 Welcome to Intentional Walk. I'm Jack Curry. I'm walking from third base to home today because the topic is Manny Machado, the new $300 million dollar man. He agrees to a 10-year deal with the San Diego Padres. It hasn't officially been announced yet, but reports are that it will be announced shortly. The beginning of the off-season, the belief was that Manny Machado's preference was to play for the Yankees. But the Yankees' preference was never to sign Machado. Yes, they did have a meeting with him. Yes, they did have dinner with him. But the Yankees had strong voices in their organization advocating against signing Machado. Listen, he's an elite player, 26 years old. His career is on a Hall of Fame trajectory. He would help any team instantly. But when the Yankees looked at the length and the amount that he would be seeking, and he got 10 years, $300 million dollars, it didn't fit in to what they're trying to do with their organization. We've seen what they have done in the middle infield and adding Tula Witzke and LaMeju. And then you look at third base where they value Miguel Andujar and they think he will improve dramatically on defense. And then you look at shortstop. They are going to get Didi Gregorius back at some point this season. And they would eventually like to sign him to an extension. So Manny Machado goes to the Padres. He does not go to the Yankees. Today's song of the day, we're going to go with Joe Jackson. I'm the man. Manny is the man in San Diego, not in New York.