Alek Manoah’s full name is Alek Isaac Manoah. He is an American-born professional baseball player known to play as a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. Alek is 1.98m tall.
Alek was born to parents Susana Lluch and Alek Erick Manoah on January 9, 1998, in Homestead, Florida in the United States of America. He played baseball non-professionally in high school and at the University at South Dade High School in Homestead, Florida and West Virginia University.
Whiles at the University, Alek played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Anglers. During the 2018 season, he was named to the Golden Spikes Award. After University, the Toronto Blue Jays chose him in the 2019 MLB draft.
He signed with the Blue Jays for $4.55 million as a signing bonus. He made his professional debut that year with the Vancouver Canadians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. Due to the cancellation of the minor league season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no minor league game to play that year.
Alek made his MLB debut on May 27, 2021, when the Blue Jays played versus the New York Yankees.
Is Alek Manoah Married?
Alek Manoah is not married yet but is in a serious relationship with a beautiful lady called Marielena Somoza.