Background
After beginning at South Central Junior-Senior High School in Union Mills, Indiana, big, strong 6-foot-5, 235-pound Sean Manaea moved to Andrean High School in Merrillville, Ind. He also played high school football.
No. 3 on the Athletics Top 30 Prospects list, the Kansas City Royals selected Manaea in the first round of the 2013 Draft. While he was really good in high school and college, Manaea may have solidified his value by being named the Cape Cod League's Best Pitching Prospect in 2012. He set a record for strikeouts in the league with 85.