Of all the things that the Trey Mancini trade signaled, perhaps the most obvious is this: the front office believes that Ryan Mountcastle is the future at 1B. It would just be nice if Mountcastle was rewarding that faith just a little bit more.
The Orioles may be 22-10 since the beginning of July, but the Orioles’ rookie home run record holder has not been the biggest contributor to that success. Since July 1, Mountcastle is batting .210 with 24 hits and 30 strikeouts. At one point this season he was an extra-base hit machine, but in his last 114 at-bats, he’s only recorded seven doubles and two home runs.