Before he went to the Home Run Derby last month, Trey Mancini set the stage for an important second half for the Orioles: even rebuilding clubs need to start winning at some point, and he believed that time had come.
Coming out of the All-Star break, both he and the Orioles were meeting that standard. But as the team has swooned in August, so has Mancini.
The Orioles’ star first baseman is in another slump in a season that has seemed to feature more of them than usual. When he outlined his hopes for the team to get back on track Thursday, he said that included himself “maybe more than anybody.