Machado, who turned 26 in July, is a rare player entering free agency in the prime of his career. In seven seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and 66 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Machado batted .282 with 175 home runs, 513 RBI and an .822 OPS. He did not perform well in the World Series, however, batting just .182 with no homers and just three RBI in the Dodgers’ five-game loss to the Boston Red Sox. He also made headlines by appearing to acknowledge in an interview that he does not always run hard out of the batter’s box, a statement that Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he would need to have clarified.