This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Padres' Manny Machado on 2025 Goals: 'We've Got to Go Through the Dodgers'. The San Diego Padres made several high-profile moves at the 2025 trade deadline, and third baseman Manny Machado has high expectations for the remainder of the Padres season.

After the dust settled, Bob Nightengale of USA Today shared that Padres' third baseman Manny Machado cracked a joke with reporters about the Padres' aggressive trade deadline shopping spree. "Welcome to the San Diego Padres deadline," Machado said. "I'm never shocked about anything we do at the deadline, let's be honest."

San Diego Padres star Manny Machado is trying to ignore the outside noise that comes each year with the trade deadline.