Sean Manaea is staying in Queens.
He is signing a three-year deal worth $75 million to return to the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported early Monday morning.
Manaea, 32, enjoyed a career year this past season in his first campaign with the Mets, recording a 12-6 record and 3.47 ERA in the regular season and a 4.74 ERA in the postseason as the team reached the NLCS.
Sean Manaea agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal with the Mets on Monday morning. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
The lefty opted out of his $13.5 million contract for 2025 to test the open market, but he will ultimately end up back with the Mets pending a physical.
He represents an important piece of the Mets’ rotation.
The Mets entered the offseason with just Kodai Senga and David Peterson on the roster as bonafide members of the starting rotation.
And they already lost Luis Severino to the Athletics.
But they signed Frankie Montas to a two-year, $34 million deal and Clay Holmes — whom they intend to convert from a reliever back to a starter — to a three-year, $38 million contract.
Manager Carlos Mendoza and Sean Manaea of the New York Mets celebrate after beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 4 of the Division Series. Getty Images
Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who met with both the Mets and Yankees on Thursday, remains available.
And now with Manaea back in the fold, the rotation is nearing completion.
