Alek Manoah mirrored his MLB debut with another six scoreless and seven punch-outs at Yankee Stadium. ArdenZwelling on another exceptional performance by Manoah who's showing that he's only getting better with each start.
’s MLB career finished right where it began, atop a Yankee Stadium mound on a crystal-clear Thursday afternoon last May, he would’ve been cool with it.
Manoah ran out to that mound to make his MLB debut feeling like he’d already won, feeling free. No stage fright at all. And then DJ LeMahieu stepped in the box. LeMahieu greeted him again. But this time, no rush of nerves all at once. No four-pitch walk. Only three. Boom, boom, boom. First strikeout of the season. First, on a night Manoah mirrored his debut with another six scoreless and seven punchouts, winning his team a 3-0 result. He allowed only three balls out of the infield; only one in play with a triple-digit exit velocity; no hits aside from a second-inning single.
Manoah tweaked his grip on that pitch this winter, seeking a bit more life. And he appears to have found it with an 82 RPM increase in its spin rate year-over-year. He’s found confidence in it, too. Manoah used it against lefties in any count and he even got right-handed slugger Giancarlo Stanton to pop one up in the second inning.
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