There's no firm date for pitcher Alek Manoah's return to the Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation. Manoah was demoted to the rookie-level Florida Complex League on June 6 after a poor start to the regular season.
He has been making progress at the team's training facility in Dunedin, Fla., but won't return until he's ready, Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Friday afternoon. "There's no date," Schneider told reporters when asked for an update on Manoah. "I think watching and seeing how he responds, how he does all those things with the strike throwing, with the delivery, with the pitches per inning.
There's no real timeframe. "Again, the whole thing is to do what's best for him. Whenever that time is, is when it will be." The 25-year-old right-hander was sent down after going 1-7 with a 6.36 earned-run average over 13 starts.
Schneider said Manoah has been asked to focus on his delivery and throwing strikes. Manoah was Toronto's first-round pick in the 2019 amateur draft.