MLB Announces Manny Machado News Before Nationals-Padres originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The San Diego Padres currently sit at 42-35, but their season appears to be hanging by a thread as they trail the Milwaukee Brewers for the third Wild Card spot by 0.5 games and the Los Angeles Dodgers by 5.0 games in the NL West.

Manny Machado remains in the lead at third base in NL All-Star voting, collecting nearly twice as many fan ballots than the Dodgers’ Max Muncy. The top two vote-getters at each position in each league — and top six outfielders — advance past Phase 1, which ends 9 a.m. Thursday.

“Manny coming here to San Diego is a big reason for us turning things around," said A.J. Preller. “It was sending a message to the rest of baseball in terms of a premium impact player, in the prime of his career, coming to the San Diego Padres."