Imanga, Manea and Ryu

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Jon Hey Man says these 3 pitchers are "connected" to the Mets.

All 3 have international backgrounds, as Manea (born in Indiana) is the son of a Samoan.

Imanga has a nickname "The Throwing Philosopher." I don't know what that is about. He's a crafty small lefty, 30 years old.

[metsmarathon]

i like the idea of imanaga. seems like he'd be a quality add. not a top of the line guy, but certainly a solid mid-rotation starter. the kind of player a team building for the future could use and keep around.

the rest... eh... at least they'd eat innings....

[metirish]

"The Throwing Philosopher."

Sounds like a crafty pitcher

The son of a Samoan is a great description

[Benjamin Grimm]

The posting deadline for Imanaga expires in six days, so we'll know soon enough. I do hope they sign him.

[Bunt the First Two]

Imanga, Manaea, and Ryu
Imanga, Maanea, and Ryu
Philosophical throwa
Son of Somoa
And Toronto lefthander in blue

I'd dance a conga
if we got Imanga
Who has spent his career in Nippon
He gives up fly balls
That can reach shallow walls
So the Yanks and the Phils have moved on

But if he can be crafty
If the ballpark ain't drafty
And the league hasn't figured him out
And the Mets make him wealthy
We'll pray he stays healthy
And trust that we know how to scout

I know Sean Manaea
A career West Coast playa
Spent last year with the Giants I thinks
But alas San Francisco
Is deader than disco
The players all think that it stinks

With his long flowing locks
He no-hit the Red Sox
And that is no easy assignment
He's Samoan, not short
But 6'5", I report
May his spine never lose its alignment

Our third guy's Korean
And a fine human bein'
Tho' his physique is described as quite hefty
From Korea's bright shores
Only Park has won more
Games than this world famous lefty

But his big bag of tricks
Is now age thirty-six
And by opening day, thirty seven
I'd explode into flames
If he won but ten games
And if he wins fifteen, I'm in Heaven

Imanga, Manaea, and Ryu
Imanga, Maanea, and Ryu
The Pool now discusses
Minuses, pluses
Of three lefties we all barely knew

[Benjamin Grimm]

That would make Ogden Nash proud!

[MFS62]

Well done!
Later

[Frayed Knot]

So now we know The Plan!!!!: Sign as many vowels as possible.

[Edgy MD]

Lefthanded vowels only, please.

[Frayed Knot]

Manaea, two year deal (though opt-out after one) - Hey Man!

https://nypost.com/2024/01/07/sports/me ... -28m-deal/

[ashie62]

Manaea used to be a good pitcher. We shall see.

Don't look for the Mets to make a splash signing before camp

Wendle, Taylor Stewart Vientos

These are your guys

It will be a year of prospect development and the culling the roster

I would imagine Narvaez is next

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Senga
Manaea
Quintana
Houser
Severino
*
Peterson
Megill

We will have a No. 3 starter coming at ya almost every night!

[metirish]

That's a scary rotation

[bmfc1]

From D.J. Short (NBC Sports): "Spent some time in the bullpen, but was very good after returning to the rotation in September. 2.25 ERA, 18/2 K/BB ratio in 24 innings across four starts."

[MFS62]

That's a scary rotation

With the potential to be semi-scary.
Later

[Edgy MD]

D.J. Short then returned to his floor-filling heavy mix of techno, trance-core, and Latinx beats.

Like D.J. Short's killer set, David Stearns seems to be preparing his roster with a mind to nailing the segues.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Manea on a two-year, $28 million deal seems like a stop gap, but ok.

[Frayed Knot]

Don't look now, but our pitching staff has consisted almost entirely of stop-gap acquisitions over the last few years.


The crew below were all acquired from outside the org in the Cohen era and combined to make 334 starts.
Yet only two made as many as 50 starts (61 & 59), just three remain on the 40-man, and only two (Senga
and Quintana) are likely to make a significant number of starts going forward.

Pitcher		Acquired		APP/Starts		1st NYM G		Last NYM G
Marcus Stroman		FA		44 / 44		3/28/19		10/2/21
Max Scherzer		FA		42 / 42		4/8/22		7/28/23
Chris Bassitt		Trade		30 / 30		4/9/22		10/2/22
Carlos Carrasco		Trade		61 / 61		7/30/21		8/26/23
Taijuan Walker		FA		59 / 58		4/8/21		10/4/22
Rich Hill		Trade		13 / 12		7/25/21		9/30/21
Joey Lucchesi		Trade		20 / 17		8/7/21		??
Trevor Williams		Trade		40 / 12		8/12/21		10/5/22
Justin Verlander		FA		16 / 16		5/4/23		7/30/23
Jose Quintana		FA		13 / 13		7/20/23		??
Kodai Senga		FA		29 / 29		4/2/23		??

[metsmarathon]

i'm starting to worry that our rotation is filled with too many stop gaps and not enough fill gaps.

[Lefty Specialist]

That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

[Edgy MD]

They'll win a million games.

[A Boy Named Seo]

That's a 75-win pitching rotation.

It might be. If it is, I think they feel like they can flip any of the guys not named Senga at the deadline to pad the farm and then load up in '25.

And maybe it's an 83-win team that flirts with a wild card. I think that's possible, too.

[MFS62]

There are some spots in the lineup that need improvement.
To paraphrase Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men - please hope the GM hasn't pinned our future to the return of Starling Marte.
https://metsmerizedonline.com/how-can-a ... s-in-2024/

Later

[Edgy MD]

I'm sure he hasn't done that.

[Frayed Knot]

'The Throwing Philosopher' Imanga to the Cubs