The Mets keep waiting for the 2024 version of Sean Manaea to reappear, but after eight starts, there is little to suggest that it will happen. The 2025 version of the left-hander typically runs out of gas facing the order the third time through.

Mets’ Sean Manaea struggles again vs. Nationals as rotation woes grow, raising concerns with 35 games left in the NL Wild Card race.

The Nationals scored three runs off Sean Manaea in the fifth (with an assist from trade deadline acquisition Tyler Rogers) in a game the Mets led 3-0. Rogers let up another run in the sixth, while Ryne Stanek got lit up for four runs in the eighth.