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Manaea gave up two homers today, bringing his total to 25 in 150 2/3 innings for the year. That’s the main issue explaining his 4.78 ERA. He was a reliable innings eater after joining the Mets rotation in June, but unless he gets some velocity back, which probably isn’t happening at age 35, that’s his ceiling. He’ll finish out a three-year, $75 million contract next season.

Manaea gave up three hits, walked two and struck out nine. He improved to 6-7 with the win. Manaea had only had more strikeouts in one other start this year, an 11-strikeout performance against the Pirates on August 9. He has a 4.67 ERA. Manaea is lined up to face the Nationals on the road on Sunday.

Manaea gave up four hits, walked none and struck out six. He broke a streak of allowing at least four runs in five consecutive starts. Manaea has a 4.74 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Rangers on the road next week.

Manaea gave up five hits, walked none and struck out four. He improved to 5-7 with the win. Manaea has now allowed at least four runs in five consecutive starts and has a 7.22 ERA in that span. He has a 4.79 ERA on the season. Manaea is lined up to face the Orioles at home next week, though he isn’t worth the risk in most fantasy leagues at this point.

Manaea gave up 11 hits, walked one and struck out two. He fell to 4-7 on the season with the loss. Manaea has a 7.37 ERA over his last four starts. Fantasy managers should look for better options than Manaea’s next start against the Marlins on the road next week.

Manaea struck out three batters during the uneven performance while issuing one base on balls. The Brewers jumped on him early in this one, scoring twice in the first inning and adding another pair in the second on a two-run blast by Jackson Chourio. They tacked on additional runs in the fifth and sixth while chasing Manaea. The 34-year-old southpaw got seven swings and misses on 95 pitches on the evening, posting a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll look to bounce back and improve upon his 4.55 ERA and 1.32 WHIP when he does battle against the Rays in Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

Manaea pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings before Miguel Vargas, Randal Grichuk and Colson Montgomery homered consecutively in the sixth. A quicker hook probably would have gotten the Mets a win tonight. As is, Manaea was left with a no-decision and the Mets lost in the bottom of the ninth. Manaea will take on the Brewers next week.

Manaea came out sharp in this one, tossing three scoreless innings before Andrés Chaparro took him deep for a solo homer to lead off the fourth. Things unraveled for Manaea in the sixth as he surrendered a three-run blast to Brady House. He returned to record one out in the seventh, leaving with a runner on third at 93 pitches with seven strikeouts. The 34-year-old left-hander will take a 4.22 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, and a 113/37 K/BB ratio across 111 innings into a start against the White Sox in Chicago on Friday.

Manaea didn’t allow any free passes while continuing his remarkable in-season turnaround. He opened the year in the bullpen and has only improved since joining the rotation in mid-June. Notably, his velocity has steadily increased the more he starts. The Pirates have scuffled lately, but they’ve scored the third-most runs in MLB this season. Manaea’s next start lines up at home against the Nationals.

Manaea turned in the quality start despite allowing seven hits, walking five and hitting a batter. He did strike out seven with his velocity back up some tonight. He averaged 92.1 mph with his fastball, which produced six of his seven strikeouts. That was up 1.3 mph from his season average. Manaea will take a 3-5 record and a 4.33 ERA into his next start against the Pirates.

Manaea struck out four, walked two, and allowed five hits. He served up a two-run homer to Matt Olson but limited the damage otherwise. He’s now made nine starts since returning to the Mets rotation on June 13, and his ERA is under 4 during that stretch. It isn’t dominant, but it’s a big improvement from where things were earlier this season. Manaea’s next start is scheduled to come in Cleveland.

Manaea held his own with an impressive showing against the Dodgers last Friday, allowing just one run over six innings. It’ll be burgeoning star Christian Scott taking the ball opposite Braves ace Chris Sale during Wednesday’s nightcap at Citi Field. Get your popcorn ready for that one.

This was a great start by Manaea against a tough Dodgers lineup. He did get some help from right fielder Carson Benge who threw one runner out at home and started another relay to get one at third, but don’t let that take too much away from Manaea’s outing. His fastball led the charge with a 61% usage rate – nearly double his season average – and he had no problem crowding hitters from both sides of the plate with it. It also sat right at 91 mph, a big deal for Manaea after struggling to both build up and maintain his velocity earlier in the season. With it and his confidence to challenge hitters in the zone back, he has turned in a 3.75 ERA over his last 13 outings dating back to May 17th. Next up is a meeting with the Braves at home.

Manaea gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out seven. He fell to 2-5 with the loss. Manaea ran into trouble immediately, allowing a single to Trea Turner and a two-run home run to Kyle Schwarber before recording his first out. It didn’t get much better from there as Manaea allowed another home run, this one to Turner in the fifth inning. In seven starts since moving into the rotation, he has a 4.48 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings. Manaea is lined up to face the Dodgers at home next weekend.

Manaea struck out six and walked one while throwing 70 percent of his pitches for strikes. He recorded just eight whiffs and an eight percent swinging strike rate on the day, so it wasn’t a dominant outing, but he filled the zone with strikes on his fastballs and was able to get strikeouts on the few times he did get into two-strike counts. Things get tougher for him with the Brewers and Dodgers up after the All-Star break.

Manaea gave up a solo homer to Eli White in the second inning. The Braves then got to him in the third for three runs on a walk, a hit batter, and three hits. Mauricio Dubon would extend the lead with a solo homer in the fourth. Manaea would give the Mets one more scoreless inning, ending his day after five with four strikeouts. The 34-year-old left-hander will take a 5.16 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and a 68/23 K/BB ratio across 68 innings into a start against the Royals in New York on Thursday.

It was not one of Manaea’s better velocity days, as he was down to 90.4 mph tonight after coming in at 91.2-91.5 mph in each of his previous three starts. That’s definitely something to watch. Manaea seems like a decent enough bet as a bottom-of-the-rotation mixed-league option when he’s above 91 mph, but not so much if he’s back to 89-90 mph, as he typically was as a reliever at the start of the year. He’ll get the Braves this weekend.

This poor result was partially not having great command and partially his defense utterly failing him. The Mets made six total errors in this game – all on the infield – and two were made behind Manaea. Past that, Brett Baty ran into the wall in right field on a ball that could’ve been caught and Bo Bichette over-charged a bunt from Pete Crow-Armstrong that sailed right past him. That wound up being Manaea’s last batter in an ugly outing, but we can hang our hats on the fact that his fastball still sat above 91 mph and he forced 10 swings-and-misses. He’s scheduled to face the Blue Jays next time out.

Manaea struck out five batters on the night while allowing only one base on balls. The Phillies scratched out single runs against him in the first, third and fourth innings — the last of which came on a throwing error by AJ Ewing. The 34-year-old southpaw got a whopping 16 swings and misses on 95 pitches in the contest — 11 of those on his sweeper — while registering a strong CSW of 32 percent. He’ll tote a 4.64 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and a 56/18 K/BB ratio (54 1/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Cubs.

After a scoreless first inning, the Braves put a run on the board against Manaea with a base hit and a double in the second inning. Eli White later took him deep for a solo homer in the fourth inning. Manaea would go on to toss two more scoreless frames, pitching well overall for a quality start. He struck out six. It was Manaea’s longest outing of the season and his first traditional start. Still, he’s pitched well over the last six weeks, posting a 3.33 ERA since the start of May. He’ll take a 4.78 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, and a 51/17 K/BB ratio across 49 innings into a start against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Thursday.