Former Orioles 1B/OF Trey Mancini reportedly signs minors deal with Diamondbacks By Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun The Tribune Content Agency
BALTIMORE – Trey Mancini’s comeback bid is on. After being cut by the Miami Marlins last spring and failing to latch on with another club, the former Orioles first baseman and outfielder signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday with an invitation to spring training, according to multiple reports.
Mancini, 32, last appeared in a professional game at any level in 2023, hitting .234 with four home runs and a .635 OPS in 79 games for the Chicago Cubs. Since the Orioles traded him to the Houston Astros at the 2022 trade deadline in a three-team deal that netted them pitching prospects Chayce McDermott and Seth Johnson, Mancini hasn’t been able to replicate the
.270/.334/.463 slash line he posted in six seasons with Baltimore. He’ll get a chance to stick with Arizona, however, a team that lost star first baseman Christian Walker to Houston in free agency and replaced him with the left-handed hitting Josh Naylor. Mancini presents a right-handed option for the Diamondbacks – who signed ace Corbin Burnes after his lone season in Baltimore – with some power potential if he can return to the form he showed with the Orioles earlier in his career.
