Manny Machado shares his thoughts

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsAhhh Manny Machado, the $300 million dollar man. He comes with an endless supply of baseball talent and headlines. Unless you just started watching baseball this year, you might have heard he doesn’t hustle.

Let’s set a few things straight off the bat. I am not bashing Machado in any way. All I am doing is leading into this:

Machado is speaking of how he would be treated if he were in the Jake Marisnick/Jonathan Lucroy scenario. And, spoiler alert, the Padres infielder does not think he would fare well. Neither does Craig Calcaterra.

There is a very solid chance that Machado would be the villain no matter what in that scenario. How could you even deny it? Some of…