Sean Manaea begins throwing again in promising Mets injury update

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But there isn’t a timetable for the left-hander’s return to the rotation in the regular season, since he’ll likely need to go through a full spring training — or more — before he’s set to come back.“We’ll see,” Mendoza said of when they can expect Manaea to make his season debut.“Everyone’s different.

It’s too early to tell.”Without Manaea and Frankie Montas — out with a high-grade lat strain — available to start the season, the Mets have plenty of uncertainty in their rotation.Kodai Senga is coming off a season in which he made just one regular-season start, and Tylor Megill (78 innings) and Paul Blackburn (75 innings) didn’t pitch much in the majors last year.David Peterson, who started against the Red Sox on Thursday at Clover Park, pitched well last season after returning from hip surgery.He allowed a leadoff homer to David Hamilton and threw 69 pitches in 3 ²/₃ innings.Two other intriguing candidates for the rotation are Griffin Canning, who has impressed during camp after spending his career with the Angels, and converted reliever Clay Holmes, whose transition to starting is off to a promising start.Brandon Nimmo, who had played just one spring training game due to right knee soreness, returned to the lineup as a DH on Thursday and went 1-for-3.“He’s feeling better,” Mendoza said before the game.“That’s the reason why he’s in the lineup.

We want to keep it that way.”The Mets still plan to take things slow with Nimmo after the outfielder also dealt with plantar fasciit...