{"id":475163,"date":"2025-07-14T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/manny-machado-on-rotating-with-jose-ramirez-in-the-classic-the-important-thing-is-to-win\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:52:35","slug":"manny-machado-on-rotating-with-jose-ramirez-in-the-classic-the-important-thing-is-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/manny-machado-on-rotating-with-jose-ramirez-in-the-classic-the-important-thing-is-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Machado on rotating with Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez in the Classic: &#8220;The important thing is to win&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<em>Santo Domingo<\/em>.\u2013 Dominican star third baseman <strong>Manny Machado<\/strong> made it clear that his priority is the triumph of the national team in the upcoming <strong>2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, even if that means rotating with other star players.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/anunciados-los-titulares-del-all-star-game-2025\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announced the starters for the 2025 All-Star Game<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El Ministro! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vD6OEidxB7\">pic.twitter.com\/vD6OEidxB7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ricardo Rodr\u00edguez (@RicardoRod6) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RicardoRod6\/status\/1944888796446634112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nDuring an interview with <strong>Paloma Almonte<\/strong>, from UCA Deportes, Machado revealed a conversation he had with <strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong>, manager of the Dominican team, in which he advocated for the inclusion of <strong>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> in the starting lineup:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I told Albert (Pujols) that Jos\u00e9 (Ram\u00edrez) has to play. If we have to rotate, whatever, at the end of the day it&#8217;s about trying to win,&#8221; expressed the San Diego Padres player.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nMachado was also asked about whether Dominican fans are working on possible lineups for the Classic:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s difficult. I think it&#8217;s very difficult to set a lineup. Trying to do that is even more difficult when you have so much talent, so many future Hall of Famers. But at the end of the day, the most important thing is how we&#8217;re going to win every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Paloma Almonte \u2013 UCA Deportes<br><strong>Video:<\/strong> Ricardo Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 Dominican star third baseman Manny Machado made it clear that his priority is the triumph of the national team in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic, even if that means rotating with other star players. 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