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Manaea, who was 12-9 with a 3.59 ERA and a
no-hitter in 27 starts this season, was shut down indefinitely
in late August with was then called rotator cuff tendinitis.
A release from the club on Wednesday said the surgeons performed
a subacromial decompression, acromioplasty and posterior labral
repair. The procedure was done at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe
Institute in Los Angeles, the Athletics announced.
Manaea, a first-round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in
2013, is expected to miss all of the 2019 season. In three
seasons covering 81 games (80 starts) and 464 innings, Manaea is
31-28 with a 3.94 ERA.
When he went on the disabled list, Manaea was tied for second in
the American League in games started, ninth in innings pitched
and sixth in fewest walks per nine innings (1.79).
He tossed the seventh no-hitter in Oakland history on April 21
against the Boston Red Sox, striking out 10 and walking two in a
3-0 victory.
--Field Level Media
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