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Five teams, two police departments and the mystery of a startling security breach.

A person with knowledge of the deal says All-Star slugger Manny Machado has agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres through 2033

PEORIA, Ariz. — Remember that Manny Machado opt-out clause, the fly in the Padres' ointment — pterodactyl-sized to many — that threatened to loom over the clubhouse and season like a dark, angry wall cloud?

PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have locked up the big one.

The free-spending Padres reportedly are close to a long-term agreement with their star third baseman.

LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado's locker in the San Diego Padres' spring training clubhouse is prime real estate: at the main entrance, next to the three-foot tall speaker pumping the music into the room. Friday morning, hours before their Cactus League opener, it was tuned to laidback oldies.

PEORIA, Ariz. — In a quiet room at a care center, a 15-year-old boy promised his father he would take care of the family. If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight…

He wasn’t fully in the batter’s box and alert to Mariners lefty Robbie Ray as the 15-second clock wound under 8 seconds in the bottom of the first inning. Umpire Ryan Blakney called time and signaled strike one against Machado.

The Padres star failed to step into the box in time in a spring training game on Friday against the Mariners.

MLB has incorporated multiple rule changes for the 2023 season.

The Chicago Cubs will kick off the 2023 baseball season with their first spring training game on Saturday with streaming options.