Manny Machado

Major League Baseball already has a $300 million contract. Its first $400 million contract could come soon.

Call it a hunch based on where Manny Machado and Bryce Harper are in their careers.

The countdown to 2018 began a while back. Everyone in baseball could see it coming because the names were too big to ignore, the dollars too big to even imagine.

Bryce Harper. Manny Machado. Josh Donaldson. Zach Britton. Andrew Miller. All ready to hit the free-agent market the same winter.

Clayton Kershaw. David Price. Both have opt-out clauses that could send them into that same market.

A free-agent storm is on the way, some big names can't find homes and some unintended victims of MLB's new CBA...

Eventually, something is going to tip the scales in the American League East—the most hotly contested and intriguing division in baseball.

Manny Machado might be that something.

Tensions exploded in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles after Royals starter Yordano Ventura hit Orioles shortstop Manny Machado with a pitch.

Per Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports, Machado charged the mound and threw a punch after Ventura plunked him with a 99 mph fastball. The two had exchanged words earlier in the game.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado doesn’t talk about whether he belongs in "The Conversation."

That’s baseball speak for: "Who is the best all-around player in the game?"

If you haven't added Manny Machado to your short list of American League MVP candidates, now is the time.

Seriously, do it.

Through the first five games of the 2016 season, the Baltimore Orioles' budding superstar is teasing next-level production. And he's carried the O's to a surprising undefeated start.

With spring training drawing near, we're all mainly excited for the baseball. It's our dear friend, and it's been too long since we last hung out.

But don't forget about the business, folks. Spring training always brings us a few last-minute deals, and we're here to take a whack at predicting some of the big ones that will go down this spring.

They tell you nothing is guaranteed until the ink is dry.

Well, the ink on Manny Machado's love for his wife, Yainee, has not only dried, but it's also about as permanent as it gets.

Most of the offseason headlines surrounding the Baltimore Orioles have focused on their high-priced game of chicken with first baseman Chris Davis.