Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah finally speaks on his injury and gives timetable for his return
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah had season ending surgery last year and has been slowly recovering as he finally spoke on when he plans to be back.
The Blue Jays have some serious starting pitcher issues heading into the 2025 season as they are in need of adding at least one solid pitcher and with Manoah who will not be ready for the start of the season, they have even bigger issues.
Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah speaks on when he will be ready to pitch again
Manoah recently sat down for an interview and spoke of how his recovery has been going which he stated it was been progressing really well.
The big right-hander had his elbow reconstructed in mid-June and is almost seven months into a rehab process that will take more than a year.
«It's been going amazing,» the one-time Jays ace said in an expansive interview for Thursday's episode of the Star's baseball podcast, «Deep Left Field.» -Wilner
«It's been going amazing,» the one-time Jays ace said in an expansive interview for Thursday's episode of the Star's baseball podcast, «Deep Left Field.» -Wilner
Manoah stated that his arm has not felt this light since 2021-2022 and that he believes his arm is finally back to how it was a few seasons ago when he broke into the MLB.
«My arm is just so much lighter,» said Manoah. «It's moving great. My arm action and the patterning of my arm has gone right back into the same slot that I was used to throwing at in college, and early on when I got brought up, you know, in '21 and '22.
It just feels really good to be able to have that arm action and release point, and just have those extra little key features that allow everything to be in sync.» -Manoah
It just feels really good to be able to have that arm action and release point, and just have those extra little key features that allow everything to be in sync.» -Manoah
The Blue Jays pitcher spoke on when he expects to be back and it looks like he will not be on the mound for the Blue Jays until the final two months of the season if everything goes according to plan.
He hopes to be throwing bullpens in March, live batting practice by June and rehab starts in the minors in July, before returning to the big leagues for the final two months. -Wilner
It is great to hear that Manoah is feeling better but it is unfortunate for the Blue Jays that they will have to play the first few months of the season without him in the rotation.
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