The Bear brings infielder Dixon Machado Back to the minor league contract according to MLB.com’s transaction log. This will be the third job for the Octagon client in the organization. He also played for the Cubs in 2019 and 2022, spending two seasons at the Korean Baseball Organization.
Machado, 32, spent the 2023-24 season in the Astros system, but was not called with Houston. He scored .230/.369/.356 in 2023 sets and hit .228/.335/.305 in 202 minor league board appearances.
Although Machado has been a member of the Cubs twice, he has never played in a major league game. His most recent Major League Baseball job was the Giants in 2022, and the rest of his Major League Baseball term has been spent on Tiger Uniforms. The Venezuelan-born shortstop competed in 177 major league games and hit .226/.285/.292 in 522 sets. Although he never offered much value with the bat, he does have good contact skills, which proves that the professional strikeout rate is 18.4% compared to just 14.4% for minors last year.
Machado is a versatile defender who is usually able to perform well in any of the shortstop, second base or third base. Since signing from Venezuela as a teenager, he has played over 12,000 innings in shortstops (Grands, Minors and KBOs). He also recorded nearly 1,300 innings in the second base and 300 innings in the third base.
The Bear’s infield includes the 2025 figures Michael Busch At the first base, Nico Hoerner second, Dansby Swanson in short Matt Shaw At third base. veteran Jon Bertie was signed into a major league deal to take on a utility. Rule 5 Choice Gage Workers and options for the highest prospect Vidal Brujan Both are in the 40-man squad, but there is no lock-in for the team. Non-drive options for infield backup jobs include Nicky Lopez (Who signed the minor league deal) and James Triantosanother top prospect in the farm system with cubs.
