Today's Linkster #44 · MLB

Sean Manaea to DJ LeMahieu

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Sean Manaea to DJ LeMahieu in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Sean Manaea (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.
  • DJ LeMahieu (2B, 2016–2025) College: LSU. Teams: Colorado Rockies and New York Yankees.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

6 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 4 matched par. The winning run was bubsbergi's: 2 moves in 0:15.4.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Sean Manaea
  2. New York Mets · San Diego Padres Juan Soto
  3. New York Yankees DJ LeMahieu

No other kind of link made it any shorter.