Trumbo slugs 47 homers to lead Majors

When the Orioles acquired Mark Trumbo from the Mariners last December, some eyebrows were raised at the decision to trade for a player whose power numbers had fallen off over the previous two seasons.

As Baltimore celebrates a Wild Card berth 10 months later, that trade — which sent catcher Steve Clevenger to Seattle for Trumbo and left-hander C.J. Riefenhauser — may be reviewed as one of the best moves of the 2015-16 offseason. As yet another power threat to an Orioles lineup that went homer-crazy this season, Trumbo bounced back in a major way, capturing the Major League home run title with 47 roundtrippers.

Seattle’s Nelson Cruz finished second in the home run race with 43 — his third straight 40-homer season — followed by a three-way tie for third by Khris Davis, Brian Dozier and Edwin Encarnacion, who each clubbed 42. The 2016 …

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