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Dodgers Trade for Manny Machado: Winners and Losers

By Jamaal Artis

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: Manny Machado #13 of the Baltimore Orioles and the American League and Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League pose for a selfie in the second inning during the 89th MLB All-Star Game, presented by Mastercard at Nationals Park on July 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: Manny Machado #13 of the Baltimore Orioles and the American League and Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League pose for a selfie in the second inning during the 89th MLB All-Star Game, presented by Mastercard at Nationals Park on July 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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Winners:

Manny Machado:

Whenever a superstar player leaves a team there can be some public relations nightmares. Machado was spared that by the Orioles, instead of losing him in free agency and looking like the bad guy, Machado was traded instead. He now keeps up the goodwill he’s gained by being the face of the Orioles team.

He now gets a three-month audition with one of the premier franchises in baseball, if he continues to scorch the ball and play at his All-Star level teams including the Dodgers may back up the bank trucks to re-sign him next year.

Los Angeles Dodgers

This one is pretty obvious, but when shortstop Corey Seager went down speculation started right away that the Dodgers were going to acquire Machado. There was speculation that they would be desperate and pay a high cost.

That doesn’t seem to be the case, the Dodgers avoided giving up top prospects Gavin Lux or Dustin May. They did have to give up 21-year-old outfielder Yusniel Diaz, but the Dodgers depth at outfield made him expendable.

This is the third year in a row that the front office has made a blockbuster trade in the summer. Hopefully, this puts the bed that the team isn’t willing to do what it takes to win.

Dodgers Hitters

The Dodgers have done a good job weathering a bad start to get themselves back into first place in the NL West division. If you’re Cody Bellinger or Matt Kemp and the rest of the Dodgers hitters you now have a masher in the lineup to help boost the hitting.

Machado is hitting .315 with 24 home runs, adding that kind of hitting is going to make it harder for pitchers to pitch around the other hitters so expect the lineup to be deeper and for the hitters to get a boost from Machado’s presence.

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