Orioles' Mancini 'good to go' after cancer treatment

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini was recently reinstated from the injured list after completing chemotherapy treatment for colon cancer in September.

Mancini says he feels great and is aching to get back on the field.

"I'm not even lying when I say this: If spring training started today, I'd be good to go," Mancini said, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN. "I know I had a long layoff of not hitting since before I got diagnosed to October (2019), but it felt like riding a bike. I feel great and I haven't lost a step."

Mancini, who was poised to miss the entire 2020 season even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, isn't holding anything back in his training regimen.

"If you name a lift, pretty much I can do it. I don't really have any restrictions. My oncologist said I should be good and be back to normal. I got my port taken out, so since I got that out and it's all healed, I'm good to go and work out. Cleans, squats; the normal stuff I do in an offseason, I'm doing now."

Mancini added: "I've been hitting for close to a month at this point. I started hitting in mid-October and I've been doing great."

The slugger even took to the batting cage to show off his swing.

The 28-year-old had become a fixture in the rebuilding Orioles lineup prior to his diagnosis. He had a career season in 2019, hitting .291/.364/.535 with 35 home runs, 38 doubles, and 97 RBIs in 154 games.