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Ryan McMahon

24-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Colorado Rockies

2019 Stats

AVG

.269

RBI

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2019 Fantasy Outlook

An impressive camp landed McMahon on the Opening Day roster, playing first base against right-handed pitching. After slashing .180/.317/.200 through April 30, McMahon was farmed to Triple-A Albuquerque. He was recalled May 25 to help fill in at second. After a hot start, McMahon fell back to his unproductive ways and was demoted again June 20. He returned in late July, finishing the season in a reserve role. McMahon slashed .256/.333/.419 over the second half, buoyed by a 1.076 OPS at home. Contact was McMahon's primary shortcoming as he fanned at a 31.7% clip. Entering 2018, it appeared McMahon had made strides in that department. Plus, a 29.9% flyball rate hindered power. Still just 24 years old, McMahon has time to get back on track and tap into the home-run potential he showed in the minors. There's playing time to be had on the right side of the infield, at least versus RHP. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 208

DOB 12/14/1994

Born Yorba Linda, CA

College None

Drafted 2nd Rd 2013 COL

Smacks two homers in win

1BColorado Rockies

August 17, 2019

McMahon went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs and one strikeout in Saturday's win over the Marlins.

ANALYSIS
The 24-year-old continued his recent power surge, as Saturday's performance gives him five homers in his last five games and extends his hitting streak to six. Over those six games, McMahon has eight RBI and seven runs.

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2017

+19%

OPS vs LHP

2019

+8%

OPS vs LHP

2018

+56%

OPS vs LHP

2017

+218%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2017vs Left	.861	168	20	9	28	1	.290	.345	.516
Since 2017vs Right	.723	476	56	13	58	5	.240	.330	.393
2019vs Left	.852	124	15	8	24	1	.294	.323	.529
2019vs Right	.788	294	42	9	42	4	.257	.357	.431
2018vs Left	.967	39	5	1	4	0	.313	.436	.531
2018vs Right	.618	163	12	4	15	1	.215	.276	.342
2017vs Left	.200	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000
2017vs Right	.635	19	2	0	1	0	.200	.368	.267
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2017

+52%

OPS at Home

2019

+39%

OPS at Home

2018

+106%

OPS at Home

2017

+3%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2017Home	.910	335	44	17	55	3	.299	.373	.537
Since 2017Away	.598	309	32	5	31	3	.204	.291	.307
2019Home	.940	210	33	13	40	3	.305	.371	.568
2019Away	.674	208	24	4	26	2	.231	.322	.352
2018Home	.904	107	10	4	14	0	.309	.383	.521
2018Away	.439	95	7	1	5	1	.149	.221	.218
2017Home	.548	18	1	0	1	0	.143	.333	.214
2017Away	.533	6	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200
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Stat Review

How does Ryan McMahon compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against this season's data (min 200 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.

BB/K

0.38

BB Rate

10.8%

K Rate

28.2%

BABIP

.349

ISO

.194

AVG

.269

OBP

.347

SLG

.462

OPS

.809

wOBA

.355

Exit Velocity

91.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

45.1%

Barrels/PA

5.1%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

2018

2017

2016

2015

It's clear now that 2016 -- a year where McMahon was a league average hitter (101 wRC+) on a Hartford Yard Goats team that had to play all their games on the road -- was the outlier. He has been at least 37 percent better than league average during every other minor-league stint, and was dominant at Double-A and Triple-A in 2017. One could point to good fortune (.381 BABIP at Double-A, .416 BABIP at Triple-A) as the reason for this dominance. However, he got his strikeout rate under 20 percent for the first time in his career, which points to sustainable success. He has plus power, sneaky speed for a corner infielder, and with the help of Coors Field, he could annually flirt with .300. While McMahon is a third baseman by trade, he started 33 games at first base, 23 games at second base and 13 games at the hot corner while at Triple-A. The Rockies are prepping him for an inevitable position change due to Nolan Arenado's presence. He could serve as the big-league first baseman for the bulk of 2018.

McMahon entered the season as a consensus top-50 prospect, and he proceeded to post career-worst full-season numbers in every relevant offensive category other than walk rate (10.3 percent) and steals (11 on 17 attempts). The decline in production coincides with him moving to a neutral hitting environment after taking advantage of the extremely hitter-friendly parks in Low-A Asheville and High-A Modesto during the two previous seasons. McMahon played half his games at first base last year, which sheds some light on the Rockies' long-term plans, as he is blocked at third base by Nolan Arenado. He was essentially a league average hitter in the Eastern League (101 wRC+) while being over three years younger than league average, which would be more encouraging if he still projected to end up on the left side of the infield. Additionally, his 30.1 percent strikeout rate raises concerns about the viability of his hit tool against upper-level pitching.

Since being drafted 42nd overall in 2013, McMahon has done nothing but tear the cover off the ball. He spent all of 2015 at High-A Modesto and for the third straight year the slugging third baseman hit better than .280, with an OBP over .350, a slugging percentage north of .500 and an ISO of at least .220. It is worth noting that in 2014 he spent the entire season with Low-A Asheville, which along with Modesto is one of the most favorable hitting environments in the minors, so his numbers should not be taken entirely at face value. That said, he will begin his age-21 season at Double-A, coming off back-to-back 18-homer seasons, so McMahon is undeniably advanced with the bat. He might be just two years away from being big league ready, at which point the Rockies may need to consider moving McMahon to first base, where the bat should still be able to play, that is if Nolan Arenado is the long-term option at the hot corner.

McMahon was the toast of the Sally League last April, homering nine times in the month and looking every bit the part of the advanced left-handed hitter with pop the Rockies believed they netted when they drafted him in 2013. His slugging tailed off to more modest levels after that, but McMahon still enjoyed a successful campaign, finishing with a .282/.358/.502 line over his 552 plate appearances. While he still struggles with making contact (25.9 K%) and noticed a fairly significant gulf in both his home/road and lefty/righty splits, McMahon was a year or more younger than most of his compatriots at Low-A and made up for the high strikeout totals by posting a quality 9.8% walk rate. Nolan Arenado looks to be the Rockies’ long-term answer at third base, but McMahon will likely remain at the position again at High-A Modesto this season before perhaps moving to a corner outfield spot if and when his well-rounded offensive skills warrant a promotion to the upper levels of the minors.

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Crushes 15th homer

1BColorado Rockies

August 16, 2019

McMahon went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Friday's 3-0 win over the Marlins.