Mancini is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.
After sitting out four consecutive games from last Sunday through Wednesday, Mancini returned to the lineup as either the Cubs' designated hitter or starting first baseman for all three of the team's games with Cincinnati this past weekend. Mancini went 0-for-6 over the first two contests, but he salvaged his series with a 2-for-3 effort to go with a walk in Sunday's 8-5 loss. Even so, Mancini is still maintaining a pedestrian .683 OPS for the season, and he looks like he could be stuck in more of a part-time role until his bat heats up and he warrants more playing time.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Reaches three times in loss
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Mancini went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Sunday's loss to the Reds.
After seeing his playing time decrease earlier in the month, Mancini has now made three straight starts with Matt Mervis struggling and Eric Hosmer no longer on the team. Mervis should still see plenty of time at first base, but Mancini can spell the rookie and also serve as the DH. The veteran still only has a .683 OPS, which would be a new career low, though he could push that upward if he continues to play regularly.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Losing grip on regular role
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Mancini remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
Mancini is on the bench versus a right-handed pitcher (Kodai Senga) for the third consecutive game and may have lost hold of a regular spot in the Chicago lineup. He'll cede his spot as the Cubs' designated hitter to the hot-hitting Christopher Morel, who draws another start after slugging a home run in his fifth consecutive game in Tuesday's 7-2 win.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Out of lineup Tuesday
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Mancini is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Mets.
The hot-hitting Christopher Morel will fill the DH role and bat fifth versus the Mets and right-hander Tylor Megill. Matt Mervis is playing first base and batting ninth.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Sitting Sunday
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Mancini is not in the starting lineup Sunday against the Phillies.
Mancini will head to the bench after he went 1-for-5 with a run scored and a walk over the first two games of the series. Christopher Morel will draw the start at designated hitter and bat sixth in the series finale with Philadelphia.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Serving as DH on Sunday
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Mancini is starting at designated hitter and batting sixth in Sunday's game against the Twins.
Mancini sat out Saturday's contest, with Eric Hosmer getting the nod at DH. Both veterans have largely been displaced from first base with the arrival of top prospect Matt Mervis. That leaves Mancini in a timeshare for at-bats, so he'll have to produce when given the opportunity if he wants to have any key impact offensively.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Not in starting nine
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Mancini will not start Saturday's game against the Twins.
Mancini owns an .892 OPS in his last 20 games after struggling to a .470 OPS in his first 14 games as a Cub. The recent arrival of Matt Mervis is cutting into his playing time despite his uptick in results, however. In the eight games Mervis has been with the team, Mancini has started four times at designated hitter an once at first base. Eric Hosmer has seen an even bigger hit to his playing time, as his appearance as the designated hitter Saturday is just his third start since Mervis joined the team.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Steps out of lineup
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Mancini is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.
Mancini went 2-for-7 with a double and a walk in the first two games of the series, but he'll head to the bench for Sunday's finale. Eric Hosmer will serve as the designated hitter while prospect Matt Mervis, who was promoted from Triple-A Iowa on Friday, receives his third straight start at first base.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Role to shrink?
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With top prospect Matt Mervis expected to get called up from Triple-A Iowa on Friday, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com, Mancini could be in danger of losing playing time.
Mervis is expected to see regular action at first base, where he could push out Eric Hosmer, but the former is also expected to serve as the designated hitter often. That would cut into Mancini's playing time. The veteran has a .695 OPS across 27 games while Mervis has a stellar .924 OPS at Triple-A, so the youngster would seem to be an upgrade over both Hosmer, who has a .657 OPS, and Mancini.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Sleeper hitters for Week 6 (May 1-7)
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There was some bounce-back hype for Trey Mancini coming into the year, and though he hasn't delivered on it so far, he has begun to pick up the pace a bit, batting .375 (12 for 32) over his past nine games. The Cubs have the fourth-best hitter matchups this week, facing the Nationals and Marlins rotations in seven games.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Gets breather Sunday
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Mancini is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
With the series finale beginning at 12:05 p.m. ET, Mancini will get a chance to rest for the matinee after he started in each of the Cubs' last five contests. Edwin Rios will replace Mancini as the Cubs' designated hitter.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Goes deep in loss
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Mancini went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's loss to the Padres.
Mancini took Michael Wacha deep in the fourth inning with a runner on, giving him three home runs this season. Mancini has started to heat up recently, as he's gone 8-for-19 over his last six games with two home runs and five RBI. The good stretch has pushed his season batting average up to .253 to go along with a .683 OPS.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Takes seat Sunday
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Mancini is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.
Mancini went 5-for-13 with a double, a home run and three RBI while starting the past three games, and he'll head to the bench for Sunday's contest. Luis Torrens will bat seventh as the designated hitter in the series finale versus Los Angeles.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Mashes second homer
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Mancini went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 13-0 win over the Dodgers.
His solo shot off Julio Urias in the third inning gave the Cubs a 5-0 lead, but Mancini was far from done, driving in runs with knocks in the fifth and sixth as well. After a slow start to his Cubs tenure, the 31-year-old slugger is batting .279 (12-for-43) over his last 10 games with both his homers on the season and seven RBI.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Sitting again Wednesday
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Mancini will sit Wednesday versus Oakland.
Mancini will remain on the bench for a second consecutive game as the Cubs wrap up their series with the Athletics. Edwin Rios will start at designated hitter and bat fifth as Chicago goes for the sweep.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Gets Tuesday off
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Mancini isn't starting Tuesday against the Athletics.
Mancini is 0-for-16 with eight strikeouts in his last four games, so the Cubs will sit him down Tuesday in search of more offensive production. Luis Torrens will fill in as Chicago's DH and bat ninth.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Sitting out Friday
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Mancini isn't in the Cubs' lineup for Friday's game against the Dodgers, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Mancini went 3-for-13 with a home run and three RBI in Chicago's last series against Seattle, and he will get a day off in Friday's series opener with Los Angeles. Edwin Rios will take over as the Cubs' designated hitter and bat eighth.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Hits first 2023 home run
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Mancini went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and three total RBI in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.
Mancini hit his first home run of the season in the third inning with a runner on, then plated another run on a single in the fifth. The veteran is now riding a four-game hitting streak, which has pushed his season average up to .275. Mancini also has nine RBI across 10 games, so he's been productive with his hits.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Drives in three, scores twice
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Mancini went 1-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 12-5 win over the Reds.
Mancini only had the one hit, but he also contributed two sacrifice flies, so he still finished with a productive night. He only has four hits through 19 at-bats so far, though the veteran should be able to push his batting average upward. Mancini was the DH on Tuesday, and he figures to see most of his time there moving forward.
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Cubs' Trey Mancini: Working on opposite-field hitting
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Mancini is aiming to hit "with authority" up the middle and to the opposite field this season, Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
More than half of Mancini's career-high 35 home runs back in 2019 went to center or right field, and he's looking to get back to that approach in 2023. The 31-year-old hit 18 long balls last season with Baltimore and Houston in what was a bit of a down year, as he finished with a career-worst .710 OPS. Mancini should see plenty of playing time with the Cubs and could see his numbers climb back upward.
