"I felt really good out there, Manaea said. I thought all of my pitches worked. I was throwing them for strikes, and we mixed really well. It was just about getting ahead and attacking, and overall, I felt healthy, so it was a good day."
"I think it's in there, manager Carlos Mendoza said of Manaea's velocity. But it's probably gonna take some time. The veteran southpaw maintained that it will likely come once the regular season starts, and the adrenaline of pitching at Citi Field provides a bit more juice to his arsenal."
"He's a guy we missed [last year], and we felt it, Mendoza said. He's one of those guys who can carry a team. When he's throwing well, he takes pride in going deep in games and giving the team a chance to win. He's a big part of what we're doing here."
Sean Manaea delivered an impressive spring training performance against Miami, retiring all 12 batters faced across four perfect innings with four strikeouts. This outing provides encouragement following his injury-plagued 2025 season that raised concerns about his reliability. Manaea felt healthy and effective, crediting good pitch mixing and strike-throwing. However, his fastball velocity averaged just over 88 mph, down from his 91.7 mph average last year. Manager Carlos Mendoza expects the velocity to return once the regular season begins at Citi Field. Manaea will anchor the bottom of New York's rotation and has another spring start scheduled before the season opens March 26 against Pittsburgh.
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