Mark Trumbo has been great for the O’s in 2016. What would it take to keep him around past that?
When the O’s traded Steve Clevenger for Mark Trumbo in December, feelings were mixed. On one hand, it gave the Orioles a much-needed bat - Chris Davis was still a free agent at the time, and the team had one starting outfielder and no DH. On the other hand, he was a guy with a .300 career on-base-percentage and a $9 million dollar contract.
The O’s still had Davis and Darren O’Day to re-sign, along with holes in the outfield and the rotation.