When news broke late Sunday night that the San Francisco Giants had signed 30-year-old free agent left-hander Sean Manaea to a two-year / $25-million deal, it undoubtedly left a good many NL West Division rival fans scratching their respective heads.

I mean, the soon-to-be (on February 1) 31-year-old Valparaiso, IN native and first round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals out of Indiana State University in 2013 does have a sort-of-ok career record of 58-50 with a sort-of-ok 4.06 career ERA over his seven Major League seasons – six with the Oakland A’s and the last (2022) with the division-rival San Diego Padres.

That’s the good news for Giants and Sean Manaea fans.

The not-so-good news for Giants and Sean Manaea fans is that he owns a career mark of 0-5 with an atrocious 8.90 ERA against the Dodgers, a career mark of 1-2 with a less-than-stellar 4.79 ERA against the Colorado Rockies, and a career mark of 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA against his new team, the Giants.

He does, however, have a 4-2 career record and 3.40 ERA against the Arizona Diamondbacks and a career record of 2-1 and 3.22 ERA against his (now) former San Diego Padres teammates … so Giants fans have that going for them.

In other words:

Bring Him On!

Play Ball!

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