All good things must come to an end. The truth of this is never more clear on a day where we must bid farewell to Manny Machado, Oriole. When he arrived in 2012 on Wei-Yin Chen t-shirt night, his time with the O’s seemed as limitless as his talent. Day by day the time grew shorter, until finally after one last All-Star appearance, the O’s place in the cellar meant there was no choice but to trade him.
Machado came to us from Miami, the third overall pick in the draft, a stroke of luck for the Orioles from the very beginning thanks to the Pirates drafting pitcher Jameson Taillon, who has never been as good, at #2.