Dean’s Dozen: Our Top 12 Orioles prospects for the 2017 season
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No. 2
Trey Mancini, 1B
2016 Statistics: .282, 20 HRs, 68 RBIs, 26 2Bs in 142 games (Bowie/Norfolk); .357, 3 HRs, 5 RBIs in 5 games (Orioles)
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With a home run in three of his first four major league games, the 2013 eighth-round pick gave Orioles fans a glimpse of his power potential this past season. It was the perfect ending for Mancini – who will turn 25 in March – after he started the year with three home runs in his first four games with Bowie (and seven homers in his first 17 games overall). Before his promotion to the Orioles, the Notre Dame product hit 20 home runs while splitting the year between the Baysox and Norfolk. However, he only had three after the International League All-Star break in July. Mancini’s bat will carry him to the major leagues, but it’s unclear if that’ll happen for good to start the 2017 season. With Chris Davis seemingly locked in at first base for the foreseeable future, Mancini’s status likely depends on what the Orioles do with pending free agents such as Mark Trumbo and Pedro Alvarez, and what other offseason moves the team makes.
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