Vimael Machín Soto (born September 25, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball infielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
[3] Machín has played since 2018 with the Criollos de Caguas, one of the teams that participates in Puerto Rico's winter league.
[1] Machín split the 2015 season between the Eugene Emeralds and South Bend Cubs, hitting a combined .181/.270/.222/.492 with 10 RBI.
He split the 2017 season between South Bend and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, hitting a combined .303/.360/.438/.798 with 11 home runs and 72 RBI.
He split the 2018 season between Myrtle Beach and the Tennessee Smokies, hitting a combined .217/.343/.325/.668 with 7 home runs and 42 RBI.
[5][6] On December 12, 2019, Machín was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2019 Rule 5 draft, and traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for cash considerations.
[8] On July 10, Machín hit his first career home run off of Houston Astros reliever Phil Maton.