Sean Manaea
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 5" 245LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: CB-A, #34, Kansas City Royals | Indiana State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 8 9 4.96 30 28 0 158 156 1.30
2023 7 6 4.44 37 10 1 117.2 128 1.24
2024 12 6 3.47 32 32 0 181.2 184 1.08
9 Seasons 77 62 4.00 228 198 1 1,184.1 1,109 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 30 8-9 4.96 158 156 1.30
2023 37 7-6 4.44 117.2 128 1.24
2024 32 12-6 3.47 181.2 184 1.08
9 Seasons 228 77-62 4.00 1,184.1 1,109 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 24 2169 429 29 6.8 4.9 89.9 113.6 11.7 31.0 .253 .440 .306 .321 .382 38.9 20.9 6.2 3.86 4.37
2017 25 2688 486 28 5.8 4.1 89.4 116.2 12.6 32.3 .263 .426 .329 .329 .375 41.2 20.3 8.0 4.37 4.70
2018 26 2371 506 40 7.9 6.1 89.5 116.2 12.1 31.6 .262 .452 .287 .329 .372 39.7 16.5 4.9 3.58 4.63
2019 27 444 70 3 4.3 2.8 89.5 109.9 16.9 32.9 .215 .366 .224 .281 .347 37.1 27.5 6.4 1.21 3.43
2020 28 812 168 12 7.1 5.4 90.6 110.9 9.4 28.6 .265 .414 .309 .306 .367 44.6 20.3 3.6 4.50 3.96
2021 29 2980 510 41 8.0 5.4 90.2 115.3 13.3 34.5 .249 .418 .310 .312 .393 41.2 25.7 5.4 3.91 4.12
2022 30 2482 462 42 9.1 6.3 90.3 113.3 16.3 32.7 .240 .407 .330 .312 .375 42.9 23.2 7.5 4.96 4.05
2023 31 2052 321 28 8.7 5.6 89.4 113.2 13.0 35.8 .244 .403 .306 .316 .382 36.4 25.7 8.4 4.44 4.21
2024 32 2996 481 36 7.5 4.9 88.6 114.9 16.3 37.0 .227 .374 .275 .300 .356 37.8 24.9 8.5 3.47 3.75
Player 18994 3433 259 7.5 5.3 89.7 116.2 13.5 33.2 .248 .416 .304 .315 .375 40.1 22.5 6.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Manaea relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(44.7%) ,
Sweeper
(19.2%) ,
Changeup
(11.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(11.3%) ,
Cutter
(7.1%) ,
Slider
(5.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 45.9 20.5 26.6 7.0 36.8 37.3 25.9 2.8 32.4 22.4 24.0 6.8 6.8 4.9
2017 44.2 24.5 24.9 6.4 33.1 41.8 25.1 3.1 32.5 24.9 28.2 5.1 5.8 4.1
2018 46.0 23.9 21.9 8.1 37.5 35.6 26.1 3.4 33.2 23.9 22.3 6.3 7.9 6.1
2019 41.4 21.4 22.9 14.3 31.4 45.7 22.9 5.7 27.1 31.4 24.3 7.1 4.3 2.8
2020 50.6 19.6 23.2 6.5 38.1 36.9 25.0 4.2 35.7 20.8 26.8 4.2 7.1 5.4
2021 42.7 24.7 24.9 7.6 36.9 40.2 22.9 4.7 30.0 24.7 24.7 7.8 8.0 5.4
2022 38.7 30.7 22.1 8.4 41.6 35.3 23.2 3.2 29.0 29.0 23.4 5.8 9.1 6.3
2023 42.4 24.3 26.2 7.2 36.1 38.0 25.9 2.8 33.6 24.9 24.6 5.0 8.7 5.6
2024 37.8 29.1 24.9 8.1 35.3 37.6 27.0 4.0 26.4 30.8 23.7 7.7 7.5 4.9
Player 42.9 25.1 24.3 7.7 36.7 38.1 25.1 3.6 31.1 25.7 24.5 6.4 7.5 5.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker NYM L 1290 92.3 22.7 -1.9 15.9ARM 0.8 9.6 -1.5 15.9ARM 0.8
2024 Slider NYM L 174 85.2 31.5 -4.6 3.5GLV -1.4 6.2 -4.7 3.5GLV -1.6
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 336 92.3 19.1 -2.6 12.2ARM 4.5 13.1 -2.5 12.2ARM 4.1
2024 Changeup NYM L 340 85.3 33.8 0.9 14.3ARM -0.1 3.9 2.0 14.3ARM 0.3
2024 Cutter NYM L 208 88.4 27.4 -0.3 0.1GLV -2.6 7.5 0.4 0.1GLV -1.9
2024 Sweeper NYM L 554 77.7 44.1 0.7 12.9GLV -1.9 1.4 -0.5 12.9GLV -1.1
2023 Changeup SF L 349 86.6 31.0 1.0 12.9ARM -1.4 5.4 0.9 12.9ARM -1.1
2023 Slider SF L 286 84.4 36.2 -0.9 1.9GLV -3.5 2.2 -0.4 1.9GLV -3.3
2023 Sinker SF L 16 94.0 21.5 -1.2 19.3ARM 4.0 9.7 -1.4 19.3ARM 4.3
2023 Cutter SF L 1 90.3 23.5 2.4 8.4ARM -11.1 9.7 2.8 8.4ARM -10.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball SF L 1152 93.6 20.6 -4.9 15.0ARM 7.5 10.6 -4.7 15.0ARM 7.1
2023 Sweeper SF L 247 79.8 40.6 -1.1 10.5GLV -4.2 2.5 -1.4 10.5GLV -3.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Sinker 1.1 15 1,339 44.7 329 .201 .333 .285 21.0 21.6 18.1 .244 .416 .325 45.1
2024 Sweeper -0.6 -3 575 19.2 147 .193 .311 .251 38.8 41.5 25.7 .159 .254 .219 25.3
2024 Changeup -0.7 -3 353 11.8 106 .250 .438 .333 25.4 14.2 11.7 .254 .372 .305 32.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 4 339 11.3 89 .167 .295 .269 31.1 33.7 21.9 .225 .412 .323 43.8
2024 Cutter 1.0 2 214 7.1 42 .222 .250 .280 17.9 9.5 10.8 .264 .373 .335 28.1
2024 Slider 0.6 1 176 5.9 25 .174 .435 .288 32.0 12.0 15.8 .230 .432 .317 25.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 5 1,153 56.2 284 .235 .390 .326 23.3 27.5 18.8 .251 .423 .330 43.4
2023 Changeup 1.3 5 349 17.0 82 .224 .342 .272 18.9 17.1 15.9 .249 .404 .301 27.0
2023 Slider -3.5 -10 286 13.9 71 .317 .635 .459 24.4 23.9 16.2 .282 .479 .366 37.0
2023 Sweeper 1.8 4 247 12.0 56 .122 .143 .178 36.7 30.4 19.1 .143 .193 .202 18.2
2023 Sinker -9.4 -2 16 0.8 6 .400 .800 .417 25.0 33.3 28.6 .283 .482 .286 25.0
2023 Cutter -6.4 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 324 85.3 93 15.6 10:00 9:15 45
2024 Cutter 211 88.4 52 6.9 11:15 12:00 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 335 92.3 97 17.8 10:15 10:30 -15
2024 Sinker 1,273 92.3 97 18.8 10:15 10:00 15
2024 Slider 176 85.2 40 6.4 12:00 1:15 -75
2024 Sweeper 543 77.7 48 13.7 3:30 3:00 30
2023 Changeup 282 86.8 92 14.5 10:15 9:30 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 981 93.6 98 18.7 10:30 10:00 30
2023 Sinker 13 94.0 97 22.4 10:15 9:45 30
2023 Slider 251 84.2 22 3.5 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Sweeper 222 79.8 35 11.8 3:15 2:45 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 593 2,168 5 14 -9 -7 3
2017 690 2,678 1 20 -18 -10 -8
2018 647 2,346 10 16 -8 -8 10
2019 119 490 3 9 -2 -3 8
2020 240 877 7 -3 -4 -3 -4
2021 754 2,980 12 26 -17 -12 10
2022 679 2,516 -6 8 -14 -9 -20
2023 499 2,052 13 10 -11 -9 3
2024 821 3,324 16 27 -12 -14 16
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 2,169 51.1 68.7 83.6 34.7 54.6 43.8 65.0 52.1 25.2 8.0 74.0
2017 2,688 49.6 66.9 84.4 29.1 51.3 44.4 60.4 47.8 25.4 7.7 73.2
2018 2,371 54.4 69.2 85.7 29.4 61.1 42.8 64.4 51.2 20.2 8.7 76.1
2019 444 48.2 69.2 78.4 27.8 56.3 40.1 61.5 47.7 28.3 6.5 72.4
2020 812 50.9 69.5 85.4 27.1 57.4 44.6 64.9 48.6 22.0 7.5 70.5
2021 2,980 54.6 71.3 77.5 27.6 58.0 42.4 66.6 51.5 27.1 8.9 81.2
2022 2,482 53.5 72.4 79.3 27.2 58.6 44.1 63.8 51.4 25.6 8.3 82.4
2023 2,052 52.3 70.5 82.3 27.0 57.2 44.8 62.1 49.8 24.2 8.1 77.2
2024 2,996 51.1 68.6 80.4 28.6 55.6 44.4 59.8 49.0 26.1 8.1 81.9
Player 18,994 52.2 69.7 81.7 28.9 56.4 43.7 63.2 50.2 24.9 8.2 77.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2016 36 41 26 17 62 21 30 12 16 51 76 66 94 49 8 96
2017 31 27 36 43 32 17 52 6 2 38 56 56 67 31 5 86
2018 26 19 12 14 51 4 22 17 14 13 93 15 67 16 5 92
2019 9 3 90
2020 57 25 44 58 72 13 51 13 14 30 97 18 44 14 1 98
2021 49 36 36 40 69 6 47 18 29 64 89 56 46 26 7 98
2022 39 47 31 23 58 5 18 8 14 51 53 51 24 14 8 98
2023 47 49 49 49 47 28 34 39 68 67 49 36 25 42 9 96
2024 59 66 61 52 63 16 54 56 58 66 41 54 49 23 7 96
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.5 20 21.1 -1 6 16 11 55.0
2017 23.7 18 19.5 -2 16 12 9 50.0
2018 22.8 21 22.0 -1 11 17 8 38.1
2019 23.1 6 5.7 0 1 4 3 50.0
2020 24.0 9 8.5 1 5 5 4 44.4
2021 23.3 25 24.6 0 7 18 10 40.0
2022 23.7 30 24.6 5 5 20 11 36.7
2023 22.2 14 15.3 -1 3 16 4 28.6
2024 23.9 24 22.9 1 10 22 6 25.0
Player 23.3 167 164.1 3 64 130 66 39.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 20 21 19 20 24 18 23 18 18 17 21 25 22 16 20 23 15 19 21 24 21 19 27 24 20 20 21 29 25 24 19
2017 18 21 20 19 18 18 21 18 13 16 17 25 22 16 17 20 17 18 20 18 22 24 24 25 19 17 16 25 26 18 15
2018 21 31 17 19 23 20 25 22 19 15 18 26 23 20 22 23 19 21 21 24 24 25 29 28 15 17 19 24 27 23 20
2019 6 7 5 7 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 5 6 8 7 5 6 4 7 6 6 4
2020 9 10 7 12 8 9 9 7 7 7 8 11 7 8 8 8 9 8 10 9 9 8 12 8 6 7 9 9 10 8 6
2021 25 26 26 25 26 22 27 27 17 20 21 24 27 23 24 30 22 23 27 24 26 28 28 29 22 21 29 26 26 21 21
2022 30 17 25 24 27 28 32 19 18 19 20 30 24 25 24 30 22 21 24 27 23 27 32 26 21 21 31 30 26 23 21
2023 14 14 7 14 15 15 19 12 14 12 17 17 15 13 20 18 18 13 17 20 12 17 20 18 13 14 15 15 16 16 12
2024 24 19 20 24 21 24 26 23 20 17 22 29 21 18 22 19 21 21 25 30 26 23 32 29 21 20 21 26 25 21 21
Player 167 166 146 164 167 160 188 152 131 127 148 193 167 145 163 177 148 150 170 183 168 177 212 194 142 143 165 191 187 160 139
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.9 91.7 -1.2 90.4 -1.3 89.8 -0.6 90.1 0.3 92.1 2.0 91.2 -0.9 93.6 2.4 91.9 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 85.1 83.4 -1.7 82.4 -1.0 81.0 -1.4 82.6 1.6 84.5 1.9 84.9 0.4 86.6 1.7 85.3 -1.3
Breaking Velocity 80.5 79.9 -0.6 78.1 -1.8 79.3 1.2 77.5 -1.8 82.6 5.1 81.2 -1.4 82.3 1.1 79.5 -2.8
Exit Velocity 89.9 89.4 -0.5 89.5 0.1 89.5 0.0 90.6 1.1 90.2 -0.4 90.3 0.1 89.4 -0.9 88.6 -0.8
Launch Angle 11.7 12.6 0.9 12.1 -0.5 16.9 4.8 9.4 -7.5 13.3 3.9 16.3 3.0 13.0 -3.3 16.3 3.3
Barrel % 6.8 5.8 -1.0 7.9 2.1 4.3 -3.6 7.1 2.8 8.0 0.9 9.1 1.1 8.7 -0.4 7.5 -1.2
Hard Hit % 38.9 41.2 2.3 39.7 -1.5 37.1 -2.6 44.6 7.5 41.2 -3.4 42.9 1.7 36.4 -6.5 37.8 1.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.0 32.3 1.3 31.6 -0.7 32.9 1.3 28.6 -4.3 34.5 5.9 32.7 -1.8 35.8 3.1 37.0 1.2
xBA .253 .263 0.010 .262 -0.001 .215 -0.047 .265 0.050 .249 -0.016 .240 -0.009 .244 0.004 .227 -0.017
BA .248 .268 0.020 .232 -0.036 .160 -0.072 .270 0.110 .255 -0.015 .254 -0.001 .234 -0.020 .202 -0.032
xwOBA .321 .329 0.008 .329 0.000 .281 -0.048 .306 0.025 .312 0.006 .312 0.000 .316 0.004 .300 -0.016
wOBA .306 .329 0.023 .287 -0.042 .224 -0.063 .309 0.085 .310 0.001 .330 0.020 .306 -0.024 .275 -0.031
xSLG .440 .426 -0.014 .452 0.026 .366 -0.086 .414 0.048 .418 0.004 .407 -0.011 .403 -0.004 .374 -0.029
SLG .415 .427 0.012 .385 -0.042 .280 -0.105 .427 0.147 .415 -0.012 .455 0.040 .394 -0.061 .338 -0.056
K% 20.9 20.3 -0.6 16.5 -3.8 27.5 11.0 20.3 -7.2 25.7 5.4 23.2 -2.5 25.7 2.5 24.9 -0.8
BB% 6.2 8.0 1.8 4.9 -3.1 6.4 1.5 3.6 -2.8 5.4 1.8 7.5 2.1 8.4 0.9 8.5 0.1
Swing % 52.1 47.8 -4.3 51.2 3.4 47.7 -3.5 48.6 0.9 51.5 2.9 51.4 -0.1 49.8 -1.6 49.0 -0.8
Whiff% 25.2 25.4 0.2 20.2 -5.2 28.3 8.1 22.0 -6.3 27.1 5.1 25.6 -1.5 24.2 -1.4 26.1 1.9
In Zone % 51.1 49.6 -1.5 54.4 4.8 48.2 -6.2 50.9 2.7 54.6 3.7 53.5 -1.1 52.3 -1.2 51.1 -1.2
Out of Zone % 48.9 50.4 1.5 45.6 -4.8 51.8 6.2 49.1 -2.7 45.4 -3.7 46.5 1.1 47.7 1.2 48.9 1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 29.1 -5.6 29.4 0.3 27.8 -1.6 27.1 -0.7 27.6 0.5 27.2 -0.4 27.0 -0.2 28.6 1.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.7 28.6 -5.1 31.3 2.7 26.6 -4.7 30.2 3.6 32.1 1.9 33.7 1.6 32.1 -1.6 29.0 -3.1
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 60.4 -4.6 64.4 4.0 61.5 -2.9 64.9 3.4 66.6 1.7 63.8 -2.8 62.1 -1.7 59.8 -2.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 572 .305 467 24 5.1 105 24 22.9
2017 Shifts 685 .329 544 7 1.3 141 34 24.1
2018 Shifts 653 .287 520 13 2.5 133 46 34.6
2019 Shifts 109 .224 69 3 4.3 40 19 47.5
2020 Shifts 222 .309 169 51 30.2 53 26 49.1
2021 Shifts 754 .310 577 166 28.8 177 107 60.5
2022 Shifts 667 .332 512 16 3.1 155 38 24.5
2023 Shades 484 .297 317 18 5.7 167 67 40.1
2024 Shades 718 .269 568 3 0.5 150 67 44.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 635 17.4 28.5% 3.8% 290 23.5 4.1% 18.3%
2017 714 16.1 33.9% 0.4% 473 21.9 0.6% 10.6%
2018 736 15.8 38.2% 0.5% 275 22.5 0.0% 5.1%
2019 145 14.9 52.4% 0.7% 66 22.8 0.0% 6.1%
2020 269 17.6 16.4% 2.6% 104 24.8 0.0% 11.5%
2021 896 16.7 26.1% 0.9% 418 21.3 1.7% 7.9%
2022 724 15.5 42.1% 1.1% 355 20.0 3.4% 5.6%
2023 553 13.9 70.3% 0.4% 325 17.0 20.0% 0.6%
2024 888 13.4 72.4% 0.5% 423 17.3 13.7% 0.2%

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Pitch Distribution