Friday Bird Droppings: Where Cedric Mullins is a Silver Slugger

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The Orioles may have gotten shut out of MLB’s major end-of-season awards. But a few of their standout performers have managed to earn other accolades for their 2021 heroics.

Ryan Mountcastle and Trey Mancini were honored in the MLBPA Players’ Choice Awards as the AL’s Outstanding Rookie and Comeback Player of the Year, respectively. And now, Cedric Mullins — the club’s best player, lone All-Star, and unanimous Most Valuable Oriole for 2021 — has gotten his just reward, named as one of the AL’s three Silver Slugger winners in the outfield.

Mullins made it an easy decision for the managers and coaches who vote for the Silver Slugger…