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ts Red Sox StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Red Sox NewsYahoo Red Sox Team PageYahoo Red Sox ReportYahoo Red Sox Depth ChartYahoo Red Sox TransactionsYahoo Red Sox PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub LB RoundupMLB Roundup 2/20: Manny Machado signs with San DiegoNew Sean Newcomb Jersey ,1commentA star finally signed!ESTShareTweetShareShareMLB Roundup 2/20: Manny Machado signs with San DiegoGary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY SportsManny Machado signs a 10-year deal with the PadresWell, here’s a thing! We’ve been waiting all winter to see where the two young position player free agents land and for how much. Well, the wait is over with one of them. On Tuesday, news finally broke and Manny Machado finally found a new team. It is not one of the traditional free agent landing spots, but it’s one that could prove to be very fun in the next few years. Machado signed a ten-year deal worth $300 million with the Padres. San Diego has been largely irrelevant in the baseball world since the Tony Gwynn years, making the postseason just twice since the turn of the century. That should be changing soon, though, and they are pushing in some of their chips to make sure that happens. After making a big-ish splash last winter by signing Eric Hosmer, they’ve taken it a step forward this year by handing out the largest contract ever issued to a free agent in American sports. Machado is worth it, though, even if he’s not the most likable guy. We’re talking about an elite defensive third baseman with a great bat at just 26 years old. He’s a monster.With Machado in tow, the Padres are looking to contend by 2020 at the latest. Remember, this is the team with the best farm system in the game that includes Fernando Tatis Jr., who is either the best or second-best prospect in baseball depending on who you ask. Once Tatis is up, and that should be relatively soon Preston Tucker Jersey , San Diego will have an infield of Machado, Tatis, Hosmer and Luis Urias, a top prospect in his own right. They do need some help in the rotation, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them make a run at Dallas Keuchel or maybe even try again to put together a big package for Corey Kluber. The Dodgers are still the favorites in that division, but with the Padres suddenly willing to spend and with their farm system, Los Angeles has to feel the other Southern California team breathing down their neck.As for the Red Sox, well, it’s nice to have Machado literally as far away from Boston as possible. The games may take forever, but they’ve been mostly thrilling. Brewers-Dodgers starts the evening with a crucial Game 5, while the Astros look to tie up with the Red Sox in Game 4."Things are sure getting interesting now, aren’t they? In the American League’s case, “interesting” isn’t necessarily “good” because it means that the Red Sox are winning their series against the Astros, 2-1, and even if the Astros come back and win this series Zack Greinke Jersey , they just won the World Series last year, so who cares? Still, there’s something compelling (even if it takes four hours) about watching two teams who won 100+ games in the regular season duke it out with a trip to the World Series at stake.As for the National League, it’s tied at two games apiece between the Dodgers and Brewers, and on top of that, former Oriole Manny Machado seems to be doing his best to make things dramatic on the field as well. That includes much more than just playing at his usual high level, of course, since Machado is doing stuff like repeatedly sliding in weird ways into people trying to turn a double play at second base, and last night, clipping the heels of the first baseman on a routine grounder. It’s bizarre, and it resulted in Brewers players saying things like “Fuck that motherfucker.” I can’t imagine any Brewers pitcher would be stupid enough to throw at Machado in the middle of a tied playoff series in an important Game 5, but you never know. Sometimes baseball players do dumb things. See also: Machado.Last night it was the NLCS that took us into the night with an earlier evening ALCS. That order flips tonight, like so:NLCS Game 5: Brewers-Dodgers, 5:05. TV: FS1. Starters: Wade Miley (MIL), Clayton Kershaw (LAD). Series tied http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-greinke-jersey , 2-2ALCS Game 4: Red Sox-Astros, 8:39. TV: TBS. Starters: Rick Porcello (BOS), Charlie Morton (HOU). Red Sox lead, 2-1Though I’m still unable to handle, on a personal level, the idea of Miley having postseason success, I continue to slightly prefer the Brewers because I think it would be more interesting if they beat the Dodgers. On the other hand, Kershaw is a great pitcher and it would be nice for him if he could beat back the “can’t pitch in the postseason” narrative that has grown up around him, fairly or not.Starting lineups for the home team Dodgers:Cody Bellinger - CFJustin Turner - 3BDavid Freese - 1BManny Machado - SSMax Muncy - 2BChris Taylor - LFEnrique Hernandez - RFAustin Barnes - CClayton Kershaw - PAlthough the 2018 Orioles are decisive proof that you can’t just throw players anywhere on the diamond and succeed, the 2018 Dodgers seem to be determined to prove the opposite in this postseason. Perhaps if you have better analytics that are informing better pre-pitch positioning, that helps you get away with it.The visiting Brewers line up like so:Lorenzo Cain - CFChristian Yelich - RFRyan Braun - LFJesus Aguilar - 1BHernan Perez - 2BMike Moustakas - 3BErik Kratz - COrlando Arcia - SSWade Miley - P