I think Manoah isn’t done but I think at best he’s a number 3/4 guy unless he does something drastic. There is a reason most analysts picked him to take a downturn before this season because tbh he got lucky last year. His underlying metrics were much worse than his era. Now ofc he’s gone way done from even that but I think he can be a 3.75-4.50 era, 1.5-2 win sort of pitcher. But sorry just don’t see ace much less even a two or reliable 3 in there. He doesn’t have anything elite in his repertoire. He used to hit 98 in college but he’s a soft tosser now by modern day starting pitcher standards. Does he have a plus pitch? Not really. Does he have a big pitch mix where he can survive without a plus pitch? Nope. Control? Nope. So yeah just a big bunch of meh. I think he can back bounce to be a 4 era sort of guy though.
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