A post from a few pages ago said Manoah had a substance abuse problem back before he was drafted.
mrfrugal83 wrote: ↑ Off topic but its plausible Manoah has a substance abuse thing going on, if you read on his backstory of his life and the very weird non reporting to AAA, non specific answers from the team leans that way. He’s had the issue prior to his drafting to the mlb and would align with the team being hush hush about it. Also a cross generational family history of it. This paints a better picture :
https://torontolife.com/city/the-electr ... ek-manoah/