Throughout this season, Manny Machado has entertained all questions about his future. Through every stop in each city he could potentially land, he answered all queries about trades or his pending free agency, but always emphasized that he wanted to maintain his focus on the field.
It’s made for a season unlike any other for Machado — who could be traded to a contender any day now — but he’s still been able to allow his play do the talking throughout one of the worst seasons in Orioles history.
And as another Orioles game was derailed by a unique series of events, Machado kept his club in Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees nearly by himself, hitting a pair of game-tying homers before second baseman Jonathan Schoop’s game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Orioles a 6-5 walk-off victory.