Manny Machado Bought In on the Padres---and Helped the Team Buy Everyone Else

Four years ago, Manny Machado became the earliest adopter of one of Major League Baseball’s most far-fetched ideas: That the San Diego Padres, one of baseball’s classic little-brother teams, could build a dynastic winner by spending lavishly on players the way the big-city teams do.

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