Will Machado Be in Blue?

As the non-waiver trade deadline approaches, rumors (some with a little more clout behind them than others) are running rampant with regard to where Manny Machado is going to end up. Many signs point to him donning Dodger blue:

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale posted up just 24 hours ago that a trade with the O’s was imminent, “barring a last-minute snag.”

The Baltimore #Orioles say that barring a last minute snag, they will trade Manny Machado on Wednesday with the #Dodgers, #Brewers and #Phillies still in talks. The #Dodgers remain the likely destination over the #Brewers.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 17, 2018

Ken Rosenthal tweeted Wednesday night that “Machado to #Dodgers happening,” although during Rosenthal’s dugout interview with Machado during the ASG, he remained non-committal, if not coy when the question of being traded to L.A. was posed.

Can report with more certainty: Machado to #Dodgers happening. Among remaining questions, in addition to specifics of return beyond OF Yusniel Diaz: How much money, if any, #Orioles will send #Dodgers to secure a better package and help ease LAD’s luxury-tax concerns.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 18, 2018

And although this is reading a bit too far into things (this is the Rumors section!), Matt Kemp was taking numerous selfies with Machado during the All Star game Wednesday, but dodged questions regarding Machado coming to L.A. during his live mic session during the game.