Left-hander Sean Manaea will reject the $21.05MM qualifying supply that was prolonged to him by the Mets, per Alden González of ESPN (X hyperlink). The southpaw was considered one of 13 gamers who obtained a qualifying supply this yr, with the deadline for choices tomorrow at 3pm Central.
As famous by González, the information doesn’t come as a shock, as Manaea by no means actually appeared like a candidate to simply accept the supply. He has a prolonged observe report of main league success, with an earned run common of 4.00 in nearly 1200 innings, and is coming off considered one of his greatest seasons.
Manaea signed with the Mets final offseason, a two-year take care of a $28MM assure however an opt-out halfway by means of. The lefty would make $14.5MM in 2024 after which need to resolve whether or not or to not stroll away from a $13.5MM wage for 2025.
He finally made 32 begins for the Mets in his age-32 season, logging 181 2/3 innings with a 3.47 ERA. As famous by MLBTR’s Steve Adams earlier this month, Manaea had altered his arm slot and pregame exercise midseason, which seemingly made him even stronger because the yr went alongside. Over his final 20 begins, he posted a 3.05 ERA whereas pairing a 26% strikeout fee with an 8% stroll fee. He additionally made 4 postseason begins with the Mets as they pushed so far as recreation six of the NLCS.
That robust efficiency made it a straightforward resolution for Manaea to opt-out and return to free company in search of a bigger assure. It additionally wasn’t robust for the Mets to difficulty the QO, realizing that Manaea might reject it and nonetheless have loads of suitors in free company. MLBTR predicted Manaea for a $60MM deal over three years, even with the QO connected.
The Mets will now be in line to obtain modest compensation if Manaea finally indicators with one other membership. As aggressive stability tax payors, they may obtain a decide after the fourth spherical of the upcoming draft. The signing membership may even be topic to a penalty, although the specifics of that can rely upon whether or not the signing membership was a tax payor or income sharing recipient.
