A Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher called Manny Machado one of MLB's best players after facing him in their first series in 2025.

Manny Machado has four homers in June, the rest of the team has one heading into first series of the year against Diamondbacks

A little more than three years have passed since Miguel Cabrera, an all-fields slugger Machado studied closely, became the 33rd and most recent player to enter the 3,000-hit club. Freeman and Altuve, with perhaps a handful more seasons, could approach elite territory around their 40th birthdays — an age that tends to bring plummeting effectiveness.