The Baltimore Orioles are blessed to have a very special talent in Manny Machado. Ever since he made his major league debut against the Kansas City Royals on August 9, 2012, Orioles fans knew that they had a keeper in Machado. Even the most optimistic of Orioles fans couldn’t have seen that Machado was going to be a legitimate American League MVP candidate as early as 2013 and arguably the early run away favorite in 2016.
Keeping talent like Machado is always extremely difficult. The Orioles will have to pay a ton of money to keep Machado in black and orange.