Sorry, White Sox Nation!

Lance Booth, Staff Writer

Former Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Machado has signed a 10-
year deal worth $300 million with the San Diego Padres. This is the biggest free-agent contract
in American sports history. The only other team that offered Machado a deal was the Chicago
White Sox; the Sox offered $250 million over 8 years. People believed he would sign with the
White Sox because his brother-in-law, Yonder Alonso, and Machado’s good friend, Jon Jay, play for
the Sox. According to Ken Rosenthal, the total offer from the White Sox could have reached $350
million if all options were vested and every incentive was reached, but the $350 million wasn’t
guaranteed from the Sox; that’s why Machado went with the $300 million guaranteed from San
Diego. Other teams like the Yankees and the Phillies were in talks this off-season to make a deal
for the gold-gloved third baseman (he also plays shortstop, but won his two Golden-Glove awards at
third base in 2013 and 2015). Machado will move back and play third this year to accommodate
the Padres' top prospect and the MLB’S top shortstop prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. Tatis, who is
only one of several top prospects in the Padres organization, is the son of former MLB player
Fernando Tatis.

I expect the Padres to be a top contending team within the next few years-watch
out NL West!

Photo Credit: TV Max

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