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- Updated: May 9, 2016
BALTIMORE — Manny Machado wasn’t satisfied with a career year in 2015. He knows there’s another level. And the 23-year-old has given a glimpse already this season into what the level may be: as one of baseball’s elite.
Machado homered twice on Sunday, including an eighth-inning grand slam en route to a career-high six-RBI afternoon in the Orioles 11-3 series win over the Oakland A’s.
The American League Player of the Month in April, Machado is batting .350 this season and playing Gold Glove defense, regardless of where he’s playing. Moved from third base to shortstop because of J.J. Hardy’s injury, Machado adds two or three plays a night to the highlight reel, and he’s shown no signs of slowing down.
“I’ll let you make that, is it ‘analogy?’ That comparison. But so far he has,” manager Buck Showalter said of Machado taking his game to another level. “He’s in a good place. I like the calmness of the last at-bat. He didn’t get out of himself much. I …
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