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If dongs, whiffs and iffy defense are for you, #Trumbo2016 wants your vote

Related Topics: Mark Trumbo, Steve Clevenger

To his namesake, Mark Trumbo has stormed out of the gates as a surprising fan favorite. A larger than life character, an in-your-face swing and questionable defensive tactics are fitting to his newfound moniker. Though if you build Trumbo a wall, he won't raise his arms in contempt. He'll just a hit a baseball over it.

For most of the offseason, I'd forgotten the Orioles traded for Mark Trumbo.

To no fault of his own, his acquisition was lost in the muck of the O's constant swirling amidst claims by "sources", among other typical Orioles shenanigans.