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Pitcher · 2026

Alek Manoah

Age
28
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 6"
Weight
285 lb
Number
#47
Born
January 9, 1998 in Homestead, FL, USA
MLB debut
May 27, 2021
Drafted
2019, round 1
College
West Virginia
High school
South Dade
Salary, 2026
$1.95M
dbWAR
-.2
2 season(s)
IP
7.1
ERA
9.82
FIP
6.77
K/9
6.1
FIP−
162
100 = avg

Alek Manoah is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2026 he struck out 5 batters over 7.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 9.82 was 135.1% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 6.77 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.7% of swings (7.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.8%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP6.77
K/96.1
WHIP2.18
WAR-.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB26224043.182.308.364.30711.5%
vs RHB1394142.444.615.889.61215.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Alek Manoah throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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ChangeupSinkerSliderFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Changeup39.1%6384.01,90638.1%16.0%
Sinker34.8%5687.72,08442.9%22.7%
Slider14.3%2377.12,13630.4%40.0%
Four-Seam Fastball11.8%1988.72,28031.6%11.1%
Alek Manoah's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026307.100088589.826.772.186.19.8235162-0.2
20245524.112017102683.705.181.039.63.091127-0.1

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.