Alek Manoah Stats: How Good is Alek Manoah?

Alek Manoah Stats

How Good is Alek Manoah?

The Blue Jays selected Alek Manoah, the 11th overall pick in the 2019 draft. He was called up by the Blue Jays in late May, and on May 27th, he made his debut (game one of a doubleheader in New York against the Yankees).

He pitched six scoreless innings for us, which was a great start to his career. His WAR is 2.8 according to Baseball Reference. He’s worth $16.1 million to the Blue Jays, according to FanGraphs 2.0.

Alek’s BABIP was.246, which was a very good number. He stranded 76.6 percent of the runners he authorized.

His FIP and xFIP were both 3.80 and 4.17, respectively. He had a 20.7 percent line-drive rate, a 38.8% ground ball rate, and a 40.6 percent fly-ball rate. His fly balls left the park at a rate of 10.7%.

Manoah walked 8.7% of the time and struck out 27.7% of the time. He made 19.9% soft contact and 25.7 percent hard contact.

Alek has excellent RHB (.156/.244/.251) and LHB (.228/.33/.376) numbers.

He pitched substantially better at home (2.23 ERA,.153/.258/.243) than he did on the road (4.08 ERA,.226/.327/.377).

His first half (2.90 ERA,.188/.280/.369) was a little better than his second half (3.41,.194/.296/.282) while his second half (3.41,.194/.296/.282) was slightly worse.

On September 13th, against the Rays at home, he had his best game score of 90. He struck out 10 batters in 8 innings of work, allowing only one hit and no walks.