Say what you want about Manny Machado: he's lazy, he's arrogant, he doesn't hustle, he's overrated, he's dirty, etc. etc. While you could debate all of those points 'til the cows come home, there is no debating this — he makes the game of baseball look completely effortless.
Case in point, this absolutely ridiculous throw from third base on Friday night in the San Diego Padres' road game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. On a tough ground ball down the line, Machado made a backhanded stab to his right with the glove and then flicked this mesmerizing toss over to first to EASILY get the out. Good luck not watching this for the rest of the day:
https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1116918888841863168
Seriously, can you make something extremely hard look that much easier? We think not. Check out Machado's face as he's launches the ball. Does this look like the face of a man that is even slightly concerned by the degree of difficulty on this play?
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