Orioles shortstop Manny Machado showed up to camp emboldened by his position change and motivated to get back to his previous All-Star level in what could be his last year with the Orioles.
But his play through the first 19 games of spring training indicates that he wasn't just going to arrive in camp, make that statement, then pack it in until Opening Day. With a double in the fourth inning and an RBI single in the Orioles' three-run sixth inning in a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday at CenturyLink Sports Complex, Machado continued a spring that's building evidence by the day that the swoon that he carried through much of 2017 is gone.