Manaea's Velocity Dips, Holmes Returns

This is Corey with New York Mets News today, powered by the Daily News Now.

Subscribe for daily updates on your team.

Sean Manayah's fastball velocity dipped again in his latest spring training star for the

Mets.

The lefty average just 88.8 mph on his 4-seam fastball against the Cardinals, down from 91.7

last.

Season.

He gave up three earned runs over two and two-thirds innings and a three-to-one loss.

Manayah slogged through six hits, four strikeouts, and one walk.

This marks his second-stray grapefruit league outing with noticeably lower speed.

Last year, he missed the first half recovering from an oblique injury and posted a 5.64 ERA

in 15 appearances.

Both Manayah and manager, Carlos Mendoza, brushed off any worry.

Manayah says he feels healthy and might just need more reps to build back up.

Mendoza agrees, noting its early and Manayah is tweaking his mechanics with a new cutter

in the mix.

Meanwhile, reliever Clay Holmes is heading back from the World Baseball Classic to focus

on Mets Prep.

Team USA advanced to the quarter finals, but couldn't guarantee him the innings buildup

he needs for his first start.

Holmes threw three scoreless innings against Great Britain last week.

Now, he'll piggyback with Cody Senga on Friday, getting the work the WBC couldn't provide

in those high-stakes games.

This DNA story is thanks to our sponsor details in the description.

A pillow that sounds as good as it feels, built for listening in bed, S-O-L-I, solely pillow.com.