred to Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana.