Jonathan Schoop showed just how tight of a bond teammates can have.
The Baltimore Orioles infielder said on Friday that he left a vacation early so he could drive to Manny Machado’s house for an in-person goodbye after the shortstop was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. MASN’s Steve Melewski shared the comments of Schoop, who says he started to cry when saying goodbye to Machado.
Jonathan Schoop left a lake vacaction to drive to Manny's house for an in person goodbye – "I broke down like a kid. I cried when I went to his house. I won't see him because he's a Dodger. I broke down and started to cry. I wish him the best and the emotions are still going on."
— Steve Melewski (@masnSteve) July 20, 2018
Schoop on Machado: "This guy believed in me more than I believed in myself. He pushed me to the limit. Me and him fight like brothers and two minutes later we're good. That's what brothers do. He told me I can be the best."
— Steve Melewski (@masnSteve) July 20, 2018
The confidence Machado showed in Schoop may have propelled the latter to his best season ever last year. Schoop became an All-Star at 25, batting .293 with 32 homers, 105 RBIs and an .841 OPS — all career-high marks — in 2017. He’s not faring quite as well this season, and it sounds like he will miss his former teammate dearly.
