Manny Machado Aims To Continue Recent Power Surge
10 months agoThe San Diego Padres and third baseman Manny Machado will begin their season's second half on Friday for a four-game set with the Philadelphia Phillies. While the 31-year-old has endured a mostly substandard year based on his lofty expectations, Machado has picked up significant steam of late. Since the calendar flipped to July, the slugging infielder features a sizzling .406 BA with a 1.472 OPS, six home runs, and 16 RBI covering eight games (32 at-bats). Machado is slated to encounter two right-handed pitchers and two left-handers over this upcoming series. Fantasy managers should be looking forward to the matchups versus lefties, as Machado is batting .338 with an .896 OPS over 80 ABs against southpaws this year.
Source: Baseball Reference
Source: Baseball Reference