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Machado could force way into role with Tigers
- Updated: December 14, 2016
DETROIT — Dixon Machado has spent the last couple of years as a shortstop option for the Tigers when Jose Iglesias has been injured. Now he’s an option for the Tigers if Iglesias — or even second baseman Ian Kinsler — is traded this offseason.
It’s a nice spot for Machado, who has been at Triple-A Toledo the past two seasons. But if Detroit’s middle infield remains intact going into next spring, the Tigers could have a tough decision to make, since Machado is out of Minor League options.
What was once a burgeoning crop of Tigers middle-infield prospects has been whittled down to Machado. Devon Travis was blocked at second base by Kinsler before he went to Toronto in the Anthony Gose trade two years ago. Two-way shortstop Eugenio Suarez went to the Reds later that offseason in the trade that brought Alfredo Simon to Detroit. Hernan Perez went to Milwaukee on a midseason waiver claim in 2015 and has found a role with the Brewers.
All of those guys have shown promise with their bats. With Machado, currently the 14th-ranked Tigers prospect by MLB Pipeline, the appeal has always been the glove.
Machado …
