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Potential Red Sox 2013 draft pick: Indiana State LHP Sean Manaea 09.13.12 at 11:25 am ET
By Christopher Benvie

WEEI.com will continue to offer insight and analysis regarding options that might be available to the Red Sox when it comes to the 2013 MLB draft. For the first time since 1993, the Red Sox have a top-10 selection and will be drafting seventh. Here is one in a series of profiles of players who could be on the board when it’s time for the Red Sox to make a selection.

Left-hander Sean Manaea had a dominant Cape League performance. (Indiana State)

SEAN MANAEA

Position: LHP

School: Indiana State

Born: Feb. 1, 1992

Height/weight: 6-foot-5, 215 pounds

Bats/throws: L/L

2013 Class: Junior

Previously drafted: Never drafted

Achievements: 2012 Cape Cod League Outstanding Pro Prospect Award, 2012 Cape Cod League Pitcher of the Year, 2012 Cape Cod League All-Star, 2012 All-MVC second team, 2011 Prospect League All-Star, 2011 No. 1 Prospect in the Prospect League by Perfect Game

What he brings: Other than his fastball, which sits consistently at 91-92 mph with occasional spikes as high as 96, Manaea needs to develop his secondary pitches a bit further. It has been noted that he does have issues sustaining his velocity deep into games.

His slider is good when it is on, as is his change. Historically his problem has been consistency.

Notes: Manaea had a modest prospect profile before an absolutely dominant summer in the Cape League vaulted him among the top prospects entering the 2012 draft. He posted a 5-1 record with a 1.22 ERA in nine Cape League games, eight of which were starts. In 51 2/3 innings of work he allowed only 21 hits, three home runs and seven walks while striking out a remarkable 85 batters (which equates to a 14.8 K/9 ratio) — surpassing the 82 punchouts that Daniel Bard had in 2005 for the most in a summer by a Cape League in what was described as “recent memory” — while walking just seven and forging an incredible 0.55 WHIP.

His 2012 numbers with Indiana State were solid but far less glamorous. He had a 5-3 record, a 3.34 ERA, 115 strikeouts and 37 walks in 105 innings in the Missouri Valley Conference — part of the reason why his Cape League dominance yielded a dramatic increase in his prospect stock.

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  • Innovator

    Nope!! Not a top ten pick….Im not really excited about what Ben did this year either….

  • BrentL

    100% agree with you, he is not a top 10 pick. I dont want him with our 1st rd pick. Glad some one else agrees with me about him. Im hoping for Clint Frazier at this moment in time, hes also my #1 player in the 13 draft but things could change.

  • glenn88

    Yes, you and this idea are crazy.   Something tells me you are writing this from a trailer park in Roswell New Mexico.  

  • smada

     idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ronjb441960

    more like new york city

  • San Diego Dreamer

    Brady retires a Patriot. Simple as that.

  • trollhunter

     leash in my backyard and the lockness monster in my pool!

  • otis

    i totally agree with everything you posted except the part about football

  • otis

    i totally agree with everything you posted except the part about football

  • http://www.facebook.com/ccicchitelli Christopher Cicchitelli

    Brady’s new house is on the same street as Kraft’s. You guys really think he’s going anywhere???

  • http://www.facebook.com/ccicchitelli Christopher Cicchitelli

    Brady’s new house is on the same street as Kraft’s. You guys really think he’s going anywhere???

  • Gerard de Graaff

    Earlier than you think though… He’s not gettong a new deal.

  • Anonymous

    Or some crack house in the Bronx

  • http://www.facebook.com/derek.lee.82 Derek Lee

    Brady is not going anywhere. Retiring a Patriot. Bet on it. It’s a sure thing

  • bird from woonie

    a lot of coaches and gm’s around the league  think ryan mallett was the best qb to come out of draft. 2010  i believe. trade brady for 2 number 1′s  have 2 first rounders  this year and next beef up the d and go with mallett. and if ya trade him to a hapless team like the chiefs or raiders u get   2 really good picks

  • bird from woonie

    if ya gunna trade him the time is now

  • ih8sno

    Brady will know when his back up is ready to take this team over. I’m hoping that’s not anytime to soon. 

  • mikepatriot

    Actually you’re something of a football guru with sources and information very few have ever had outside the organization, cause my source says that Brady is rather keen about relocating to and building a mcmansion in the Buffalo area.

  • Bielawski82

    “I’d love him to be here as long as he’s productive and feels he wants to play.”

    That’s code for anything is possible, it’s a year by year decision.  But that’s cool, at least he’s being honest.  Anyway nothing is going to happen for years, this is a non-story for now…

  • Bielawski82

    You don’t know that.  It’s easy to say now but in five when Brady slows down and a young Aaron Rodgers type is waiting in the wings, there’s no telling what can happen.

  • Liquid

    The ONLY way Brady would get traded to a team for the #1 pick in the draft would be if there was another Andrew Luck coming out of college…And that’s not the case this year.

  • Jay

    What an idiot. Lol

  • MR.MAJISTIC

    After the CHIEF’S experiance with former PAT’S,(CASSEL,CRENNAL,ETC),i don’t think it will be them when the day come’s,it’ll be more of a team like ARIZONA,very good on defense,but needs a QB to lead the way,if it ever does happen?….but wait a minute,the CARDINAL’S have a very high draft pick this season,packaged with other pick’s and a starting corner,anybody think the power’s that be in foxboro have the STONES to go for it!!!!!!!!!…….I DON’T!!!!!!!!,i say BB and the boys ride TOMMY BOY until it’s obvious,he just ain’t got it no more!!!!!

  • big93mike

    There is a better chance that they trade Mallet for a second rounder. Maybe if Brady is declining two years from now and still wants to play until he is forty then they might consider a trade. They aren’t going to move on unless they have a sure thing. The niners were in a much different situation with a talented hof guy riding the bench. I haven’t seen anything that has shown that Mallet is the next Steve Young.

  • Anonymous

    Wait a minute, this is a media outlet doing what it’s supposed to do, reporting on a current story. If WEEI failed to cover what was recently reported they open themselves up to justifiable criticism. 

  • Dano S

     Brady will most likely always be a Patriot. Pats Predictions 10.0
    Free Agent signed Shaun Phillips OLB/DE Chargers, Gosder Cherilus OT Lions,Brian Hartline WR Miami
    and Glen Dorsey DT Chiefs.Draft 1 Trade for 2 and 4 2 Trade for 3 and 5
    2 Alex Okafor DE Texas 3 Dallas Thomas OT Tennessee 3 Travis Kelce TE Cincinnati
    4 Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB Connecticut 5 Trevardo Williams OLB Connecticut
    7 Stansley Maponga DE TCU 7 Rex Burkhead RB Nebraska.

  • RN

    Brady does not have it anymore. Brady is good for making Kraft money but Brady will not win the big one anymore.

  • Bosox4

    not that smart

  • WTF

    I wonder if Ray Lewis knifed anyone during the power outage…

  • Fab4ever

    Points well taken…however, some are saying that had Crabtree NOT gotten held, maybe Kapernick doesn’t throw the ball out-of-bounds…but you’re right. The Niners dug a hole by playing like crap…period. I still can’t get over Moss giving up on that ball…hey, if you can’t catch it, at least sacrifice your body and prevent the other team fro picking it off…

  • Sicko

     Flacco was immense. Hopefully this is just a one year wonder as his numbers in the past couple of regular seasons have not been great. Pulled an Eli Manning in the big games though.

  • Sicko

     Lol, nice. We have a lot of them around these boards that’s for sure.

  • Free Ray Lewis!

    Only thing I need is to point out what a fraud you are. Do you have a sports opinion to share? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr4dhFqxbJk

  • Amoses74

    How does Joe Flacco win the MVP award.  MVP of that game was Jacoby Jones (since the refs didnt wanna call the obvious hold in the end zone)  He catches a long TD where he gets up and makes a great move to run past 2 guys then runs a 108 yrd kickoff for another TD.  Jones….MVP!

  • Keebs

    That’s because Flacco was still in the air when the first contact was made. That’s why there was no foul call. 

  • Keebs

    I give props to the Ravens for winning, even though i think crappy play calling at the end cost the 49er’s the game. 

    It still amazes me that all Flacco has to do is not suck. All he does is heave balls up all over the place. Can we get some receivers like that, PLEASE!!!!

  • Gray

    Most of those who watched are still waiting for the flag to be thrown on the 2nd and 4th down pass attempts especially that 7 yard hold on 4th down – im not saying the 49ers win either way but.. if you arent going to call the penalties than why all about protecting wide outs.  The Ravens got a PI in their favor for loss earlier to sustain a drive. another bad ref job (Think they need to get rid of  these all star crews have thought so for awhile)

  • ravensarecheaters*

    Anyone who didn’t know the NFL would give Ray Lewis a SB on his way out is blind….when Ray announced he was retiring my gut keeled over and said “Watch him get a SB win”  and boy was I right…look at all the help they got from the Refs..in every game since he’s come back.

  • ravenscheat*

    Or just drink Antler Juice

  • Yankee27/GMEN baby!

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaaa typical Boston baby… Congrats ray Lewis nice way to go out

  • Anonymous

    Best day for a murderer since OJ was acquitted….

  • Keebs

    I’ve heard Dwayne Bowe’s name dropped around but I also heard he drops a lot of balls, too. He had 800 receiving yards this past season & I can only see that going up with Brady, but Brady needs to start trusting more guys. I also heard that the Raven’s plan on releasing Boldin to clear up some cap space. It’ll be an interesting off season. All I know is that they need to get Brady a top notch receiver before it’s too late.

  • Sicko

     Drop dead douch e.

  • FireGuyFrank

    The NFL is as fixed as the NBA. As soon as Ray Lewis announced his retirement, Roger Goodell knew which team needed to win the Suspect Bowl.  It was perfect.  One brother taking one for another.  Sure, they made it look good.  The NFL was tired of romps that had folks going to bed after half time.  The fact remains, someone at the Super Dome decided to make a statement — present a major clue — when they threw the power switch.  The winning team’s score was 34 points.  The “black out” at a completely refurbished, post-Katrina facility was 34 minutes.

  • FireGuyFrank

    The fix WAS in, Bruinman86.

  • FireGuyFrank

    Had the BEST team in the NFL won a legitimate play-off, then we would be marking the championship of the Seahawks, Falcons or Patriots.  All three of those teams are superior.  The fix was in when Ray Lewis said that this was it.

  • FireGuyFrank

    As I recall, the Pats tried to get Boldin, but he chose the City of Pigeons.

  • t sizzle

    hey foxboro hows my a– taste ?

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Fab4ever

    Waaaaaaaa Waaaaaaa …typical Yankee27 dumb rant….Eli had a good playoff run didn’t he? No picks thrown….hey, just a few days untilt the Yanks can begin the countdown to banner #28 with a corpse for a 3rd baseman, a near corpse for a 1st baseman (I’m on the downside of my career-yeah and the Yanks own that stiff until 2016 and at 22.5 million per)..The Youk might be the Yanks best infielder…Bwaahahaaaaaaaa

  • Patriots

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqg3nlA6h24 check this video of tom brady i mad, like,comment, subscribe thx

  • Cszczebak

    Idiot you are

  • Dano S

    Hello Grygor, This is fun for me following draft and Pats I don’t need a job as I have a good one and you
    should look elsewhere to make a jerk out of someone. Thanks Dano S
     Pats Predictions 19.0 1 trade for 2 and 4.2 trade for 3 and 5.
    2 Datone Jones DE UCLA 3 DeAndre Hopkins WR Clemson 3 Travis Frederick OL Wisconsin
    4 Gerald Hodgers OLB Penn State 5 Jordan Hill DT Penn State 7 Marc Anthony CB Cal.
    7 Joe Madsen C West Virginia.

    Free Agents Gosder Cherilus OT Detroit,Wes Welker,Brian Hartline WR Miami Connor Barwin OLB/DE
    Houston and Chris Houston CB Lions.

  • glenn88

    Disagree about Sheldon Brown.   You can no longer cheap out on the corner position.   You need a stud cover corner that can play on an island and allow your young DBs to develop and your low cost average DBs to survive.   This was the worse secondary in football with Talib out of the line up and a top 12 defense with Talib in the line up.   Hopefully the Pats have finally learned their lesson and players like Ty Law, Asante Samual and Talib command money because they make the players around them better.

  • Mcnally

    Just get me a DB who covers the receiver and turns his head to look for the ball.  Grimes may be decent but getting tired of these tiny cornerbacks.  Keep Talib.

  • Anonymous

    you have a very good point about seymour but about brown i don,t know if hes young i,ll want him but if hes like 35 or in his 30,s i don,t want him we just need a corner back that can actually stay with his man

  • innovator1

    Glenn88,what I should’ve said was that Sheldon Brown right now isn’t that much of a dropoff from Talib…The guy can still cover,is healthy,and would be much cheaper,probably on a one year deal….Saying that,i believe that we should draft another corner as well….Dowling could be gravy….If we had any kind of pass rush to disrupt opposing quarterbacks from going thru their progressions,it would definetly make our corners look better….Our corners against the Ravens and Giants during the playoff run of 2011 played well while Mark Anderson put consistent pressure on Flacco and Eli manning….It made Mccourty and Sterling Moore look much better than they were…We had ZERO pass rush down the stretch this year with the exception against the weak teams….Ninkovich wasn’t getting pressure against good right tackles,and chandler jones’ ankles were junk….Seymour would help..Deaderick and Love are ham and eggers that are truly backups that will make an OCASsIONAL play. ..the common denominator of our superbowl wins were a front seven that could put on pressure(Seymour,Ted Washington,Bobby Hamilton,Ty Warren,Wilfork on the line,Mcginest,Vrabel,Phifer,Bruschi etc at linebacker)…Belichick has been killing us in the draft for the most part leaving talent on the table,while reaching for scrubs..

  • innovator1

    Brown on the cheap(He can still cover) with drafting a corner,and adding Rowling(who knows) could be nice…I still say that getting an insane pass rush can make average corners look like pro bowlers…We badly need to go back to a 3-4 and need to add a real pass rushing OLB to the other side of Chandler Jones….

  • innovator1

    Is Asante Samuel not available?

  • innovator1

    Sorry,I meant Dowling….Samuel is still under contract with Atlanta..Sorry….

  • RobDX

    Seymour is not coming back through that door. After what happened, no way. And it’s not Chandler’s ankles, it’s his hand movement is too predictable and his burst off the line is a little slow and too high

  • RobDX

    Seymour is not coming back through that door. After what happened, no way. And it’s not Chandler’s ankles, it’s his hand movement is too predictable and his burst off the line is a little slow and too high

  • RobDX

    Seymour is not coming back through that door. After what happened, no way. And it’s not Chandler’s ankles, it’s his hand movement is too predictable and his burst off the line is a little slow and too high

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