When it seemed that he was headed to seek a million-dollar agreement in the next Major League Baseball (MLB) Free Agency, the Dominican Manny Machado renewed with San Diego Padres for 11 seasons and $350 million.
In this way, the outfielder joins his compatriot Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Aruban Xander Bogaerts as the only players with multi-year and millionaire links. But the player is not satisfied with this.
It is that at the press conference where the Padres made their contract extension official, Machado made an express request to team owner Peter Seidler and general manager AJ Preller: that they sign Juan Soto soon.
Machado’s request to Padres after extending contract
«With the contracts that Bogey (Xander Bogaerts) and I have obtained, Tati (Fernando Tatis Jr.), hopefully (Juan) Soto will be next. I mean, it’s sensational, we all want to win.”said the Dominican.
It should be remembered that Juan Soto is projected for Free Agency 2024 as the first player in MLB history to receive a $500 million contract offer, even ahead of Japanese Shohei Ohtani.
