ESPN.com · Jun 6, 2023
Manoah retires just 1 batter in latest rough outing for Blue Jays
Alek Manoah was a finalist for the Cy Young last season, with his wins (16) and ERA (2.24) each ranking third in the American League.
This season has been a completely different story.
Manoah has struggled from the start, and after his latest clunker -- he retired just one of the nine Houston Astros batters he faced Monday night -- some in the crowd of 23,982 at Rogers Centre showered him with boos.
"A lot of things I've been working on, I didn't really have a chance to go out there and use that," Manoah said after the shortest start of his career resulted in an 11-4 Toronto loss. "Just got to show up tomorrow and get ready for the next one."
But when will that next one be?