Shane McClanahan

Shane McClanahan

29-Year-Old PitcherSP
Tampa Bay Rays
2026 Stats
W-L
6-3
ERA
2.85
WHIP
1.10
K
59
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
It has now been two full seasons and two surgeries since McClanahan last threw a major league pitch. He left the mound in August of 2023 in the midst of a strong outing against the Yankees as a cautionary move, yet it was the last pitch he has thrown in a regular-season game. He had Tommy John surgery in 2023, and in spring of 2025 McClanahan suffered a freak nerve injury in his final outing in the Grapefruit League. Efforts to rest and rehab the issue were not successful, and McClanahan succumbed to an August 2025 surgery to correct the nerve issue in his elbow. The team has already said they expect him to be all systems go for 2026, but go back and read the same comment from last year's outlook, as the team thought the exact same thing. McClanahan could come out of the gate hot, but what can we honestly expect workload-wise from someone who last threw a regular season pitch on August 2, 2023? He is all risk-reward for 2026, as McClanahan's acquisition costs have never been this low, but his value in mixed leagues will likely be severely limited by workload issues should he avoid further complications. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#215
ADP
League Majors
Bats L
Throws L
40 Man Yes
Height 6'1"
Weight 200
DOB 4/28/1997
Born Baltimore, MD
College South Florida
Drafted 1st Rd 2018 TB
Signed a one-year, $3.6 million contract with the Rays in December of 2025.
Struggles in third loss
PTampa Bay Rays
June 6, 2026
McClanahan (6-3) took the loss Saturday against Miami, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out six.
Analysis
McClanahan tossed at least five innings for an eighth consecutive start, but he did tie season worsts in both runs and hits allowed Saturday. The 29-year-old left-hander had given up one or no runs in six of his previous seven outings, so Saturday represented a rare letdown of sorts. McClanahan will bring a strong 2.85 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 59:21 K:BB over 60 innings into his next scheduled appearance on the road against the Angels.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
80
Last 10 Games
81
Last 5 Games
81
How many pitches does Shane McClanahan generally throw?
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
 
 
-43%
BAA vs LHP
2026
 
 
-43%
BAA vs LHP
2025
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2024vs Left .125 45 11 4 5 2 0 0
Since 2024vs Right .219 202 48 17 40 8 0 3
2026vs Left .125 45 11 4 5 2 0 0
2026vs Right .219 202 48 17 40 8 0 3
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
 
 
-44%
ERA at Home
2026
 
 
-44%
ERA at Home
2025
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2024Home 2.05 0.98 30.2 5 0 0 8.8 2.6 0.3
Since 2024Away 3.68 1.23 29.1 1 3 0 8.9 3.7 0.6
2026Home 2.05 0.98 30.2 5 0 0 8.8 2.6 0.3
2026Away 3.68 1.23 29.1 1 3 0 8.9 3.7 0.6
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Shane McClanahan compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. 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, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in 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.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
2.81
 
K/9
8.9
 
BB/9
3.2
 
HR/9
0.5
 
Fastball
95.4 mph
 
ERA
2.85
 
WHIP
1.10
 
BABIP
.276
 
GB/FB
1.32
 
Left On Base
72.8%
 
Exit Velocity
81.7 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
5.0%
 
Spin Rate
2038 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
22.1%
 
Swinging Strike
12.3%
 
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McClanahan never did pitch in 2024 as he continued his recovery from Tommy John surgery on Aug. 21, 2023. The only realistic chance McClanahan had of pitching in 2024 would have been similar to Tyler Glasnow's role in 2022, but the team was never in serious postseason contention as the summer wore on. McClanahan should be all systems go for the 2025 season but it is very likely the club will be conservative with his workload as he returns from his second career TJS. McClanahan's own pitching habits will likely do that anyhow, as pitch efficiency was not exactly a strength of his even before the long layoff. Every pitcher who comes back from a second Tommy John surgery has a different path, and few are as young as McClanahan (27) or as dominant prior to their second procedure. Jameson Taillon has had a good second act of his career, although he was never as good as McClanahan, while Walker Buehler showcased the potential downside in investing in such a pitcher this past season.
You should proceed with the expectation that McClanahan is unlikely to pitch in 2024. He had his second career TJ surgery on August 21st which ended a season that had him in considering for the Cy Young at the break. We do not even have to look too hard for a potential timeline to back up our original statement because this is nearly the same situation Tyler Glasnow went through two years ago. He had TJ surgery on 8/4/21 and returned to throw all of six innings in September of 2022. McClanahan had his surgery more than two weeks later than Glasnow's August date, so the best case scenario is the Rays make it back to the postseason and McClanahan can contribute there in some capacity. The most realistic outcome is he does not throw a pitch in the regular season, so keeper league managers can look to purchase him in the end game at a discount and wait until 2025 for the return on investment.
McClanahan had one of those Jeckyll and Hyde type seasons which felt like a tribute to the 1990 season of Jack Armstrong. Like Armstrong, McClanahan had an amazing first half of the season with a 1.71 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP, and held opposing hitters to a .176 average with 9 wins before the break. He then had a small IL stint, came back with a promising outing, but then struggled in other outings around a second IL stint and won just 4 more games with a 4.20 second half ERA after the break. All in all, he eclipsed projected workload totals and the entire body of work was still very impressive even if it was frontloaded. The evolution of his change was the differentiator for him as it went from a show-me offering to righties to his second most utilized offering with an elite whiff rate giving him two pitches - one for each side of the plate - with elite whiff rates. Durability is the only remaining question mark here for Sugar Shane who looked like he was following the path 2018 Blake Snell blazed for him on the way to the Cy Young that season. That path is still well lit for the lefty.
The original plan for McClanahan was a familiar one for young Tampa Bay hurlers: get sent down late to work on something and show up once service time had been sufficiently manipulated. The young lefty pitched too well for the team to stick with the plan and some other injuries forced the matter, so McClanahan pitched at the big-league level all season under a watchful eye, only exceeding 90 pitches in four of his 25 outings. He won 10 of his 25 outings with a strong 20.1 K-BB% pitching around some traffic on the bases and a league average home run rate. He ran into some issues with his velocity as the season wore on, losing two mph off his fastball from June into August before gaining some of that back in September. His postseason work looked like a young pitcher who was working on fumes, and that will be a fresh memory for 2022 drafting season. Do not expect more than 150 innings from him in 2022.
McClanahan got knocked around in his first taste of Double-A during the 2019 season, posting an 8.35 ERA and 1.96 WHIP with a 21:6 K:BB over 18.1 frames, but he impressed at the alternate training site this past summer. The electric southpaw made his MLB debut in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Yankees. In his lone big-league appearance, he surrendered a hit and a walk before retiring the final batter in the ninth inning. McClanahan figures to begin 2021 at Triple-A, where he will work on honing his command and improving his fourth-pitch changeup. On the strength of his upper-90s fastball and two plus breaking balls, McClanahan will provide MLB value in some multi-inning role sooner than later. However, Tampa Bay could end up using him as a primary pitcher or multi-inning reliever rather than as a traditional starter.
The 31st overall pick in 2018, McClanahan climbed three levels of the minors in his first full season. In his final 20 outings across stops at Low-A, High-A and Double-A, he logged a 3.16 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 126:31 K:BB in 102.2 IP, and that includes two blowup outings at Double-A over the final month of the minor-league season. A 6-foot-1 southpaw who had Tommy John surgery as an amateur, McClanahan has always had electric stuff, but he took a big step forward with his command/control last year. His fastball can touch triple digits and he throws three offspeed pitches, the best being a plus curveball. He has frontline upside if his command gains hold and his slider or changeup improves. However, in a free-thinking organization where Brendan McKay isn't even a lock to be used as a traditional starting pitcher, McClanahan's risk of being relegated to a multi-inning relief role is extreme.
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Earns sixth win
PTampa Bay Rays
May 31, 2026
McClanahan (6-2) earned the win against the Angels on Sunday, allowing one run on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts over five innings.
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Bounces back in no-decision
PTampa Bay Rays
May 25, 2026
McClanahan took a no-decision Monday against the Orioles, allowing no runs on three hits and two walks in 5.1 innings. He struck out three.
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Subpar outing results in win
PTampa Bay Rays
May 19, 2026
McClanahan (5-2) earned the win Monday against the Orioles. He allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six across five innings.
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Sharp over five shutout innings
PTampa Bay Rays
May 12, 2026
McClanahan didn't factor into decision Tuesday against the Blue Jays, allowing one hit and one walk with seven strikeouts across five shutout innings.
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Blanks Jays for fourth win
PTampa Bay Rays
May 6, 2026
McClanahan (4-2) picked up the win Wednesday, scattering two hits and a walk over 5.2 scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays. He struck out four.
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Targeting July return
PTampa Bay Rays
June 4, 2025
McClanahan is in the final stages of his recovery from a triceps injury and is expected to return to the Rays' roster at some point in July, president of baseball operations Erik Neander told MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM this week.
Analysis
McClanahan hasn't pitched in a regular-season game since 2023 when he was amidst a second consecutive All-Star season with a 3.29 ERA over 115 innings before coming off the mound in early August with forearm tightness. McClanahan went for Tommy John surgery two weeks later, and while he made three starts in spring training this year, he then suffered a triceps injury.
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