Cedric Mullins's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins did it all in Monday's 7-4 win over the Twins. Mullins went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, three RBI, and an amazing diving catch. The 29-year-old is off to an encouraging start after a down 2023 and is now slashing .265/.321/.551 with four HR, 12 runs scored, 13 RBI, and two stolen bases in 57 plate appearances. He should provide fantasy value as long as he can produce enough to see routine time in one of baseball's best lineups.

Baltimore Orioles outfield Cedric Mullins is not in the team's starting lineup on Wednesday with the team taking on left-hander Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals. It's just a routine day of rest for Mullins after he started each of the first five games of the season. With the 29-year-old sitting out, Jorge Mateo is getting the start in center field and will hit seventh for the O's. Mateo will be looking for his first career hit against Ragans. He's only faced the southpaw two times before. Mullins could probably use the rest day, as he's gotten off to a slow start to his 2024 campaign, going 3-for-18 (.167) with a home run, four RBI, three runs scored and seven strikeouts in his first 19 plate appearances. Fantasy managers need to make sure to take Mullins out of their lineups for the early start on Wednesday.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins (hamstring) is scheduled to return to the team's Grapefruit League lineup on Thursday, according to manager Brandon Hyde. Mullins left a spring training game last week with a right-hamstring discomfort last week and has been held out of action since as a precaution. It appears the 29-year-old left-handed-hitting outfielder is fine now, though, so he will return to game action on Thursday and should be fine for Opening Day at the end of March. After breaking out in 2021 with a 30-30 campaign and a .291 batting average, Mullins' power and average have come down in the last two seasons. It's looking more like his 2021 season was an outlier, but Mullins, when healthy, can still provide an interesting mix of power and speed in a strong Baltimore lineup.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins (hamstring) continues to progress and is still on track to return to spring training games next week, according to manager Brandon Hyde. After leaving Monday's Grapefruit League loss to the Minnesota Twins due discomfort in his right hamstring, Mullins' precautionary MRI came back negative, so this continues to seem like a day-to-day problem. His status for Baltimore's home opener on March 28 versus the Los Angeles Angels doesn't appear to be in any kind of jeopardy. The 29-year-old speedy slugger has regressed following his 2021 Silver Slugger run, but after smacking 15 home runs and swiping 19 bases through only 116 outings last year, Mullins still offers plenty of power and speed upside in the early-double-digit rounds of upcoming fantasy drafts as the everyday O's leadoff man in 2024.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins had an MRI on his hamstring come back clean, and the issue is just some cramping. He is expected to return to Grapefruit League action next week. The early-spring hamstring issue is somewhat concerning as Mullins made a pair of trips to the injured list last season with leg injuries, once with a groin injury and once due to a quad strain. The 29-year-old took a step back at the plate a season ago, hitting just .233 with a .721 OPS across 116 games. However, he still slugged 15 home runs and provided 19 stolen bases for fantasy managers in that time. ATC projects 19 long balls and 26 steals from Mullins in 2024, production that certainly serves managers quite well.