There’s a common sentiment among many Baltimore Orioles fans right now: “Trade Mark Trumbo as soon as possible”.
It’s a fair point; Trumbo has one year remaining on his contract with the Orioles, and is due $13.5 million in 2019. He’ll be the second-highest paid player on the Orioles roster next year, behind only Chris Davis.
He’s also potentially blocking Trey Mancini from making a permanent move back to first-base.
Trumbo is coming off surgery to help repair damaged cartilage in his knee; he had trouble running the bases and was relegated exclusively to DH duties prior to the season-ending surgery.