MLB trade deadline 2022: Trey Mancini thanks doctors, Orioles staff members after he’s dealt to Astros

Trey Mancini became a hugely important and inspiring figure for the Baltimore Orioles over the last couple of seasons.

The first baseman emerged as a solid batter for the Orioles after finishing in third place in the American League Rookie of the Year award voting in 2017. His 2020 season was derailed about a week before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sports world for most of the year.

Mancini had a malignant tumor removed from his colon in March 2020, and a month later he received he had stage 3 colon cancer and started chemotherapy. By the end of that year, he announced he would return to the Orioles in 2021.