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Austin Hedges was a ball of excitement at Padres camp as soon as he heard the Manny Machado news

On Tuesday, the Padres came to an agreement with Manny Machado on a 10-year, $300 million deal, good for the largest free-agent contract in American sports history.
Yeah, it's a big deal. 
Machado joins the Padres and their intriguing corps of young players, among them catcher Austin Hedges ... who was extremely excited upon hearing the news. Just look at how he reacted at the Padres' Spring Training facility when he found out about his new teammate:

And in video form of course, courtesy of Annie Heilbrunn of the San Diego Union-Tribune:

Hedges and Eric Hosmer spoke a bit about the news, too:

Padres fans, you're not the only ones pumped up about Tuesday's big news ... 

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