PT TODAY: Machado on the mend, Willingham on the DL

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Orioles | Manny Machado to play in sim game
Baltimore Orioles 3B Manny Machado (knee) will receive two at-bats in a simulated game Saturday, April 12, but he may not run.  Source: MASNSports.com - Roch Kubatko
 
BHQ take: Machado's current pace and progress in returning from knee surgery, and J.J. Hardy's cortisone shot for back pain has kept Steve Lombardozzi (2B), Ryan Flaherty (SS), and Jonathan Schoop (3B) all in the lineup for the near term. The short term beneficiary of Hardy's absence has been Schoop, as Flaherty has shifted to SS. Once Hardy and Machado return on a...

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