TORONTO — Sean Manaea’s contract leaves him as a difficult sell before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, but his recent work should at least intrigue teams in need of pitching.

Monday night the left-hander would have finished with a second six-inning start in his last four if not for Francisco Lindor’s fielding error that prevented Manaea from escaping the frame.

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Even so, Manaea departed with a respectable two earned runs allowed over 5 ²/₃ innings in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Mets, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games, were overmatched at the plate by Trey Yesavage and the Blue Jays bullpen. It was the team’s third loss in four games under interim manager Andy Green.

Manaea, who owns a 4.71 ERA, is only halfway through a three-year contract worth $75 million, and the Mets could choose to keep him as a potential 2027 rotation piece.

But if the Mets were to receive a decent offer for the left-hander — who has pitched to a 3.54 ERA over his last nine appearances — it would behoove them to listen.

More likely, the Mets would be open to dealing Freddy Peralta, a free agent after this season with a higher upside than Manaea.

Another starting pitcher with value, Clay Holmes, is still several weeks away from returning as he rehabs a fractured right fibula.

Manaea, with sinker, cutter and sweeper as part of the mix, has regained the confidence of a pitcher who helped lead this rotation in 2024.

“I feel like a pitcher,” he said. “I can go in and out, with sinkers, cutters. I am definitely not throwing as hard as I used to, so I am trying to just get guys out how I can.”

Manaea, who surrendered three hits and two walks over 90 pitches, didn’t receive enough help, defensively or offensively.

Included in the Mets’ night of misery was an 0-for-9 performance with runners in scoring position.

“We have put ourselves in position to score runs, especially the last game, not so much this game,” Green said. “I think we squared up a number of balls today. I think we ended up in a situation where very few things fell for us today, but when we had the opportunity to get the big hit and there was a punch-out too often for us.”

Juan Soto’s misplay on leadoff hitter George Springer’s line drive in the first gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

Springer’s shot landed in front of Soto and bounded behind him, rolling to the fence.

A.J. Ewing booted the recovery, allowing Springer to score on what was ruled a triple and a Ewing error.

“When you have an outfield like that, where it bounces a lot, you have to be aware because you can give up extra bases really easy,” Soto said. “I have just got to be aggressive. That was my mindset. Just be aggressive, come through the ball instead of trying to play back and maybe bounce over my head, but I actually just stopped.”

Luis Urías’ leadoff double in the fifth led to the Blue Jays going ahead 2-0 on Myles Straw’s sacrifice fly.

Urías’ double snapped a string of eight straight batters retired by Manaea, who got rolling after walking Urías to begin the second.

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Lindor snapped a streak of 11 straight batters retired by Yesavage with a homer leading off the seventh that pulled the Mets within 2-1.

The blast was Lindor’s third this season and first since returning from the injured list last week.

Ewing got drilled by a pitch in the inning and was thrown out attempting to steal second, ending the frame.

The Mets tried to rally in the ninth, but Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio both struck out against Louis Varland with the tying and go-ahead runs on first and second.

“We chased,” Green said. “Not the at-bats you are hoping to have, not the at-bats they are hoping to have, but you are hoping to find anything to put in play to hope something plays out well for us.”