Trey Mancini (1B/OF, BAL) - Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: The Orioles lineup, as a whole, is not one to get excited about. However, they do have an injection of youth that can suddenly catch fire. Additionally, they are a professional ball club. Baltimore Orioles first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini is poised to take advantage, hitting in the middle third of the lineup. He does only have one HR, four RBI, and a .283 AVG in the last two weeks. On the season he is batting .236, however, he has kicked into gear in the second half batting .287 with five homers and 14 RBI.

He has also reduced his strikeout rate down to 20% and improved his hard-hit rate in the second half to 42%. It is a far cry from his rookie season in 2017 hitting .293 with 24 HR and 78 RBI. However, it seems he has made the adjustments and will look to profit for the rest of the season. Mancini has very good matchups this week with a home series against the Blue Jays (two lefties) followed by a road series in Kansas City (all righties).