Let’s not bury the lede here; Manny Machado’s new $300 million contract with the San Diego Padres was by far the biggest news story in baseball on Tuesday. We love our Detroit Tigers, but gussying up some sort of story about them before diving into what Machado’s new contract means for the entire league just doesn’t seem right.
So Machado it is. One of the early storylines that emerged after his contract details were leaked did not come out of San Diego, but rather from another team that was interested in his services: the Chicago White Sox.