Mark Trumbo has been shut down for the next seven-to-ten days after receiving a PRP injection in his right knee, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters (including Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com). Trumbo has yet to play this season after undergoing knee surgery last September, and between his 60-day injury list placement and maximum injury rehab period, Trumbo was on pace to return to the roster this weekend.
Instead, however, the veteran slugger will continue to rest his knee, and “there’s not a real timetable” on when Trumbo could make his 2019 debut, according to Hyde. “It was progressing well and is progressing well. He just felt some soreness yesterday, but he was running better and he was playing in the field and swinging the bat pretty well. Just felt some soreness yesterday, so we got him an injection and he’s going to be out a little while longer,” the manager said.
After a rough 2017 season, Trumbo provided above-average (107 wRC+, 108 OPS+) production in hitting .261/.313/.452 with 17 homers over 358 plate appearances for the Orioles in 2018. A quicker return from knee surgery and a repeat of that performance could have created a slim chance that the Orioles would’ve been able to move Trumbo at the trade deadline and get a little of his $13.5MM salary for 2019 off the books. Now, however, it doesn’t seem too likely that Trumbo will be back in Baltimore’s lineup before July, giving him little time to audition both his bat and his health for any interested teams.
When Trumbo is able to play, it’s also unclear as to how much time he’ll see in the lineup. The Orioles already have Chris Davis obligated to receive some first base/DH at-bats, and the rebuilding team would obviously prefer to give Trey Mancini, Dwight Smith Jr., and Renato Nunez continued playing time in the corner outfield and DH spots, respectively. With Trumbo set for free agency this winter, he isn’t a part of the Orioles’ long-term plans.
Trumbo and Davis were the ones signed long term, but Cruz is the one who they let go.
In Peter Angelos’ world those moves make sense – even to this day. 99.9% of us don’t live in that world, thank God.
Yes, Davis used PEDs and got caught. His PED of choice were concentration drugs that don’t yield a long term account of strength that can be withdrawn from. Neuro chemicals with short half life. Require upkeep. Have severe drop off.
Cruz used steroids and built muscles that could be maintained with slower natural decline when the substance is removed.
Trumbo always clean. Power peak lower. Age decline faster.
Invest in the player AND his performance routine!
Davis is still on those drugs to this day. He had and still has an exemption to take them bc he has a legit ADD diagnosis. He wasn’t “caught” using them, he allowed his exemption paperwork to expire. So this pretty much blows your whole theory up. Davis was a major overpay but no one could have seen this type of drop off that soon. Before the contract ended we all saw that coming but the next year, no one. A drop sure but this much, no way.
I’m convinced the Trumbo signing was in reaction to Nelly. Can’t let another one get away. The Trumbo contract is just meh, not even a top 100 worst contracts.
Don’t forget markakis too