Combine his team-leading 13 home runs entering Saturday with back-to-back series against teams that have traded him, and the question begs to be asked: How have three ballclubs decided they'd rather not have Mark Trumbo in their colors?
"Good question," manager Buck Showalter said. "I was going to ask somebody out here. I don't know what — just different fits, timing. I just think our timing has been really good with him. A lot of guys [ages] 28 to 32 start kind of figuring out some things. You've got to be careful. … The guys that keep wanting it, they start figuring it out a little bit.