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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
what team wouldn't be better with Machado at SS?
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Houston? LA? Maybe Cleveland.
But what teams can claim that Machado makes them go from potentially wild-card round roadkill to genuine contenders?
Not so many. There aren't many teams that have the combination of need, prospect depth and financial wherewithal while also being in the right spot in the competition cycle to say 'this is a no-brainer'. Some teams can contend easily without him and once you're at that level, I think it's silly to take big risks because of the crapshoot nature of post-season baseball.
Other teams are simply going from varying degrees of irrelevant.
But I can't think of any other team that can move themselves up a 'competitive tier' while also having the ability to acquire and retain Machado (presuming he hasn't already made up his mind to go to NYY).