Trey Mancini

Trey Mancini
Baltimore Orioles – No. 67
First baseman
Born: (1992-03-18) March 18, 1992
Winter Haven, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 20, 2016, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Batting average .357
Home runs 3
RBI 5
Teams

Joseph Anthony "Trey" Mancini (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Mancini attended Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven, Florida,[1] and the University of Notre Dame. He played college baseball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He played collegiate summer baseball for the Holyoke Blue Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League in 2011,[2] and the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2012.[3]

The Orioles selected Mancini in the eighth round of the 2013 MLB draft. He signed, and made his professional debut with the Aberdeen IronBirds of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.[2] He began the 2014 season with the Delmarva Shorebirds of the Class A South Atlantic League and received a midseason promotion to the Frederick Keys of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League.[4] He began the 2015 season with Frederick,[5][6] and was promoted during the season to the Bowie Baysox of the Class AA Eastern League.[7][8] After spending some time in Baltimore during spring training,[9] Mancini returned to Bowie to start the 2016 season.[10] He was blocked at Triple A by Joey Terdoslavich, but was promoted to the Norfolk Tides in April 2016 as Terdoslavich struggled.[11][12]

Mancini was promoted to the Major Leagues on September 18, 2016.[13] On September 20 against the Boston Red Sox, he popped out to right in his first major league at bat. In his second at bat, he hit a home run against Eduardo Rodríguez, making Mancini only the third Orioles' player to hit a home run for their first Major League hit after Larry Haney (1966) and Jonathan Schoop (2013).[14]

Mancini started again two nights later and hit his second career home run, a 3-run homer off David Price. He became the 20th player in Major League history to hit a home run in his first two starts. He would then become only the third player in Major League history to homer in their first three starts, after he hit a solo home run in a 6-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 24.

References

  1. ↑ "Winter Haven Grad Growing Fast in O's Farm System". TheLedger.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Former Holyoke Blue Sox player Trey Mancini faring well in Orioles farm system". masslive.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=trey-mancini
  4. ↑ Ferraro, Joe (April 5, 2015). "Highly touted Cisco to start with Keys". Frederick News Post. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Making Strides: Mancini Looks to Continue Progress in Frederick". The Ledger. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Baltimore Orioles prospect Trey Mancini records third three-hit game of the week for Frederick Keys". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Meoli, Jon (June 6, 2015). "Orioles minor league report: Keys' Trey Mancini hits his way up to Bowie". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Melewski, Steve (September 9, 2015). "Bowie playoff preview: Trey Mancini leads the Baysox against Altoona (updated)". MASN. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Encina, Eduardo A. (February 8, 2016). "Orioles announce nonroster invitees to spring training". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ Kubatko, Roch (April 16, 2016). "Mancini Waits For His Turn". Baseball America. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ Hall, David (April 25, 2016). "At last, hot-hitting Mancini reaches Norfolk". Virginian Pilot. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ Meoli, Jon (April 25, 2016). "Orioles first base prospect Trey Mancini earns promotion to Triple-A Norfolk". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  13. ↑ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-notes-trey-mancini-earns-first-major-league-call-o-day-activated-pearce-done-for-season-20160918-story.html
  14. ↑ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-trey-mancini-makes-orioles-history-with-home-run-in-his-major-league-debut-20160920-story.html

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