This offseason, Manny Machado will be looking to get a record-breaking mega-deal, possibly in the form of MLB’s first $400 million contract.

While his career statistics and the fact he is only 26-years-old certainly bode well for his chances of getting this deal, his postseason antics might be hurting him right now.

In the conglomerate, there are five main things that have happened this postseason in regards to Machado.

During the NLCS, Machado admitted to the press that hustling was “not his cup of tea,” which put the social media world into a frenzy as everyone was stunned that a star of his magnitude would openly admit to something of the sort.

Also during that same series, Machado made a dirty slide trying to split up a double play and also stepped on Jesus Aguilar‘s foot trying to beat out a single with the intent clearly obvious as his foot was in little to no way obstructing his path to first base.

It got worse for him in the World Series as his hustling quote came back to bite him big time in Game 3 as he hit a towering fly ball to left field that he thought would go over the wall so he started celebrating early. The only problem was it didn’t and he ended up only getting a single out of it. Fortunately for him, the Dodgers still managed to win that game.

But, again, last night he was caught trying to step on the first baseman’s leg, this time in reference to Steve Pearce‘s, after being thrown out at first by Rafael Devers.

Buster Olney of ESPN notes that there are significant questions surrounding his effort and attitude because of these antics in the postseason, which could potentially result in a reduction in the number of top bidders involved in the process.

It’s also worth noting that the magnitude of the contract he will receive is a major factor in this as well. Machado isn’t asking for a four-year commitment that, if it doesn’t work out, won’t have serious long-term ramifications.

Machado is looking for a decade-long contract which could not only harm teams in the present, but would significantly alter the team’s future significantly one way or another.

In all likelihood, Machado will still get his deal, but do you, the reader, think he should? And if so, should the Mets be one of the team’s bidding?