Latest on Machado trade: Talks accelerating, hurdles remain

The Orioles have four weeks until the non-waiver trade deadline to move Manny Machado and their other players who might have value to other teams. That they will trade Machado is a given. The only questions are when and what they might get back.

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported a bit on the “when” in a Tuesday morning article. Rosenthal wrote that the Orioles “want to act sooner rather than later” on Machado, with the recognition that they ought to be able to extract more value for Machado if he’s able to play most of July with his new team, rather than if he’s only traded at the end of the month.

For any Orioles fan who wants to see the team be able to get as much future value as…