For all the talk of the White Sox’s desire to sign elite free agent Manny Machado, an inescapable part of that conversation is the perceived lack of effort Machado gives on the base paths.
He’s been haunted by his comment he’s “not the type of player that's going to be ‘Johnny Hustle,‘” after he jogged to first base on a grounder to short during the NLCS.
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Whether Machado chooses the Sox, Phillies, Yankees or an offer from a dark-horse candidate remains to be determined, but already there’s a spotlight on manager Rick Renteria, he of the slogan “Ricky’s boys don’t quit.