Manny Machado signed the largest free-agent contract in history. He’ll move to beautiful southern California and play for an up-and-coming San Diego Padres franchise.
San Diego is a hop skip and a jump away from New York City. Much like the distance between the cities, Machado and the New York Yankees were far apart during negotiations. According to James Wagner of the New York Times, the Yankees never made a formal offer to Machado.
Yankees never made a formal offer to Manny Machado, per a source, although they hosted him at Yankee Stadium.