New York Mets starting pitcher Sean Manaea hit another setback in his efforts to join the team’s starting rotation for the 2025 season.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced on Tuesday that the veteran left-hander will be shut down for two weeks after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection for a right oblique strain to accelerate healing. The team hoped that Manaea would join the starting rotation after the middle of April. However, this development has pushed his timetable back to at least late May.
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“He experienced some discomfort a couple of days ago while he was starting to ramp up,” Mendoza told reporters. “We took an MRI again and it showed inflammation, so he got a PRP injection [on Monday].
Manaea, 33, was previously shut down in late February due to the oblique strain. He resumed throwing on March 10 and followed a typical spring training routine of six weeks to build up for the regular season. But that timetable has likely been reset with Manaea being shut down again.
“He’s gonna go two weeks of no throwing, and then we’ve got to start building him back up again,” Mendoza added. “We have to revisit and see where we’re at after that.”
