Manny Machado called up by Orioles at age 20

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/manny-machado-called-orioles-age-20-140051477--mlb.html

 

He was batting .266/.352/.438 with 11 homers, 26 doubles, five triples, 48 walks and 13 stolen bases for Bowie of the Eastern League.

 

I am wondering if this is the right time for him. He is not hitting the cover off the ball in AA. They are burning a yr of control for about a month and a half. What say you?

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Anybody is an improvement over the circus they have going on at 3rd base.

If he makes it through 1 game without an error they win.

 

Message to the Orioles: If you can't field and you can't throw, then you do not belong on a major league roster.

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He has been somewhat error prone too.

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Bryce Harper's minor league numbers were nothing too grand either - in fact, they were worse than Machado's. (Machado was also injured early this year, remember).

 

Sometimes it's about talent, not about numbers. If he gets to play up here, he'll do fine.

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Manny looked really good last night.

 

Harper as of late has slid in his production. I think he was brought up to soon too.

[thundercleetz]

Machado homers!!!!

[dc.]

AND AGAIN.

 

MVP!!

[cravnravn]

WOW. What a stud! And winning to boot.

 

What are the odds of 1 fan catching both homeruns?

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August 11, 2012

Who would have dreamed that we'd hear these words for an Orioles player at this time of the year?

 

Yeah, it's a new era,” Machado said. “We haven't won in a long time and this ballclub has been winning without me. And hopefully now that I'm up here I can contribute to the team and help them start winning. Buck brought me up for a reason and it was to help this team. So I'm going to do anything I can to help this team and try to make a playoff [game].”