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Machado feels prepared to fill in for Iglesias
- Updated: August 14, 2016
ARLINGTON — Dixon Machado has been here before, playing shortstop at Globe Life Park. This was a stop on the Tigers’ final road trip last season. He remembers it for more than the rookie dress-up ritual he had to do.
For most of September, Machado was the Tigers’ regular shortstop, replacing an injured Jose Iglesias. He did more than hold his own, providing his share of highlight plays to remind people that Iglesias isn’t the only defensively gifted shortstop in Detroit’s system. He also provided enough to make Tigers officials confident there’d be no dropoff if he had to cover short for a stretch again in the future.
Thus, once Iglesias’ nagging hamstring left the Tigers with little choice but to put him on the 15-day disabled list on Friday, Machado was scratched from Toledo’s lineup and put on a flight to Dallas.
“Kind of a no-brainer move,” manager Brad Ausmus said.
Machado, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Tigers’ No. 14 prospect, arrived Saturday morning with a smaller bag of nerves than he carried with him last …
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