Unless Jerry Dipoto finds a way to run all 30 clubs, one of them is getting ready to pay Mark Trumbo.
Trumbo will pass “go” and will be paid $200, plus untold millions for untold years. He is leading the American League in home runs (28) and total bases (202), and his Baltimore Orioles bomb squad is leading the American League East by two games.
Trumbo is hitting .288 and slugging .582 and has an OPS of .923. All are career-highs for the 30-year-old ex-Angel/Diamondback/Mariner. He has careened around the country like a lost suitcase, but this is his sixth year, and free agency is just a couple of months and maybe 15 more home runs away.