| Trey Mancini | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Mancini with theBaltimore Orioles in 2022 | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 3 | |
| First baseman /Outfielder /Designated hitter | |
| Born: (1992-03-18)March 18, 1992 (age 33) Winter Haven, Florida, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 20, 2016, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Batting average | .263 |
| Home runs | 129 |
| Runs batted in | 400 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Anthony "Trey"Mancini III[1] (born March 18, 1992) is an American professionalbaseballfirst baseman,outfielder, anddesignated hitter in theArizona Diamondbacks organization. He has previously played inMajor League Baseball (MLB) for theBaltimore Orioles,Houston Astros, andChicago Cubs. His nickname "Boomer", originally "Boom Boom" afterRay Mancini, morphed into its current form when he enrolled at theUniversity of Notre Dame.[2] The Orioles selected Mancini in the eighth round of the2013 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2016 with the Orioles.
Mancini was diagnosed withcolon cancer in early 2020, consequently missing the entire shortened season. Upon his recovery, Mancini returned to baseball in 2021 and was subsequently awarded theAL Comeback Player of the Year. In 2022, he was traded mid-season to the Astros, with whom he won the2022 World Series.
Mancini attendedWinter Haven High School inWinter Haven, Florida,[3] where hebatted .480 with sixhome runs as a senior.[4] After high school, he attended theUniversity of Notre Dame, where he playedcollege baseball for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish and pursued a degree in political science. He playedcollegiate summer baseball for theHolyoke Blue Sox of theNew England Collegiate Baseball League in 2011,[5] and theHarwich Mariners of theCape Cod Baseball League in 2012.[6][7] In 2013, his junior year at Notre Dame, he slashed .389/.431/.603 with seven home runs and 54runs batted in (RBI) in 57 games.
TheBaltimore Orioles drafted Mancini in the eighth round, with the 249th overall selection, of the2013 Major League Baseball draft. He signed, and made his professional debut with theAberdeen IronBirds of theLow-ANew York–Penn League that same year.[5] Mancini spent the whole season with Aberdeen, batting .328 with three home runs and 35 RBI in 68 games. He began the 2014 season with theDelmarva Shorebirds of theSingle-ASouth Atlantic League and received a midseason promotion to theFrederick Keys of theHigh-ACarolina League.[8] In 137 games between the two teams, Mancini compiled a .284 batting average with ten home runs and 83 RBI. He began the 2015 season with Frederick,[9][10] and was promoted during the season to theBowie Baysox of theDouble-AEastern League.[11][12] In 136 games, Mancini slashed .341/.375/.563 with 21 home runs, 89 RBI, and 43 doubles.
After spending some time in Baltimore during spring training,[13] Mancini returned to Bowie to start the 2016 season.[14] He was blocked at Triple-A byJoey Terdoslavich, but was nonetheless promoted to theNorfolk Tides in April as Terdoslavich struggled.[15][16] He spent the remainder of the season at Norfolk, batting .280 with 13 home runs and 54 RBI in 125 games.[17]
The Orioles promoted Mancini to the major leagues for the first time on September 18, 2016, during September call-ups.[18] On September 20, in his major league debut as thedesignated hitter against theBoston Red Sox, he hit a home run againstEduardo Rodríguez in his secondat-bat. His parents were in attendance to watch this, his first MLB home run. The homerun made Mancini the fourth Orioles' player to hit a home run for their first Major League hit afterLarry Haney (1966),Nick Markakis (2006) andJonathan Schoop (2013).[19] Mancini started again two nights later and hit his second career home run, a three-run homer offDavid Price. He became the 20th player in major league history to hit a home run in his first two starts. He became the third player in major league history to homer in their first three starts, after he hit a solo home run against theArizona Diamondbacks on September 24.[citation needed]
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Mancini made the Orioles' 2017Opening Day roster after transitioning to the outfield. On April 16, Mancini recorded his second multi-home run game of the season, while driving in four runs. He tiedTrevor Story andDino Restelli for most home runs through a player's first 12 career games with seven.[20] On April 22, Mancini hit his fifth home run of the season and eighth of his career. He tied Story andCarlos Delgado for most home runs through a player's first 17 career games.[citation needed] On June 7, in a game against thePirates, Mancini hit a game-tying, pinch-hit two-run home run in the ninth inning off closerTony Watson. Two innings later, with two on and two outs, Mancini hit a walk-off three-run home run offWade LeBlanc to give the Orioles a 9–6 victory. Per STATS LLC, Mancini became the first Oriole to hit a pinch-hit homer in the 9th inning or later and then hit another home run in the same game. He also became the second Oriole ever to hit a game-tying home run in the 9th inning or later and then hit a walk-off homer in the same game (Mike Young on May 28, 1987). He also joinedBoog Powell ('66) andEddie Murray ('80) as the only three Orioles to homer in the 9th inning and in extras in the same game. Mancini finished the season batting .293/.338/.488 with a .826 OPS, 120 OPS+, 24 home runs and 78 RBI in 147 games during his rookie campaign. He also collected 159 hits on his way to finishing in third place for American League Rookie of the Year voting.
Mancini batted leadoff for 51 of 156 games played in 2018. He ended the season hitting .242 with 24 home runs and 58 RBIs.[citation needed] Mancini was leading the Orioles in most offensive categories in late-April.[21] He is one of three MLB players along withAlex Bregman andAnthony Rendon with at least 35 doubles, 34 home runs and 100 runs in2019.[22] He set a career high with five hits in an 11–4 win over theToronto Blue Jays atRogers Centre onSeptember 24, 2019.[23] He ended the season hitting .291 with 35 home runs and 97 RBIs.[citation needed] Mancini was awarded the 2019 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award by members of the local media.[24]
On March 7, 2020, Mancini left the Orioles during spring training to undergo a non-baseball medical procedure.[25] On March 12, it was revealed that the procedure was the removal of amalignant tumor from hiscolon.[26] On April 28, Mancini revealed he had stage 3colon cancer and began chemotherapy to treat his cancer.[27] He subsequently missed the entire 2020 season. On June 28, 2020, Mancini was placed on the 60-day injured list and missed the entire 2020 season due to recovery from Stage 3 colon cancer surgery. He completed chemotherapy in November 2020.
In November 2020, Mancini announced that he was cancer-free and planned to play for the Orioles in 2021.[28] Mancini returned to the Orioles at the beginning of spring training and appeared in the team's first game of the preseason, against thePittsburgh Pirates.[29] Mancini was given a standing ovation by the Orioles crowd prior to his first at-bat of the season in Baltimore.[30] Mancini finished the 2021 season batting .255/.326/.432 with 21 home runs and 71 RBIs in 147 games. On November 22, 2021, Mancini was awarded theAmerican League (AL) Comeback Player of the Year Award.[31]
On July 28,2022, Mancini hit aninside-the-park home run with a runner on base that started as what appeared to be a routinesacrifice fly. However, the ball deflected off the cheek ofTampa Bay right fielderJosh Lowe after he lost it in the afternoon sun, allowing Mancini to score. It was a very memorable at-bat for Oriolesfans due to the park’s commemoration ofMo Gaba,Baltimore’s #1 sports fan who passed on the same day in 2020. Mancini commented about Mo playing around in the clouds so that he could score.[32]
The Orioles traded Mancini to theHouston Astros in a three-team trade on August 1, 2022, in which the Orioles acquiredSeth Johnson from the Tampa Bay Rays andChayce McDermott from Houston, the Rays acquiredJosé Siri from Houston, and the Astros also acquiredJayden Murray from the Rays.[33] Mancini hit a home run for his first hit as an Astro on August 3 to help lead a 6–1 win versus theBoston Red Sox.[34] On August 5, Mancini hit his first careergrand slam againstHunter Gaddis of theCleveland Guardians as part of a two-homer, 5 RBI day.[35][36] He homered on August 18 on the way to a 21–5 win over theChicago White Sox that included 25 hits, tied for both the second-highest scoring output and most hits in team history.[37] The Astros defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4–0 on September 19 to clinch theAL West division title, which made Mancini a division title winner for the first time in his career.[38] With Houston in 2022 he batted .176/.258/.364.
In the 2022 regular season, between the two teams Mancini batted .239/.319/.391 in 519 at-bats, with 18 home runs and 63 RBI.[39] He split time between 71 games at DH, 39 at first base, 20 in left field, and 11 in right field.[39]
In Game 5 of theWorld Series, Mancini pinch-hit for and defensively replaced an injuredYuli Gurriel in the eighth inning, his first time playing defense since October 5th. He would end up making a game-saving play, snagging a hard-hit ball byKyle Schwarber to get the Astros out of a jam and preserve their 3–2 lead. The Astros defeated thePhiladelphia Phillies the following game for their fourth win in the best-of-seven series to give Mancini his first career World Series title.[40]
The Astros declined Mancini's option for 2023, thereby making him a free agent.[41]
Mancini signed a two-year contract worth $14 million with theChicago Cubs on January 20, 2023.[42] Before the signing, he had agreed to play for theItaly national baseball team in the2023 World Baseball Classic, However after signing he withdrew from the WBC.[43] He batted .234 with four home runs and 28 RBI in 79 games for the Cubs before he wasdesignated for assignment on August 1.[44] Mancini was officially released by the Cubs the next day.[45]
On August 23, 2023, Mancini signed a minor league contract with theCincinnati Reds organization.[46] Mancini hit .316 with two home runs in five games with the Triple–ALouisville Bats before he was released on August 30.[47]
On January 24, 2024, Mancini signed a minor league contract with theMiami Marlins organization.[48] On March 23, he opted out of his contract and became a free agent.[49]
On February 7, 2025, Mancini signed a minor league contract with theArizona Diamondbacks.[50]
Mancini is of Italian and Irish descent. Mancini's great-grandfather, Antonio Mancini, founded Mancini Foods, a cannery that distributes peppers, onions and hot sauce, in 1922 inNew Britain, Connecticut. Mancini's uncle, Rick Mancini, now runs the Florida-based company.[51]
Mancini first metSara Perlman in 2017, when she worked forMASN, covering the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. The couple began dating after Perlman left MASN forNBC Sports, as host ofThe Daily Line.[52][53] The couple became engaged in November 2021,[54] and married in December 2022.
