Alek Manoah
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 285LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #11, Toronto Blue Jays | West Virginia
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 16 7 2.24 31 31 0 196.2 180 0.99
2023 3 9 5.87 19 19 0 87.1 79 1.74
2024 1 2 3.70 5 5 0 24.1 26 1.03
4 Seasons 29 20 3.34 75 75 0 420 412 1.16
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 31 16-7 2.24 196.2 180 0.99
2023 19 3-9 5.87 87.1 79 1.74
2024 5 1-2 3.70 24.1 26 1.03
4 Seasons 75 29-20 3.34 420 412 1.16
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 23 1845 276 16 5.8 3.5 86.8 117.9 16.3 32.6 .199 .320 .273 .281 .325 31.2 27.7 8.7 3.22 3.32
2022 24 2949 539 29 5.4 3.7 87.5 114.9 16.9 33.0 .224 .343 .261 .284 .329 31.5 22.9 6.5 2.24 3.31
2023 25 1689 268 24 9.0 5.8 89.5 113.6 16.3 33.6 .266 .465 .370 .372 .399 44.8 19.0 14.2 5.87 6.12
2024 26 394 65 7 10.8 6.8 88.6 112.1 16.3 35.4 .217 .405 .291 .314 .368 35.4 25.2 7.8 3.70 4.14
Player 6877 1148 76 6.6 4.3 87.9 117.9 16.6 33.2 .227 .368 .291 .306 .347 34.8 23.4 9.0
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Manoah relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(30.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(27.7%) ,
Sinker
(27.2%) ,
Changeup
(14.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 39.5 60.5 29.3 22.5 8.7 35.9 34.8 29.3 18.1 17.4 4.0 17.8 17.4 25.4
2022 38.4 61.6 27.1 25.0 9.5 42.7 34.5 22.8 21.7 12.2 4.5 21.0 22.3 18.4
2023 38.8 61.2 29.1 24.3 7.8 36.6 40.7 22.8 17.9 13.8 7.1 18.7 26.9 15.7
2024 35.4 64.6 27.7 24.6 12.3 47.7 30.8 21.5 21.5 9.2 4.6 26.2 21.5 16.9
Player 38.6 61.4 28.1 24.2 9.1 39.9 35.8 24.3 19.9 13.7 5.0 19.9 22.1 19.3
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 6.2 27.2 31.9 24.6 4.3 5.8 3.5
2022 4.3 29.5 31.9 23.4 5.4 5.4 3.7
2023 6.3 24.3 23.5 26.9 10.1 9.0 5.8
2024 1.5 33.8 29.2 13.8 10.8 10.8 6.8
Player 5.1 28.0 29.8 24.0 6.5 6.6 4.3
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Slider TOR R 120 81.0 43.6 2.8 13.5GLV 6.8 -1.7 3.3 13.5GLV 8.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 109 93.3 15.2 0.0 4.9ARM -2.0 16.2 0.5 4.9ARM -2.7
2024 Sinker TOR R 107 93.5 20.6 -1.7 13.3ARM -1.4 10.8 -3.6 13.3ARM -1.6
2024 Changeup TOR R 58 87.5 23.8 -6.6 12.0ARM -2.3 12.1 -7.2 12.0ARM -2.2
2023 Sinker TOR R 473 92.7 21.3 -1.7 14.9ARM -0.1 10.7 -3.0 14.9ARM 0.0
2023 Slider TOR R 506 80.8 41.9 0.9 12.5GLV 4.7 0.2 1.3 12.5GLV 7.4
2023 Changeup TOR R 217 86.3 28.1 -2.4 16.3ARM 2.0 8.9 -3.5 16.3ARM 1.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 488 92.8 15.7 0.0 6.1ARM -0.5 16.2 0.4 6.1ARM -1.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 120 30.5 37 .219 .438 .339 30.0 27.0 20.8 .226 .445 .324 39.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 109 27.7 24 .143 .190 .327 34.1 16.7 20.0 .196 .304 .279 29.4
2024 Sinker 1.5 2 107 27.2 27 .136 .136 .230 19.1 29.6 23.5 .170 .204 .262 21.4
2024 Changeup -5.3 -3 58 14.7 15 .267 .867 .460 29.7 26.7 28.6 .294 .756 .438 54.5
2023 Slider -1.2 -6 507 30.0 103 .239 .432 .352 28.6 28.2 14.3 .191 .305 .289 32.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -12 490 29.0 120 .316 .592 .437 24.6 18.3 15.5 .290 .596 .428 54.5
2023 Sinker 0.2 1 474 28.1 143 .250 .379 .359 12.8 15.4 15.3 .285 .460 .388 45.7
2023 Changeup -1.3 -3 218 12.9 46 .273 .432 .339 20.0 13.0 12.2 .311 .504 .361 42.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 58 87.5 74 16.8 1:15 1:45 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 108 93.3 82 16.5 1:00 12:30 30
2024 Sinker 106 93.5 80 17.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2024 Slider 118 81.0 51 14.8 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Changeup 213 86.4 86 18.9 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 475 92.8 84 16.8 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 467 92.7 83 18.4 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Slider 498 80.8 43 13.6 8:00 8:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 459 1,845 18 19 -11 -12 14
2022 786 2,949 28 31 -15 -12 32
2023 412 1,689 0 12 -18 -13 -20
2024 103 394 -1 5 -3 -3 -2
Player 1,760 6,877 45 66 -48 45 23
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 1,845 48.7 69.5 76.0 27.9 54.5 42.3 57.3 48.1 29.8 7.3 83.0
2022 2,949 49.7 68.4 82.3 30.9 58.4 41.5 61.8 49.5 24.9 8.3 80.0
2023 1,689 46.1 67.9 84.9 26.0 62.9 42.0 59.5 45.4 21.8 7.4 71.2
2024 394 49.5 68.7 79.1 27.1 50.0 41.4 62.1 47.7 28.2 9.6 78.9
Player 6,877 48.5 68.6 81.0 28.6 58.0 41.8 60.1 48.0 25.7 7.9 78.6
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2021 82 89 90 84 70 54 81 86 93 79 43 75 50 45 62 77
2022 71 66 75 77 69 23 80 73 92 50 70 44 65 46 68 80
2023 4 21 16 16 1 36 29 37 10 20 3 18 16 29 65 81
2024 38 69 88
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 23.14 12 11.8 0 5 12 3 25.0
2022 23.05 17 15.9 1 9 14 7 41.2
2023 22.39 15 13.3 2 4 13 4 26.7
2024 23.98 5 4.0 1 0 4 1 20.0
Player 22.98 49 45.1 4 18 43 15 30.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 12 16 12 10 14 11 14 12 6 7 10 11 12 11 11 16 13 10 13 13 12 12 15 13 10 9 13 11 13 11 13
2022 17 16 12 18 17 14 20 12 12 11 13 23 17 15 17 20 13 14 14 17 15 15 24 18 11 12 22 21 18 14 13
2023 15 13 13 13 11 13 14 12 12 11 9 12 14 13 16 14 17 13 14 16 15 14 19 17 11 9 13 13 16 12 10
2024 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 3 1
Player 49 49 41 46 45 43 53 41 32 32 35 49 48 43 48 55 47 41 46 51 47 43 63 53 37 34 51 50 52 40 37
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Results
BA .192 +.010 .202 +.067 .269 -.080 .189
xBA .199 +.025 .224 +.042 .266 -.049 .217
OBP .290 -.022 .268 +.120 .388 -.106 .282
xOBP .297 -.007 .290 +.096 .386 -.079 .307
SLG .314 .000 .314 +.146 .460 -.082 .378
xSLG .320 +.023 .343 +.122 .465 -.060 .405
ISO .122 -.010 .112 +.079 .191 -.002 .189
xISO .121 -.003 .118 +.081 .199 -.010 .189
BABIP .246 -.001 .245 +.063 .308 -.108 .200
wOBA .273 -.012 .261 +.109 .370 -.079 .291
xwOBA .281 +.003 .284 +.088 .372 -.058 .314
wOBACON .311 -.017 .294 +.103 .397 -.065 .332
xwOBACON .325 +.004 .329 +.070 .399 -.031 .368
BACON .279 -.011 .268 +.079 .347 -.085 .262
xBACON .291 +.008 .299 +.045 .344 -.043 .301
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 31.2 +0.3 31.5 +13.3 44.8 -9.4 35.4
Avg Exit Velocity 86.8 +0.7 87.5 +2.0 89.5 -0.9 88.6
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.6 +0.4 33.0 +0.6 33.6 +1.8 35.4
Barrel % 5.8 -0.4 5.4 +3.6 9.0 +1.8 10.8
Avg Launch Angle 16.3 +0.6 16.9 -0.6 16.3 0.0 16.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- 71.6 -0.9 70.7
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- 12° 12°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- 49.7 +4.3 54.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -4° +1° -3°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- 32° +1° 33°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- 7.4 -0.2 7.2
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.3 +0.3 93.6 -0.9 92.7 +0.7 93.4
Breaking Velocity 81.1 +0.4 81.5 -0.7 80.8 +0.2 81.0
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 -0.3 86.5 -0.2 86.3 +1.2 87.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 16 +13 29 -5 24 -17 7
Popup % 8.7 +0.8 9.5 -1.7 7.8 +4.5 12.3
Flyball % 29.3 -2.2 27.1 +2.0 29.1 -1.4 27.7
Line Drive % 22.5 +2.5 25.0 -0.7 24.3 +0.3 24.6
Groundball % 39.5 -1.1 38.4 +0.4 38.8 -3.4 35.4
Pull % 35.9 +6.8 42.7 -6.1 36.6 +11.1 47.7
Straight Away % 34.8 -0.3 34.5 +6.2 40.7 -9.9 30.8
Opposite Field % 29.3 -6.5 22.8 0.0 22.8 -1.3 21.5
Weak Contact % 6.2 -1.9 4.3 +2.0 6.3 -4.8 1.5
Pull Airball % 17.8 +3.2 21.0 -2.3 18.7 +7.5 26.2
Topped Contact % 27.2 +2.3 29.5 -5.2 24.3 +9.5 33.8
Under Contact % 31.9 0.0 31.9 -8.4 23.5 +5.7 29.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.6 -1.2 23.4 +3.5 26.9 -13.1 13.8
Solid Contact % 4.3 +1.1 5.4 +4.7 10.1 +0.7 10.8
HR/FB % 14.8 -3.8 11.0 +8.2 19.2 +8.6 27.8
Popups 24 +27 51 -30 21 -13 8
Flyballs 81 +65 146 -68 78 -60 18
Line Drives 62 +73 135 -70 65 -49 16
Groundballs 109 +98 207 -103 104 -81 23
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.7 +1.0 49.7 -3.6 46.1 +3.4 49.5
Out of Zone % 51.3 -1.0 50.3 +3.6 53.9 -3.4 50.5
Edge % 42.3 -0.8 41.5 +0.5 42.0 -0.6 41.4
Zone Swing % 69.5 -1.1 68.4 -0.5 67.9 +0.8 68.7
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 +3.0 30.9 -4.9 26.0 +1.1 27.1
In Zone Contact % 76.0 +6.3 82.3 +2.6 84.9 -5.8 79.1
Out of Zone Contact % 54.5 +3.9 58.4 +4.5 62.9 -12.9 50.0
Whiff % 29.8 -4.9 24.9 -3.1 21.8 +6.4 28.2
First Strike % 57.3 +4.5 61.8 -2.3 59.5 +2.6 62.1
First Pitch Swing % 25.5 +8.6 34.1 -3.5 30.6 -1.5 29.1
Swing % 48.1 +1.4 49.5 -4.1 45.4 +2.3 47.7
Meatball Swing % 83.0 -3.0 80.0 -8.8 71.2 +7.7 78.9
Meatball % 7.3 +1.0 8.3 -0.9 7.4 +2.2 9.6
Zone Swing & Miss % 23.7 -6.1 17.6 -2.5 15.1 +5.0 20.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 44.3 -3.3 41.0 -4.3 36.7 +11.4 48.1
In Zone 898 +567 1,465 -686 779 -584 195
Out of Zone 947 +537 1,484 -573 911 -712 199
Edge 780 +443 1,223 -513 710 -547 163
In Zone Swings 624 +378 1,002 -473 529 -395 134
Out of Zone Swings 264 +195 459 -222 237 -183 54
In Zone Swing & Misses 148 +28 176 -96 80 -53 27
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 117 +71 188 -101 87 -61 26
Basic
Pitches 1,845 +1,104 2,949 -1,260 1,689 -1,295 394
PA 459 +327 786 -371 415 -312 103
AB 401 +312 713 -367 346 -256 90
Hits 77 +67 144 -51 93 -76 17
Singles 52 +45 97 -38 59 -49 10
Doubles 13 +17 30 -13 17 -15 2
Triples 0 +1 1 +1 2 -2 0
Home Runs 12 +4 16 -1 15 -10 5
Walks 40 +11 51 +8 59 -51 8
Strikeouts 127 +53 180 -101 79 -53 26
K% 27.7 -4.8 22.9 -3.9 19.0 +6.2 25.2
BB% 8.7 -2.2 6.5 +7.7 14.2 -6.4 7.8
HBP 16 -1 15 -6 9 -5 4
Batted Balls 276 +263 539 -271 268 -203 65
Number of Fastballs 1,160 +662 1,822 -858 964 -748 216
Number of Offspeed 173 +156 329 -111 218 -160 58
Number of Breaking 512 +286 798 -291 507 -387 120
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 450 .272 224 18 8.0 226 111 49.1
2022 Shifts 786 .261 346 120 34.7 440 286 65.0
2023 Shades 412 .369 183 6 3.3 229 65 28.4
2024 Shades 103 .291 46 6 13.0 57 42 73.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 526 20.1 3.6% 5.7% 316 24.1 0.3% 18.7%
2022 870 20.7 1.3% 8.2% 410 24.8 0.0% 20.5%
2023 438 17.8 15.5% 0.9% 298 21.2 0.3% 2.3%
2024 106 16.2 33.0% 0.9% 65 18.3 1.5% 3.1%

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Pitch Distribution