VIDEO: Manny Machado Lets Adam Jones Run Right by Him on Basepaths in Laziest Play of MLB Season
By Ryan Flores
Manny Machado continues his atrocious lack of effort. With one out and two men on in the top of the eighth inning, Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly hit a ground ball to Machado, which should have allowed him to tag Adam Jones out at third base. However, the third baseman showed off his work ethic by not even trying to make a play at all.
This blunder set the Diamondbacks up to unload on the San Diego Padres for six runs, putting them up 9-0. Machado is clearly showing everyone now that he's not worth $30 million per season, at least in the field.
Even with the Padres fully out of contention for quite some time now, there's no reason Machado should be showing this little effort in September. Period.