Manaea ‘Sharp’ In First Start Of Spring As His Comeback Effort Begins

If there's a single pitcher who symbolized the New York Mets ' disastrous second-half collapse last year, it was starter Sean Manaea . The Mets gave him a three-year, $75 million deal to lead the rotation prior to the season, and the results were poor, to say the least. Manaea struggled with injuries that included a strained right oblique and loose bodies in his elbow, and he was unable to give the rotation a boost when he returned in September.