VIDEO: Manny Machado Actually Bets His Contract That Padres Will Win World Series Before Dodgers
By Michael Luciano
One lucky LA fan could be in line for a serious payday if Cody Bellinger and the Dodgers can get it done in October and November. When the fan in question started heckling San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado, the $300 million man bet his entire contract that the Padres would win a championship before the Dodgers did.
We may scoff at the idea that a Padres team flirting with a .500 record could usurp arguably the best team in the major leagues in the near future, but is it really that outlandish a prediction?
Considering how the Dave Roberts-managed Dodgers have become synonymous with shrinking under the brightest lights, maybe Machado is just playing the odds and hoping that the Dodgers will once again stumble in the postseason.
Now that this bet has been taped and documented on the internet, you can bet than Machado is going to be asked to pony up his near-third of a billion dollar contract if the Dodgers finally put it together and win the World Series.