Orioles third baseman Manny Machado reached out to the family of Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura in the days following the right-hander’s death in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic this offseason.
During a June game against the Royals at Camden Yards, Machado charged the mound after Ventura drilled Machado in the back with a pitch. That prompted a benches-clearing brawl and a continuation of bad blood between the Orioles and Royals that was born when the teams met in the American League Championship Series in 2014.