Opening game selection I didn’t expect it to collapse like this, extraordinary measures are inevitable… The only alternative is RYU after all.

The Toronto Blue Jays aren’t going to sit back and watch the “downfall” of their Opening Day starter, Alec Manoa. Some are calling for drastic measures.

Manoa took the mound in the first inning of a home game against the Houston Astros at Rogers Centre on Saturday and was pulled after facing nine batters. He gave up six runs on seven hits and one walk in ⅓ of an inning. After giving up two runs on four hits and a walk, Manoa was knocked out of the game with one out when Corey Jenks hit a 94-mph sinker to the body for a grand slam to left field.

It was the first time Manoa, who made his major league debut in 2021 and has pitched exclusively in starts, didn’t get past the first inning. Last year, he never left the game before the fifth inning in any of his 31 starts. That’s why he finished third in the AL Cy Young Award voting, and it’s no wonder he beat out seniors like Girardi for the Opening Day start this season.

However, in 13 appearances this season, he has been removed from the game eight times before the fifth inning and has only two quality starts. 1-7, 6.36 ERA, 1.90 WHIP, .289 BABIP, -1.2 WAR – hardly a major league pitcher.

When Manoa allowed five hits and a whopping seven walks in four innings against the New York Yankees on May 16, Toronto manager John Schneider said he needed a “complete overhaul.

What he said after the Houston game the next day was predictable. Schneider said, “We’ve got to do what’s best to help him get better. That’s what we have to do from today forward. That’s what we have to do from today forward.”

“We don’t have any immediate plans. But we have to mobilize all of our resources, our staff, our colleagues for him.” “We have to put all scenarios on the table. We have to help him find his way.”

According to MLB.com, there are three main scenarios Toronto could take. The first is to send him down to Triple-A to get his mind and body back in gear. This is the most obvious and common, and it allows him to find and fix the problem without the prying eyes of others. It might take two weeks, it might take two months. It’s up to you.

The second option is to go on the injured list. You just need to find a physical issue to put on the IL, which isn’t hard. You have to start from scratch. Get him to a certain level of physicality and then give him a month of minor league rehabilitation pitches.

And finally, the “Halladay” modification. This is what legendary Toronto pitcher and two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay did in his early years in the big leagues. Toronto sent Halladay down to Single-A before the 2001 season. This was for a complete overhaul of his pitching mechanics, including his delivery.

Halladay made his major league debut in 1998 and went 8-7 with a 3.92 ERA in 1999, before collapsing in 2000 with a 4-7 record and a 10.64 ERA. In response, Toronto sent him to Single-A as a shock treatment.

Halladay pitched 20 games in Single-A+,메이저사이트 Double-A, and Triple-A that year before returning to the majors and becoming a completely different pitcher. In 2002, he won 19 games and was named to his first All-Star team, and in 2003, he went 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA and won the AL Cy Young Award.

That means sending Manoa to Dunedin, Florida, aka the Pitching Institute, for about two months to work on his mechanics. One way or another, Manoa needs to be removed from the rotation.

According to MLB.com, “Triple-A Borden Francis, Casey Lawrence, and Zach Thompson, as well as rehabbing pitchers Mitch White, Thomas Hatch, Trent Thornton, and Trevor Richards, are candidates for the job, but they’re not long-term solutions, even if they’re only a couple weeks away.

In other words, Ryu is the only option. Ryu will begin a minor league rehab assignment this month. His goal is to be in the rotation when the second half of the season begins on May 15.