Carlos Mendoza provides update on injured Mets starters Frankie Montas, Sean Manaea

Both starters continue progressing as planned

5/16/2025, 9:08 PM

Prior to Friday’s Subway Series opener in the Bronx, Carlos Mendoza provided updates on two of the Mets’ injured starters...


Frankie Montas 

Montas was scheduled to throw a live bullpen session this afternoon in Brooklyn -- but the skipper had no update on how that went. 

If everything goes well, the right-hander is expected to throw another bullpen session on Tuesday with the Cyclones. The team will go from there and see if he is ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment. 

Montas landed on the shelf with a lat injury he suffered during his first bullpen session in spring training. 

The 32-year-old pitched to a 4.84 ERA last season with the Reds and Brewers, but it’ll be interesting to see if he can regain the dominance he showed early in his career with the Athletics after working with the Mets’ pitching lab. 

Sean Manaea

Manaea is a bit behind Montas, but he continues to progress

After making it through Thursday afternoon’s bullpen session okay, the southpaw is expected to throw another one later this weekend in the Bronx, and then the team will mix in some up-downs before he faces live hitters.  

Manaea was initially expected to be back from his right oblique strain before Montas, but he experienced some discomfort while ramping up, which caused him to be shut down for two more weeks. 

While he still has a ways to go, it’s encouraging to see him trending in the right direction. 

The 33-year-old made some midseason tweaks to his mechanics and provided the Mets the top of the rotation arm they badly needed last season, pitching to a 3.47 ERA and 1.08 WHIP while losing a career-high 181 innings.

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