Free agent Manny Machado said Tuesday that his infamous statement, "I'm not the type of player that's going to be Johnny Hustle," made during the Dodgers’ postseason run last month, didn’t come out quite right.
"When I was asked that question, I was definitely on the defensive, and I was wrong to answer it the way that I did, because looking back, it doesn't come across how I meant it," Machado told MLB.com in an interview that was published Wednesday morning.
Machado, who was acquired by the Dodgers from the Baltimore Orioles in July, has been criticized for what appeared to be a lack of effort at times while running the bases.