The Manny Machado sweepstakes are finally over.
After awaiting news for months now about where Bryce Harper and Manny Machado would end up signing, Machado ended up signing a 10 year, $300 million deal with the Padres earlier today. We’re still waiting on Harper to make a decision, but at least things are finally starting to move on the high end of the market.
With the Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, White Sox, and Phillies, among others, linked to Machado, it was little surprising to see him end up signing with the Padres. San Diego has the #1 ranked minor league system in all of baseball, and adding Machado definitely speeds up the process to eventually competing.