This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each player currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
A rebuilding team’s 30-year-old first baseman with 35-homer power, who is heading into his final year with that team before becoming a free agent, is going to be one of the most obvious trade candidates on the roster. Most times you would be surprised his team didn’t trade him sooner.
The specific Orioles player in this situation is Trey Mancini, and that means it’s not so simple as automatically trading him because that’s what a rebuilding team does.