Manaea's slider has helped him dominate hitters of either handedness this season, Matt Kelly of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

The young left-hander's considerably wide and low release point has made it difficult for hitters to discern between his fastball and changeup, but his slider has begun to draw plenty of attention in its own right. Manaea has grown increasingly comfortable throwing the pitch, utilizing it 17.5 percent of the time as per Statcast after only deploying it at a 12.9-percent clip in 2016. Manaea has gotten swings and misses approximately 43 percent of the time and allowed just a .167 average over 86 at-bats when using the pitch, typically locating it low and inside to right-handed hitters while placing it low and away to lefty bats.