Source: www.sbnation.com --- Saturday, April 28, 2018
Saturday’s Say Hey, Baseball looks at, you guessed it, Sean Manaea and destiny. Imagine for a moment, if you will, an enactment of the phrase “taking candy from a baby.” Now, imagine it taken a step further, and the candy-taker then plays keep-away from the baby. That scene is what Sean Manaea’s 14-inning no-hit streak, which runs across three games and breaks a franchise record, looked like, with (very good) hitters playing the part of the baby, and hits playing the part of the candy. Exactly seven days ago, Manaea withheld hits from Baseball’s hottest team for a full game. The Red Sox were on a merry eight-game win streak before he dealt them only their third loss all season. Friday, six days later against the Astros, he skipped no beats and took no names, delivering three more innings of no-hit stuff. Astros hitters greeted Manaea with waving bats, as he struck out seven across seven-innings. Manaea’s night ended with four-hits and one-run allowed, leaving his season ERA at 1.03. Houston doesn’t have as many wins to show for it, but they have scored only 11 fewer runs than Boston and sit just behind them in fWAR in team batting. Essentially, these are some big babies Manaea has toyed with. Manaea is only 26 years old in his third season in the majors. Blossoming with this kind of performance is quite a way to do it, even for a second-round draft pick who quickly slotted himself at the top of Kansas City’s prospect pool. He pr ...
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