In a season which Sean Manaea said has been his proudest, plenty changed, and Tuesday will be another opportunity to show he’s a different pitcher.
In Manaea’s first frame, Nick Castellanos hit a leadoff double and came around to score on a Bryson Stott single.
“It’s a thing of the past,” Manaea, now the Mets ace, said before facing off with the Phillies once again for Game 3 of the NLDS at Citi Field. “It obviously wasn’t a very good outing for myself. This year the Mets lefty matched a career high with 32 starts; set a career best with a 3.47 ERA as a qualified starter; and probably went on the best run of his career over the final two months of the season, leading baseball in innings from July 30 through the end of the year and posting a 2.63 ERA in 11 starts from July 30 to Sept. 21.
Throwing harder than he used to, with a deeper pitch mix and a different angle, helped him accumulate 184 strikeouts in 181 ²/₃ innings, which are short of his 200 and 200 goals, but solid enough.
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