[Matheson] First look at Alek Manoah, who looks like he’s trimmed down his body and, more importantly, grown out his beard. #BlueJays

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1. Sensing a little bit of bias from Keegan here haha.

2. Big Puma looking READY!!!

   LET’S GOOOOOOO!!!

3. If Manoah can have a season anywhere close to 2022, would be huge for us.

4. Beard Power 2: The Beardening

5. Wow he looks much slimmer

   If he can be even like 70% of what he was in 21/22, we have the best rotation in baseball

6. 2024, the year of the beard

7. Pete Walker working up a thirst.

8. LET’S

   A

   GOOOOOO

9. Lol his body looks much skinnier but his face doesn’t because of the beard.

10. Wonder if it’s starting to look like the old days where the training staff are getting these guys on injectable drugs but now it’s legal and doctor prescribed Ozempic.

11. Wow. He looks like he’s dropped 25 lbs.

12. Keegan knows how to give the people what they want, and what they want is BEARD UPDATES 

13. Matheson reads the sub confirmed.

14. That’s trim?

15. Being heavier certainly couldn’t have been a positive for his endurance with the pitch clock but until we see him perform in game scenarios with the pressure of the pitch clock it’s hard to know how he’ll do. I’m looking forward to seeing him get on the mound in ST.

16. I like his look much better. Hopefully he is back ! He looks super fit.

17. That’s at least 20-40 pounds of weight loss. good job.

18. Going to be a big year for Alek this year! Can’t wait to see it!

19. All I can think of now is that Baseball Doesn’t Exist video where statistically dudes don’t throw as well the next season after they’ve slimmed down

20. Wanted some of that YuCy beard energy

21. All that matters is he came back with a better attitude (also being in shape helps)

22. I follow him on IG so I’ve already seen that he’s lost weight, he seems to be working very hard, judging by what he posts. Hopefully it’s translates to the mound and he can bounce back.

23. Does this fix the offense ?

24. If his wild slider doesn’t scare the left handed batter into an out, his wild bushy beard will

25. Has he spoken at all about what went wrong last season?

26. until he actually does something hes still the dumpster fire from last year

27. Never knew that growing a beard meant you can finally pitch consistently…

    Guy gives me Marcus Stroman vibes and not in a good way, still has plenty to show in order to prove himself

28. Yankees have a no beard policy, Jays should implement a mandatory beard policy.

29. He’s been talking to Kikuchi. He knows the Beard holds power.