Machado's diagnosis of media lacking self-awareness, SD's failure to sign a contract with Sasaki, claims internal factors
Feb 06, 2025
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Machado said at a fan festival held at Petco Park on the 2nd (Korean time), "I think Sasaki has already made up his mind about where he will go. There is nothing to do with our club's management dispute." At the time of the news that Sasaki had signed with the Dodgers, some analyzed that he had turned his back because of a legal dispute between the San Diego club's management, which means that Sasaki negotiated posting with the Dodgers in mind regardless of the San Diego club's situation.
In other words, the Toronto Blue Jays, who made the final list with San Diego, were 'bridesmaids'.
The Athletic's Denise Lin also delivered Machado's comment on the 3rd, a day later, saying, `Manny Machado said she did not think the Padres' management situation had affected the Sasaki recruitment opportunity.' `He stressed that it was just his opinion.'
However, local media are responding to Machado's opinion that it caused a wasteful controversy.
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Sporting News went on to say that Machado, who signed an 11-year, $350 million contract with the Padres two years ago, may have the last chance to beat the Dodgers to go to the World Series. The Padres, which are in litigation among team executives, are expected to reduce payrolls and rebuild around young players. However, despite the reasons for Machado's uncomfortable feelings, Dodgers fans said it would be difficult to take his remarks lightly.
He was referring to the possibility of escalating into a debate among fans.
Earlier, another media outlet, Dodgers Way, is on the 5th 'Machado's response to Juss and Sasaki's contract was completely lacking in self-awareness in an article titled 'Machado, famous for his unsparing words, must have had a lot to say. He admitted he was disappointed the Padres didn't do much during the offseason. However, in response to a question about Sasaki, he pointed out that he did not seem to acknowledge the club's problems at all.
In other words, San Diego is trying to find the cause of its failure to recruit Sasaki only from outside, not inside the club.
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Dodgers starter Jack Fleherty hit lead Fernando Tatis Jr. in the thigh in the top of the sixth inning. Jurickson Profar hit a bunt, making runners on the first and second bases with no outs. Fleherty then struck out Machado with a swing and miss, and provoked him with abusive language. Machado's view that he was intentional to hit Tatis seemed to be annoying. Machado retreated to the dugout without much reaction.
Machado's behavior in question was in the middle of the inning ahead of the defense in the bottom of the sixth inning. Starter Darvish Yu was handed a warm-up pitching ball and threw it as if throwing it into the Dodgers dugout on the third base, and manager Dave Roberts was in the direction. Roberts bowed his head and looked into something at the time, so he couldn't see Machado's pitch. He later watched the video and said "disrespectful".
However, Machado "Always throws the ball to first base or third base after practice in the middle of the inning. He explained, "I didn't mean to do it.' However, since then, there have been accusations among Dodgers fans that Machado has further fueled the war of nerves
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
