After the off-season signing of Mark Trumbo seemed to put a damper on Trey Mancini’s potential playing time in 2017, he has been one of the biggest bright spots for the Orioles thus far in 2017. Although it hasn’t been perfect, he’s been playing nearly every day as the team’s left fielder as his bat has proven it’s worth in the middle of the Orioles lineup.
After being named the organization’s Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year in 2015, and then hitting home runs in each of his first three big-league starts last year, perhaps more people should have seen his ascension coming.