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Manny Machado, that is. Machado matched Cubs catcher Willson Contreras with a pair of homers himself, the second making him the youngest Oriole to reach 150 in his career. He’s 25, six months younger than Kris Bryant, who just celebrated his 100th major-league home run Wednesday. What Bryant is to the Cubs, Machado is to the Orioles. Think about that before nodding too quickly in agreement after Cubs President Theo Epstein all but ruled out pursuing a player such as Machado, who becomes a free agent after the season. He entered Saturday’s games leading the American League in batting average (.354) and RBIs (35) to go with 12 home runs. Any list of baseball’s top-five position players includes
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