Slowly but surely, Manny Machado is putting together a Hall-of-Fame career, and as he approaches a historic moment, he's drawing inspiration from a New York Yan

“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."

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.