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MLB Rumors: Alek Manoah’s start in rookie ball didn’t go according to plan

Alek Manoah hit another road block with the Toronto Blue Jays. While his last major-league appearance against the Houston Astros was a complete disaster, his most recent outing on Tuesday may have been even worse.

Manoah gave up 10 runs and 11 hits in rookie ball. It was supposed to be a productive start in what was his path towards a return in Toronto. Instead, Manoah is as far removed as ever from the big leagues. The former ace is lost, and as much as this Jays organization believes in him, it’s tough to see him contributing again this season.

To make matters worse, Manoah was facing the New York Yankees Florida Complex League team. CBS Sports offered the beleaguered hurler some support, even giving an excuse or two.

"“To be fair to Manoah, it’s likely that he was working on something during Tuesday’s outing, be it altered mechanics or a tweaked arsenal. That doesn’t make his statline totally irrelevant, but there is often a context in these situations that gets lost from looking just at the linescore. Still, it’s probably not an encouraging sign for the Blue Jays that he had such struggles against competition that is, to put it kindly, well beneath big-league quality.”"

As the writer says, the caliber of hitters Manoah was facing on Tuesday are well below MLB caliber. This is bad, and should be viewed as such.