Orioles' Trey Mancini undergoes surgery to have cancerous tumor removed from colon

Tom Gatto

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Orioles' Trey Mancini undergoes surgery to have cancerous tumor removed from colon image

Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini underwent surgery Thursday to remove a malignant tumor from his colon, the club announced.

The Orioles termed the operation "successful" but added that lab results and the timetable for his recovery won't be known until next week.

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Mancini, who will turn 28 on March 18, left the team Sunday to deal with what the Orioles called a "non-baseball medical procedure." The cancerous tumor was discovered during a colonoscopy last week, the team said.

Through the Orioles, Mancini expressed his thanks to everyone who had helped him since the cancer diagnosis.

"The outpouring of love and support I have received has made an extremely tough week so much better," he said, per the team's release on Twitter.

The support continued from teammates and Orioles general manager Mike Elias.

Mancini became a core player for the rebuilding Orioles in 2019 with a .291/.364/.535 slash line, 35 home runs and 97 RBIs.

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.