Mike Trout, Former Team USA Captain, Not Named To 2026 Roster Ahead Of World Baseball Classic
A former captain and WBC star, Mike Trout is notably absent from Team USA's roster, sparking debate amidst a talented outfield assembly.
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And so back to Anaheim, a little bit of exciting news, just some fun news.
A fan favorite, Trey Mancini, has been signed to a minor league deal.
Trey Mancini is thirty-four but has not played since twenty twenty-three.
In twenty twenty-three, he hit two thirty-four in seventy-nine games.
And I think had, like, five home runs from what I remember looking at.
Pete has the baseball reference right here.
Last year?
His last year that he actually played.
Four home runs.
Four.
I was- Good try.
Dang, man!
Loser.
I'm just- So he started twenty twenty-three with the Cubs.
Trey Mancini, I can't say enough good things about him.
Anybody that- He's the best.
Anybody that survives cancer automatically has a fan in me.
I- He's the man.
He's the man.
Yeah, I mean, thirty-four, he's a fan favorite, but at the top of his game, I mean, he had a few good seasons in Baltimore.
He went ballistic in twenty nineteen.
He, he was solid a few years after his, after he- Came back ... came back af- from cancer.
He, he was solid for a few years.
the last two years before he didn't get a contract, it was a little, little more rough.
he hit two thirty-four.
I mean, that He's also up there in age now.
What is he, thirty-four?
Thirty-four.
Right.
Okay, so I mean, I'm a big fan of his.
Like you said, anybody who comes back, comes back from cancer, I have a ton of respect for.
And yeah, I mean, I wish him the best.
for the sake of the Angels, oh, it's a minor league deal.
Oh, okay.
Minor league deal.
It's just a, it's just one of those, like, if he pops off- Yeah ... we can call him up.
He's a veteran presence.
I don't mind it at all.
I like Trey Mancini.
I think it's cool that he gets a contract.
And that, that's kind of what I was gonna say.
I mean, mi- he's a minor league deal.
He's thirty-four.
I mean, with all due respect to Trey, I mean, just from a baseball perspective, the bar is not high.
Yeah.
So this is not a move that makes you worse.
Both the Angels and Trey Mancini have nothing to lose.
I'm a fan of this.
He gets the job done.
He gets the job done.
I think it does.
Sometimes that's all you need.
