Of all his abilities, the Padres' third baseman's durability is near the top of the list
Manny Machado stood in front of the members of the media gathered around his locker on Wednesday.Q: What do you guys have to do to be better this season?A: Just working on my overall game, just trying to stay in shape. You try to work on your offense, see what you can improve on and work on things to be better and try to help your team win the next year.”A: I’m going to be me.
But, really, the cliché-filled gaggles are quintessential Manny. It is who he is, and it is in one sense perhaps what is the best thing about him.For all the power and the swag chain and smoothly brilliant defense, his greatest ability might fulfill the cliché: durability.“He’s the perfect example of like, whatever he’s got that day, it doesn’t matter,” infielder Jake Cronenworth said. “… That guy shows up more ready to play than anybody I’ve ever played with.
That would be 997 starts in the field since 2015 and 4,363 times to the plate in that same span. No one else in the major leagues has as many of either. Machado has had at least 600 plate appearances in six straight seasons, not counting the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Machado has had an OPS-plus above 100 for 11 straight seasons, above 110 for nine of those 11 and above 130 for six of the 11.
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