I chose a photo of Trey Mancini in an Orioles uniform for this post for a reason.
Reason: Mancini hit very poorly after he was traded to the Astros at the deadline last summer. In 51 games for Houston he batted .176/.258/.364 (29-for-165) with eight home runs and 49 strikeouts. That’s... not good. He also went just 1-for-21 in the postseason for Houston with eight strikeouts.
Mancini, as you might know, is a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in the spring of 2020, had surgery and missed that entire season. He came back to Baltimore in 2021 and had a fine year, batting .