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Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah to make double-A start on Sunday
TORONTO — Alek Manoah is moving up to double-A.
The Toronto Blue Jays pitcher will start for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Sunday as he works to rediscover his throwing form. Manoah will be facing the Portland Sea Dogs, the double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox in Maine.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that it was important to the organization to put Manoah in an situation closer to Major League Baseball’s atmosphere.
“You’re playing under the lights and have people announcing the batters that are coming up and you have an actual bat boy instead of a player running to grab the bats,” said Schneider. “I think it’s just the logical next best thing for him.”