Hal Steinbrenner: Machado will have to explain ‘troubling’ comments

by Felix Pantaleón

ATLANTA — If he wants to be a Yankee, Manny Machado had better hustle his way out of his memorable October comments. At the Major League Baseball owners’ meetings Wednesday, Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner acknowledged that Machado’s comments to The Athletic about his approach to the game were “troubling” and would have to…

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