A diagnosis of stage 3 colon cancer has Orioles star outfielder Trey Mancini on a twice-monthly regimen of chemotherapy, he wrote in an online essay Tuesday, making it likely that if there is a baseball season in 2020, he won’t be part of it.
But in sharing some details of his medical struggle, Mancini provided information that helps determine his possible prognosis for a return to full health and, eventually, to the Orioles’ lineup.
Mancini, 28, left the team shortly before spring training was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic to prep for surgery to remove a malignant tumor on his colon.