Manny Machado Trade Rumors: Monday
By
Steve Adams | July 9, 2018 at 8:56am CDT
The
Manny Machado saga continues to be the focal point of Major League Baseball’s rumor mill and appeared to take a step forward over the weekend.
Seven teams have reportedly made offers for Machado, with the Dodgers and Brewers now reported to be the most serious suitors. Today,
MLB.com’s Jon Morosi takes a look at those top two teams and the manner in which each lines up with Baltimore as a trade partner.
Morosi echoes a
prior report from USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, writing that Dodgers Class-A right-hander
Dustin May is of particular interest to the Orioles. So, too, is Double-A catcher
Keibert Ruiz, whom Baseball America
recently dubbed the No. 26 prospect in all of baseball. It’s not clear how willing the Dodgers are to part with either player, though Morosi notes that L.A. would be reluctant to trade away either
Walker Buehler or
Alex Verdugo for a half-season of Machado.
The Brewers, however, appear to be a better fit in terms of the type of MLB-ready arms that they can offer, Morosi observes.
Corbin Burnes and
Luis Ortiz are both on the cusp of MLB readiness (to say nothing of
Brandon Woodruff), and the Brewers have multiple players with MLB experience that have been back and forth between Triple-A and the Majors this season, including
Orlando Arcia,
Domingo Santana and
Keon Broxton.
