Overview
- Chicago announced Dixon Machado as manager of its Arizona Complex League affiliate, signaling the end of his playing career after 17 professional seasons.
- The rookie-level post positions the Venezuelan infielder to mentor teenagers beginning pro ball, many of them international signees.
- Machado logged 177 MLB games with the Tigers and Giants, recording a .226/.285/.292 line with two home runs.
- His career featured nearly 1,300 minor-league games—more than half at Triple A—and two KBO seasons with Lotte in which he hit .279/.357/.392.
- In 2025 he played 84 games for Triple-A Iowa with a .221/.345/.301 slash line, and the Cubs named his ACL staff: Marco Romero and Grant Zawadzki (hitting), Mario Fernandez and Pablo Arevalo (pitching), Cody Dennis (player development), Leroy Martinez (athletic trainer), and Alexei Cazarin (strength and conditioning).