Manny Machado finally living up to expectations

Aug 18 2018 by True Blue LA

 

Last night Manny Machado hit his first home run since July 30. He made up for lost time by hitting two.

Through Machado’s first 16 games with LA, he had a very under-whelming slash line of .250/.360/.391/.751. When the Dodgers traded for him during the All-Star break, they were expecting to be getting one of the best hitters in the game.

In the first-half with Baltimore, Machado’s slash was .315/.387/.575/.963, so the drop-off was a fairly significant one.

Even more concerning...

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