However, Machado clarified that he is “absolutely” at 100% health for the start of spring training. This is a significant milestone for the 32-year-old, as he admitted that he was never fully healthy last season despite hitting .275 with 29 homers, 105 RBI, and a .797 OPS across 152 games. His RBI total ranked ninth in the league.

Machado dealt with lingering tennis elbow during the 2023 campaign as well as that offseason and then last winter was recovering from surgery to repair the elbow. This was the first time he was able to have a normal offseason routine since prior to the 2022 season and that year he slashed .