Some encouraging progress for Alek Manoah
pitcher Alek Manoah took a big step forward on Sunday during a start for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Manoah struck out 10 Portland Sea Dogs batters over five innings, surrendering one earned run on three hits and three walks. The right-hander threw 47 of his 82 pitches for strikes, with his fastball sitting at 93 mph,The outing was a significant improvement from his last minor-league start, which came for the Florida Complex League Blue Jays on June 27.for 11 runs in 2.2 innings in that start against an opposing lineup consisting mostly of teenagers.
“It's been a lot of ups and downs,” Manoah told Davidi on Sunday. “Being able to figure everything out and understand that there are a lot of people that are rooting for me, having a great support system around me and also understanding there are a lot of people that like to kick me when I’m down. “And that’s good because that means a lot of people want to see me down and that means they don't want to see me come back up. And I’m ready to come back up. I’m ready to be a tiger. I’m ready to be a horse on that mound and I'm ready to help our team win, you know?”
Those words have to be encouraging to Blue Jays fans, who saw their Opening Day starter and 2022 Cy Young finalistThe team has mainly been using a four-man rotation in Manoah's absence, with
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