MLB trade rumors: Orioles’ Manny Machado to Phillies, Dodgers or Brewers? Latest on sweepstakes

The Manny Machado trade sweepstakes could be coming to a close soon. Will the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers or Milwaukee Brewers land the Baltimore Orioles’ All-Star shortstop before the July 31, 2018 (7/31/18) non-waiver trade deadline?

It feels like we’re moving toward the end of the Manny Machado trade sweepstakes.

As the first half of the season came to a close on Sunday, more signs pointed to an imminent deal involving one of baseball’s most prolific sluggers.

ESPN’s Buster Olney categorized the trade talks using a football analogy–with the Brewers and Phillies, not the Yankees, as the finalists.

Part of the reason the Phillies increased their offer may have to do with maverick owner John Middleton wanting to make a splash.

Sunday’s first-half finale in Baltimore may have been more evidence to a Machado trade coming down soon, perhaps before the second half of the season starts on Friday. When rain disrupted the game, the Orioles didn’t take any chances with a player they hope to turn into a franchise-changing haul.

Machado may have been saying goodbye in the postgame to the only city he’s ever played in.

Machado posted a .315/.387/.575 slash line with 24 homers and 65 RBI for the last-place Orioles in the first half.

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