FACTS/ FLUKES: Manoah, Brown, Sandoval, LeMahieu, Straw

Has Manoah joined AL 'elite?' ... Alek Manoah (RHP, TOR) answered his superb rookie season by knocking a run off his ERA and doubling his win total on his way to a third place finish for the AL Cy Young. The 25-year-old horse barely missed logging 200 innings in the process. Did he earn a place among the league's elite in the process?

Year   IP   ERA/xERA  H%/S%    G/L/F   K%   BB%  K-B%  FpK   SwK   HH%   HR/F     
====  ===  =========  ====   ========  ===  ===  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====   
2020  -----------------------------------DNP---------------------------------- 
2021  112  3.22/3.79  26/73  39/21/41  28    9    19    57   13.4  31.2   11    
2022  197  2.24/3.81  25/82  37/21/42  23    6    17    62   11.6  31.5    7  ...

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