Cedric Mullins opens up about battling Crohn’s disease

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins was dealing with stomach issues in the spring of 2020 that eventually got worse.  In the Winter of 2020, Mullins had surgery to remove 10-15 centimeters of his intestine and was then diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.

We learned just last week that he was battling through stomach issues throughout the shortened 2020 season is just incredible. The 2020 season was only 60 games, but Mullins played in all but 12 of them.

You would never have known that he was going through any types of stomach pain.

Baltimore Orioles OF Cedrick Mullins still performed well in 2020

His stat line in 2020 included hitting .271 with three home runs and 12 runs batted in with seven stolen bases.  As a switch-hitter at that time, he was splitting his time in the batting cages and working with hitting coach Don Long trying to get better from the right and left side of the plate.

I wonder if he would’ve focused solely on the left side if his numbers would’ve been better in that COVID shortened season?

The fact that Mullins had some of his intestine removed and then going through an infection leaving his 2021 season in doubt and then having the type of 2021 season that he did have is an amazing story. He should be an inspiration to everyone.

If you are going through stomach pain, or feel like something isn’t right with your body, you should go get it checked out. The sooner you get it checked out, the sooner that you’ll be able to figure out what is going wrong that hopefully can be fixed with medicine or in Mullins case, surgery.

A year removed from surgery and another year of only batting from the left side of the plate should make Mullins into an even better player, and look, he’s just entering his prime at age 27.

Thank you for to Mullins for your courage to speak up and tell the world about your story.