Deletion of Manny Machado (2nd nomination)

Comment: I think there is some confusion above; the Baltimore Sun link says that he is going to start with a minor-league club. It is exceedingly rare for an MLB draft pick to go straight to his Major League team, and it doesn't sound like that's happening here. I don't think it matters as much as some others might, though. Even though he doesn't meet athlete notability guidelines yet, there's clearly enough coverage in reliable sources to meet the |general notability guideline. The coverage isn't all locally-based, either; articles from USA Today and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are already utilized as references
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: In looking over the article itself, I note that it mentions, very casually, that he happened to sign a contract for $5.25 million.  Even the mlb.com article seems to throw that in as an "oh, by the way" type thing http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100817&content_id=13543630&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Orioles sign No. 3 overall pick Machado, kind of like "He had eggs and bacon for breakfast, he brushed his teeth, he signed a deal for five million dollars, he watched Judge Judy that night".  He doesn't meet , of course, having never played an MLB game, but I can see arguments in favor of  on this one
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:GNG)

Comment: Significant local and national coverage in reliable sources spanning several years. Meets  as I interpret it, so failure of  shouldn't matter on this occassion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NSPORTS)

Comment: Was this moved from userspace to article space due to ? Despite the improvements to the article, he still will not meet MLBN till he plays. Moving to article space was premature. Why could the creator not polish and update it there till the subject met notability
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:DRV)

Comment: easily meets  on its own
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Technically, does not necessarily meet the  or /N. ''However'', he will be unquestionably notable when he plays. The announced time for that is when the Rays visit the Orioles Sept 3 or 4. I'll be working, so I won't get to watch. To me, it's too fine a hair to split the two weeks and time to leave this in the article space
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:MLB)