The way everyone was talking during Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, the Orioles trading Manny Machado to the Dodgers was so inevitable that nothing could stop it or even halt it, with Machado himself even seeming to get a kick out of posing for photos with future Dodgers teammates.
It took a little while to get there, with an adventure on Wednesday afternoon with reports about the Orioles having concerns about the medicals of at least one of the players they were expected to get back from the Dodgers.
If you were busy working, you missed the minor drama entirely, and it’s all settled now, with MASN’s Roch Kubatko the first to report on the expected contours of a deal that will see the Orioles get five players from the Dodgers in exchange for their star infielder.