Double-A Midland’s season has finally ended, and Oakland Athletics’ prospect Sean Manaea is a large part of the reason why the team was so successful in 2015. The starter went 6-0 in seven starts after being traded at the deadline, posting a 1.90 record over 42.2 innings.
Manaea came over to the Athletics before the July 31 trade deadline this season, when the Kansas City Royals gave up one of the top pitching prospects in baseball for three months of Ben Zobrist. A 2013 first round pick out of Indiana State University, Manaea has always been highly regarded by scouts.