Last month, Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins publicized that his breakout All-Star season came in the wake of having 10-15 centimeters of intestine removed to treat Crohn’s disease. On Monday, ahead of Baltimore’s first workout of spring training, Mullins revealed why he waited so long to share.
He wanted to keep the focus on teammate Trey Mancini’s comeback from stage 3 colon cancer.
“My situation wasn’t life or death,” Mullins said inside the Orioles’ clubhouse at Ed Smith Stadium. “It was something I knew I’d be able to come back from, and Trey was coming back from his chemotherapy, and for me, all the support need to go to him. For him to do what he did, come back and play a full season, regardless of how tired he was, he showed up every single day and he performed really well. I thought that was important for him to get that recognition.
