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Machado agrees to $350 million deal

Padres locking up star third baseman for next 11 seasons

- By Kevin Acee The San Diego Union-tribune

PEORIA, Ariz. — The San Diego Padres locked up the big one.

Manny Machado and the team agreed to a new 11-year, $350 million deal, multiple sources confirmed Sunday.

“They believed in me from Day 1, and here we are,” Machado, 30, said after practicing Sunday. “We’re excited to be here for the rest of our careers and have this hat going into the Hall of Fame.”

The six-time All-star third baseman’s contract includes a $45 million signing bonus that will be spread out over the length of the deal, which is not official pending a physical and a few other details still being worked out.

“It’s a good thing,” Machado said with a smile. “But a few more days, I’ll be better.”

There is no opt-out clause in the new contract, which also has full no-trade protection for Machado, so it is highly likely he will be wearing brown and gold through 2033.

“That’s the one guy that, as many pieces as we’ve added over the offseason and over the last year or two, the team wouldn’t feel as complete or the same without Manny around,” starting pitcher Joe Musgrove said. “One, for his performanc­e. But just kind of what he’s done for the team and who he has been for everybody in the clubhouse. That’s the guy that everyone’s kind of relied on and counted on him. When he’s in the lineup, you feel pretty good about your chances to win. So imagining what it’d be like with all these great players and not him wouldn’t be the same, so I’m super stoked.”

When he signed as a free agent in February 2019, Machado and his agent, Dan Lozano, acquired the ability for Machado to opt out of his 10-year, $300 million contract following the 2023 season. And Machado had said he would do so absent a new deal.

Machado in December set a deadline of Feb. 16 for a new contract to get done. The Padres offered him a five-year extension worth $105 million on Feb. 14. On Feb. 18, Machado confirmed he wanted to focus on the season and not negotiatio­ns.

Padres chairman Peter Seidler said last week that Machado was his “top priority.” The sides continued to talk, and a deal was struck that will have earned Machado $500 million over 15 total years with the Padres.

Machado’s contract is the fourth in the past six months the Padres have awarded that has a nine-figure total value, following Musgrove’s five-year, $100 million deal signed in August, Xander Bogaerts’ 11-year, $280 million deal in December and Yu Darvish’s reworked deal for six years and $108 million.

“Goal one for him is to win a

World Series, as it is for all of us,” Padres infielder Jake Cronenwort­h said. “But he’s got the opportunit­y to do something special.”

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