Four years later in March 1989 he was released. A week later he was then signed by the New York Mets. He pitched through all levels of the minors in 1989, landing in AAA Tidewater by August. He finished up the year with an overall record of 6-7 with 12 saves.
On September 7th, 1989 he debuted with the Mets in a mop up performance of a 13-1 Mets win against the St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium. He would make ten appearances that month for the second place Mets who finished six games behind the Chicago Cubs.
On September 24th he blew a save against the Montreal Expos, when Dave Martinez completed a five run 9th inning with an RBI base hit. Machado finished the year at 0-1 with a hold & 3.17 ERA.

In the first week of September he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for catcher Charlie O’Brien. Machado went 3-3 in Milwaukee the next season and looked to have a good future.

Needless to say he never played in the majors again, but did pitch in Venezuela for three years, while awaiting his sentence. He was convicted & served four years of a sixteen year sentence in prison. When he got out he attempted a baseball comeback but no MLB team would touch him.
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