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By Jon Paul Hoornstra
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Veteran Dixon Machado was announced Wednesday as the the manager of the Chicago Cubs' Arizona Complex League affiliate.
That immediately ends the playing career of a 33-year-old infielder who signed with the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 2008, appeared in parts of five major league seasons, and became a free agent after spending last season with the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in Iowa.
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Machado played more than 1,300 games in the minor leagues for the Tigers, Cubs, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants, and Houston Astros organizations. He also played two seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) from 2020-21.
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Machado played 177 games in the majors for the Tigers (2015-18) and Giants (2022). He retires with a career slash line of .226/.285/.292, with two home runs and 37 RBIs.
Machado also represented his native Venezuela in the 2019 WBSC Premier12 tournament, playing two games and going 0-for-6.
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In February 2025, Machado returned for his third stint with the Cubs organization, signing a minor league contract. Although he appeared in 18 games, slashing .435/.519/.435 (10 for 23 with 10 singles), he spent the entire regular season with the Iowa Cubs.
In 84 games with the Cubs' top farm team, he slashed .221/.345/.301, missing time due to three separate stints on the injured list.
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Known primarily for his defense and versatility in the field, Machado made 11 errors in more than 1,182 major league innings in the field — mostly at shortstop and second base — and retires with a career fielding percentage of .982. He played 33 innings at third base for the Tigers in 2017 without making an error.
The Cubs announced Machado's full staff for the ACL season: hitting coaches Marco Romero and Grant Zawadzki, pitching coaches Mario Fernandez and Pablo Arevalo, player development coach Cody Dennis, athletic trainer Leroy Martinez, and strength and conditioning coach Alexei Cazarin.
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