Don’t trade Trey. Don’t trade Trey. Don’t trade Trey.

It is that time of year again in Major League Baseball: Do you part with your tried and true veterans for money or draft choices, or build around them (“Orioles rally in ninth, beat Angels, 5-4, on Trey Mancini’s walk-off single for sixth straight victory,” July 9)?

We have seen multiple departures over the years; Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Dylan Bundy and Zach Britton come to mind. But, now a dramatic decision faces the Oriole brain trust: Trade Trey Mancini or not?

At this point, with Trey Mancini as inspiration and aspiration, to trade him will take on historic proportion. It would be the equivalent of “The Curse of the Bambino” where a century went by without winning much by the Red Sox. Don’t do it!

— Stuart Tiegel, Havre de Grace