PLAYING TIME: Machado suffers ugly knee injury

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Orioles | Manny Machado injured
Baltimore Orioles 3B Manny Machado (knee) injured his left knee and was taken off the field on a stretcher Monday, Sept. 23.  Source: KFFL.com
 
BHQ take: Leading the major leagues with 667 AB thus far in 2013 (24 ahead of Starling Castro), Machado is now likely to finish the year with that total. He is scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday, and with BAL now 5 games behind in the Wild Card chase, he is unlikely to return this season. Danny Valencia and Ryan Flaherty, who each spent time at 3B after Machado departed the game, will probably each get...

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