Major League Baseball today announced that TREY MANCINI has been named the recipient of the 2021 American League Comeback Player of the Year Award. Mancini becomes the first Orioles player to take home this award. The Comeback Player of the Year Awards are officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball and have been presented annually since 2005 to one player in each league who has re-emerged on the field during the season. The 30 club beat reporters from MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, selected the winners from an original list of 30 candidates (one per MLB club).
At just 27 years old, Mancini was coming off the best season of his career when he was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer during Spring Training of 2020. As the world began to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mancini had surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. Just a few weeks later, he began six months of chemotherapy treatment, causing him to miss the entire 2020 season.
After a challenging and grueling year removed from the diamond, Mancini returned to the field in 2021, appearing in 147 games for the Orioles, second on the team behind only Cedric Mullins (159). He slashed .255/.326/.432 (142-for-556) with 33 doubles, 21 home runs, 77 runs scored, and 71 RBI. His 38 multi-hit games ranked second on the Orioles behind Mullins (46). He tallied an extra-base hit in a career-long six-straight games from July 21-28. He also drew a walk in a career-high eight-straight...
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