The Yankees can’t say they weren’t warned.
Manny Machado admitted he is not a “Johnny Hustle” type of player, not the style who would go all-out down the first-base line, and has no plans to change his effort level in a surprisingly honest interview with The Athletic that was published Tuesday.
Machado has been criticized this postseason as he has stepped into the playoff spotlight — and revealed to the baseball world he takes plays off. In Saturday’s Game 2 of the NLCS, the Dodgers star half-heartedly jogged to first after he hit a ball into the shortstop hole, and what could have been at the least a close play ended up an easy out.