Manny Machado — no matter where he lands — will soon receive a guaranteed contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Whichever team secures Machado will import a great talent in his prime.
Sounds perfect, right?
Except this is high-stakes free agency: Machado encountering his one best shot to make this kind of score while teams decide their breaking point for a star.
So who has the most pressure on them?
1. Machado: This would be simple if the Yankees were operating in a way familiar to their past — overreacting and overpaying after a Red Sox title.