Trey

[Edgy MD]

Lots of buzz in two cities about Metly interest in Oriole Trey Mancini. Mancini just hit an inside-the-park homer (read: fly ball lost in the lights) for the eventual game-winning run in the eighth inning of a series-winning game for Baltimore. It's the O's last home game before the trade deadline, and a lot of folks are treating it like his valedictory. If the Mets don't get him, there's a good chance somebody does.



Mancini is a righthanded DH/1B/corner outfield type, so acquiring him would kind of be the same kind of nutpunch for J.D. Davis that the Daniel Vogebach dealio has been for Dom Smith. He's having a better year than J.D., but the two are otherwise comparable except that (1) J.D. still plays third and has a terrific arm, and (2) Mancini has been a full-timer most of his career.



His nickname is, obviously, "Boom-Boom" but waddaya gonna do? It's usually shortened to "Boomer," which has it's own goofy connotation. His homers tend to come in bunches, he's a colon cancer survivor. Baltimore chicks dig him, but the one who tied him down was MASN sideline reporter Sara Perlman.



The rumors have him going for lefthander Thomas Szapucki, who has struck out 84 batters in 62 innings this year. Injury has taken a lot of development time from him and he's been clobbered in two MLB appearances, but he's still a guy, despite disappearing from the team prospect lists that usually listed him in the top 10 a few years back.



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[Frayed Knot]

Will the Atlanta organist play the Pink Panther theme when he comes to bat?

[MFS62]

If that is all the O's want, that deal is a no-brainer.

I'd be sad to see my one-time adoptee Szapucki go, but he needs a fresh start.



Later

[Edgy MD]

Naquin probably obviates any momentum on this deal.

[Edgy MD]

Look at this heartbreaker.



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[Gwreck]

Edgy MD wrote: Naquin probably obviates any momentum on this deal.

Unless he's still seen as an upgrade over JD Davis?

[Frayed Knot]

The Orioles, meanwhile, are out of the AL East basement, a game over .500, and currently sit three games out of a WC slot.

Yeah Mancini can be a FA at the end of the season, but would holding on to him for another two months be Baltimore's worst move?

[smg58]

Frayed Knot wrote: The Orioles, meanwhile, are out of the AL East basement, a game over .500, and currently sit three games out of a WC slot. Yeah Mancini can be a FA at the end of the season, but would holding on to him for another two months be Baltimore's worst move?

They love him in Baltimore, too. They can do worse than keep him.



Not that I wouldn't be interested in him as a righthanded bat, mind you.

[Edgy MD]

Trey Mancini goes to Houston as part of a trey-team treyd.



Houston gets Boomer from the Orioles and Jayden Murray from the Rays.



Tampa gets José Siri (insert pun here) from the Astros.



Baltimore gets minor league pitchers Seth Johnson from the Rays and Chayce McDermott from the Astros.