Shane McClanahan

26-Year-Old PitcherSP

Tampa Bay Rays

60-Day IL

Injury Elbow

Est. Return 2/1/2025

2023 Stats

W-L

11-2

ERA

3.29

WHIP

1.18

121

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

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. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#39

ADP

Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats L

Throws L

40 Man No

Height 6'1"

Weight 200

DOB 4/28/1997

Born Baltimore, MD

College South Florida

Drafted 1st Rd 2018 TB

Will undergo Tommy John surgery

PTampa Bay Rays

Elbow

August 15, 2023

Rays manager Kevin Cash said Tuesday that McClanahan (forearm) will undergo Tommy John surgery, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

ANALYSIS
McClanahan had already been ruled out for the rest of 2023, but a Tommy John procedure will likely keep him out for all of 2024 as well. The 26-year-old southpaw landed on the injured list Aug. 3 and will undergo surgery sometime next week. He finishes 2023 with a 3.29 ERA and 1.18 WHIP alongside a 121:41 K:BB ratio through 115 innings.

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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What part of the game does Shane McClanahan generally pitch?

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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold

% Games By Number of Innings Pitched

Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2021

-16%

BAA vs RHP

2023

-20%

BAA vs RHP

2022

-6%

BAA vs RHP

2021

-17%

BAA vs RHP

	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2021vs Left	.254	285	72	19	67	8	0	5
Since 2021vs Right	.213	1341	384	96	264	51	3	43
2023vs Left	.266	87	17	8	21	3	0	0
2023vs Right	.212	381	104	32	74	17	3	15
2022vs Left	.204	101	26	6	19	3	0	3
2022vs Right	.192	540	168	32	97	13	0	16
2021vs Left	.293	97	29	5	27	2	0	2
2021vs Right	.242	420	112	32	93	21	0	12
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

Since 2021

-5%

ERA at Home

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-32%

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-26%

ERA on Road

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-4%

ERA on Road

	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2021Home	2.96	1.11	221.2	21	8	0	10.9	2.6	1.0
Since 2021Away	3.10	1.10	183.0	12	8	0	9.2	2.6	1.2
2023Home	2.61	1.01	51.2	5	0	0	10.6	2.6	0.7
2023Away	3.84	1.33	63.1	6	2	0	8.5	3.7	1.6
2022Home	2.81	1.02	105.2	9	5	0	10.8	2.3	1.0
2022Away	2.08	0.76	60.2	3	3	0	9.9	1.6	1.0
2021Home	3.50	1.34	64.1	7	3	0	11.2	2.9	1.1
2021Away	3.36	1.20	59.0	3	3	0	9.3	2.4	0.9
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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

2.95

K/9

9.5

BB/9

3.2

HR/9

1.2

Fastball

96.8 mph

ERA

3.29

WHIP

1.18

BABIP

.282

GB/FB

1.42

Left On Base

81.7%

Exit Velocity

83.5 mph

Barrels/BBE

5.2%

Spin Rate

2160 rpm

Balls Hit 95+ MPH

24.5%

Swinging Strike

15.8%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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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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Officially shut down for season

PTampa Bay Rays

Forearm

August 12, 2023

McClanahan's (forearm) season is officially done, as he was transferred to the 60-day injured list Saturday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.