Dixon Javier Machado Moreno (born February 22, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop in the Chicago Cubs organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. He has also played second base and third base in the Major Leagues.\n', '

The Tigers purchased Machado\'s contract after the 2012 season, adding him to their 40-man roster. He was designated for assignment on December 4, 2013, to make room on the 40-man roster for Joe Nathan. He was added to the 40-man roster again on November 20, 2014. During the 2014 season, he hit .305 with five home runs and 32 RBI, with a .965 fielding percentage in 90 games with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. He also appeared in 41 games with the Class-A Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers, hitting .252 with one home run and eight RBI, with a .972 fielding percentage.\n', '

Machado was named the Eastern League Player of the Month for the month of August 2014. He hit .410 (34-for-83) with six doubles, three home runs, 17 runs scored, 15 RBI, five stolen bases, a .515 on-base percentage and a .590 slugging percentage in 25 games during the month. He ranked first among all Eastern League hitters in batting average (.410), on-base percentage (.590) and OPS (1.105), tied for second in hits (34), third in slugging percentage (.590) and walks (18).\n', '

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