According to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag on Twitter, the Baltimore Orioles and free agent Mark Trumbo have agreed on a deal. The deal is for three years, $37.5 million, pending physical.
Trumbo, 31, was the MLB home run leader in 2016, clubbing 47 long balls and driving in 108 runs, while hitting at a .256/.316/.533 clip, as well as winning a Silver Slugger award and appearing in his second all-star game.
The powerful outfielder/DH broke into the bigs in 2010 with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, made stops in Arizona and Seattle and ended up in Baltimore for the 2016 campaign.
The Rangers and Rockies had said to have interest in Trumbo, but nothing substantial had come to fruition, hence why Baltimore picked up conversations with Trumbo again.
The deal, on the surface, doesn’t seem like much for a slugger who hit 47 homers, but with his low batting average and on-base percentage, combined with his subpar fielding, he is limited in his abilities.
