ESPN.com · Jul 18, 2018
Manny Machado blockbuster makes Dodgers the NL's team to beat
The All-Star Game featured a record 10 home runs, but the Manny Machado trade rumors that had hovered over two days of festivities turned into the biggest news of the night when reports during the game made an impending trade between the Orioles and Dodgers all but certain.
And the deal is actually happening: Machado, a fixture in Baltimore since 2012, when he reached the big leagues 34 days after turning 20 years old, is on his way to L.A. to become a member of the Dodgers, for whom he'll play out the rest of the 2018 season before taking his talents into free agency.
Manny Machado wasn't the only player who spent All-Star Week wondering what jersey he would be wearing by the end of July.