Is Sean Manaea a free agent?

Sean Manaea became a free agent following the conclusion of the 2022 season.

Sean Manaea played for the Oakland Athletics from 2016 to 2021 and the San Diego Padres in 2022. The Kansas City Royals selected Manaea with the 34th pick in the 2013 MLB draft.

Sean Manaea enrolled at Indiana State University (ISU), where he played college baseball for the Indiana State Sycamores baseball team.

As a sophomore, Sean Manaea was 5–3 with a 3.34 ERA, recording 115 strikeouts (13th in the nation) in 105 innings pitched for the Sycamores.

Following his sophomore year at Indiana State, Sean Manaea competed for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

In the Cape Cod Baseball League, Sean Manaea went 5–1 with a 1.22 earned run average (ERA) and a league-leading 85 strikeouts (setting the modern record for a single summer) in 51+2⁄3 innings pitched.

Sean Manaea was named Summer National Player of the Year by Perfect Game USA, and the Cape Cod League’s top prospect by Baseball America following his sophomore year at Indiana State.