{"id":165250,"date":"2019-02-19T14:42:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=165250"},"modified":"2019-02-19T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:49:01","slug":"report-machado-largest-free-agent-contract-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=165250","title":{"rendered":"Report: Machado, largest free agent contract ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-165252\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/machado.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/machado.jpg 183w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/machado-116x175.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, <strong>the biggest contract ever for a free agent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement was subject to a successful physical and had not been announced. Machado can opt out after five years and become a free agent again, the person said.<\/p>\n<p>Machado\u2019s deal, if completed, would be the second-largest in baseball history behind Giancarlo Stanton\u2019s $325 million, 13-year deal signed with the Miami Marlins ahead of the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, the biggest contract ever for a free agent. The person spoke to the AP on condition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165255,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165250\/revisions\/165255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}