{"id":540235,"date":"2026-03-23T09:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540235\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:59:16","slug":"ryan-mcmahon-ends-dismal-yankees-spring-on-a-high-note-after-working-on-his-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540235\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan McMahon ends dismal Yankees spring on a high note after working on his stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Yankees spring training Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>Finishing strong<\/p>\n<p>Ryan McMahon had little to show for his narrowed batting stance for much of the spring, but he finished strong, recording a hit in four straight games to finish camp, including two Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ryan McMahon connects on a hit during the Yankees\u2019 spring training game March 22. Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"617\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4c48d5b55daf74a3bd7d9954512855ca.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan McMahon connects on a hit during the Yankees\u2019 spring training game March 22. Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Cami-lo point<\/p>\n<p>In his first game back from the WBC, Camilo Doval had a shaky inning \u2014 hitting a batter, giving up a double and walking another to load the bases. But he got out of it unscathed with a strikeout and a double play.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>In the Grapefruit League finale, Ben Rice got his first (and only) inning of the spring as a catcher.<\/p>\n<p>After starting at first base, he moved behind the plate in the sixth inning to catch David Bednar and Fernando Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Rice did catch bullpen sessions and live batting practices throughout the spring, but he is not expected to catch much, if at all, in the early going, though he could mix in some more as the season goes along.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s schedule<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees face the Cubs in an exhibition in Mesa, Ariz., with spring standout Carlos Lagrange making one last start before heading to the minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Yankees spring training Sunday: Finishing strong Ryan McMahon had little to show for his narrowed batting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[27449,39464,39466,76815,241855,363,24276,99,63077,12404],"class_list":["post-540235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ben-rice","tag-camilo-doval","tag-david-bednar","tag-fernando-cruz","tag-finishing-strong","tag-mlb","tag-ryan-mcmahon","tag-sports","tag-spring-training","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}