PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — As workouts began to wind down, word began spreading across the San Diego Padres' practice fields at Peoria Sports Complex. The Padres, a team stuck in a 12-year playoff-less rut, were on the verge of making their biggest free agent splash ever. Manny Machado, the big-hitting, slick-fielding infielder, was going to be paid $300 million to wear Padres brown and gold for the next decade. The news Tuesday put noticeable pep in the players' step for the remainder of the workouts. "There was definitely a buzz yesterday in the practice," first baseman Eric Hosmer said Wednesday.