Ahhh Manny Machado, the $300 million dollar man. He comes with an endless supply of baseball talent and headlines. Unless you just started watching baseball this year, you might have heard he doesn’t hustle.
Let’s set a few things straight off the bat. I am not bashing Machado in any way. All I am doing is leading into this:
Machado is speaking of how he would be treated if he were in the Jake Marisnick/Jonathan Lucroy scenario. And, spoiler alert, the Padres infielder does not think he would fare well.