For Manny Machado there are a number of things going right at present. His team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are one win away from the World Series. He is in line for a mega-deal this off-season.
Unfortunately, not everything is golden. Machado made some recent comments about his own lack of hustle that have some in the game concerned.
Machado told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic that “I’ve never given excuses for not running. I’m not hurt, there’s no excuse, but I’ve been the same player.”
Machado continued, implying that he feels it’s somewhat pointless to hustle when seeing a ground ball is already in the glove of a player.