On the season, he is batting .228 with 15 homers and 38 RBIs, though O's manager Buck Showalter believes the numbers don't really tell the offensive story for Machado.
"I don't think there's anybody that has hit into tougher luck than him," Showalter said of Machado, who helped lead the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic team this spring.
"Manny's hit a lot of balls hard. The other night [against Tampa Bay] he smoked two balls.