The Orioles had the best record of all AL teams from 2012-2016 but sure, I guess they "sucked" since they didn't get to the World Series.
Gotta love Red Sox fans laughing at a big free agent signing and saying they never work out when you got JD Martinez and Manny Ramirez who both got 9 figures from Boston and helped them win 3 World Series.
So rather than amalgamating this to suit your purposes, let's go year by year and be more accurate and represent how they were:
2016 - Finished 2nd in AL East, lost wild card play in game
2015 - Finished 3rd in AL East, DNQ for playoffs
2014 - Finished 1st in AL East, lost in ALCS
2013 - Finished 3rd in AL East, DNQ for playoffs
2012 - Finished 2nd in AL East, lost in ALDS
So despite your claim that they were the "best team in the AL" for that span, they won all of 1 playoff series with 2 DNQ's in the mix. That's some real super track record right there. 1 playoff series win in 6 years for the "best team in the AL". If you include 17 and 18, seasons where MM was still there at least partially (as he was moved during the 18 season), you'd have to add 2 more 5th place finishes and 2 more DNQ for playoffs.
So again, I stand by the fact that Machado is not a core type of player, but more a complimentary one on a good team, and in his 7 years of MLB play, he's been on some BRUTALLY bad teams. Even if they did make the playoffs, it's not like they won anything. Hell, the teams he had in Baltimore only one series during his time there.