With the MLB commerce deadline simply weeks away, the New York Yankees’ prolonged seek for a much-needed, but elusive, third baseman needs to be coming to an in depth. Yankee followers will certainly be excited for almost any information on that entrance, assuming New York acquires a brand new infielder; nonetheless, not each transfer the Yankees are contemplating is worthy of applause.
One goal particularly the Yankees have inquired about in line with MLB insider Jon Heyman is Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahon. The Yankees confirmed curiosity in McMahon final season as nicely, although the Rockies didn’t budge.
McMahon earned his first All-Star look final summer time with a spectacular first-half, however slid dramatically through the second-half, culminating in a slash line of .242/.325/.397 with 20 residence runs and 7 outs above common in line with Baseball Savant. It wasn’t his greatest 12 months however it was nonetheless respectable. Since 2019, McMahon has ranged from 20-24 residence runs a 12 months, outdoors of the shortened 2020 season.
20 residence runs a 12 months, plus protection, common to above common slash line; what’s to not like? Sadly, McMahon is having a 2025 season to neglect, hitting .213/.314/.377 with 12 residence runs. As well as, his once-Gold Glove-caliber defensive metrics have been declining yearly since 2021, posting three outs above common this season.
However that isn’t all.
McMahon has the benefit of hitting within the Mile Excessive Metropolis, the place baseballs often journey removed from residence plate. Final season, McMahon’s home-away splits have been very related. Nevertheless, over his profession, he has been a a lot better hitter at residence; and this season is not any exception. Beneath are his 2025 home-away splits:
| Cut up | AB | HR | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Dwelling | 145 | 8 | .241 | .358 | .441 |
| Away | 165 | 4 | .188 | .272 | .321 |
The Colorado impact appears to have drastically influenced his numbers. However wouldn’t his 20+ residence run energy make a much bigger distinction in New York given his left-handed bat and the Yankee Stadium brief porch? In line with Baseball Savant, this is not so, estimating he would have hit 11 residence runs within the Bronx, one lower than his whole to date this season.
Nonetheless, ultimately, the thought is to make an enchancment. Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman has at all times been frugal, selecting up buy-low candidates at rock-bottom costs even when it meant the enhancements have been merely incremental.
In his present form, McMahon can be an enchancment over Oswald Peraza, however in a head-to-head comparability with DJ LeMahieu, the declining former batting champion should still have the sting, a minimum of for this 12 months. In the meanwhile, it seems McMahon would solely add to the Yankees’ bottom-of-the-order woes fairly than resolve them and is due to this fact a danger that no contender aiming for a World Collection ought to take.
