{"id":346834,"date":"2025-12-13T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346834\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:22:07","slug":"why-yankees-ryan-mcmahon-needs-to-fix-obvious-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/346834\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Yankees’ Ryan McMahon needs to fix ‘obvious’ flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Yankees’ Ryan McMahon needs to fix ‘obvious’ flaw <\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This winter is the first chance for New York Yankees<\/a> third baseman Ryan McMahon to work with the club’s hitting coaches during an offseason.<\/p>\n

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The Yankees acquired the slick fielder from the Colorado Rockies<\/a> in July, and he flashed the leather at third base during the second half of the regular season and postseason.<\/p>\n

But aside from the occasional power surge, he struggles at the plate. Last year, McMahon led all qualified MLB hitters with a 32.3 percent strikeout rate.<\/p>\n

“The biggest flaw in McMahon\u2019s swing is an obvious one: No one swings and misses more,” the New York Post’s Mark W. Sanchez<\/a> wrote Friday. “But McMahon is somewhat unique in his whiffing profile: He does not chase outside the strike zone often.”<\/p>\n

However, McMahon brings a patient approach to the batter’s box and drew walks at an 11.9 percent clip.<\/p>\n

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Will an improved bat keep McMahon on the field?<\/p>\n

Yankees manager Aaron Boone turned to Amed Rosario on the bench only when his team was facing a tough lefty starting pitcher.<\/p>\n

Boone sacrificed McMahon’s Gold Glove skills at third base for a better chance at producing runs.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s some things he does in his swing that get him in trouble a little bit, but it would not surprise me at all to see him go to a different level offensively,” Boone said about McMahon at this past week’s winter meetings.<\/p>\n

If McMahon can increase his contact rate and decrease his strikeout rate, he could be a really productive player who has hit 20 or more home runs in five consecutive years.<\/p>\n

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