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Manny Machado had his 131st atbat of season Sun. He's now not eligible for 2013 Rookie of the Year. His thoughts:

“Of course, you’d want to have that, you’d love to get it," Machado said. "But how I feel is we have a chance to make the playoffs. And to be a rookie in the playoffs, that’s going to be great. To be a part of this organization and be part of this team to get into the playoffs – we haven’t been in the playoffs in a long time – to be a part of that covers up being rookie of the year or any of those honors.”