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Injury Elbow
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Stats
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
Touches 94-95 mph in live BP
Rays manager Kevin Cash said that McClanahan (elbow) touched 94-to-95 mph in a 16-pitch live batting practice session Wednesday at Tropicana Field, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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Cash added that McClanahan -- who is coming back from August 2023 Tommy John surgery -- is "mentally ready to go" and "excited about a normal offseason." The left-hander is expected to be ready for spring training and next year's Opening Day, although he is expected to have workload restrictions in place after missing the entirety of the 2024 campaign.
Cash added that McClanahan -- who is coming back from August 2023 Tommy John surgery -- is "mentally ready to go" and "excited about a normal offseason." The left-hander is expected to be ready for spring training and next year's Opening Day, although he is expected to have workload restrictions in place after missing the entirety of the 2024 campaign.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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| Since 2022vs Left | .233 | 43 | 14 | 40 | 3 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .200 | 272 | 65 | 171 | 31 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .266 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .212 | 104 | 33 | 74 | 15 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .204 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .192 | 168 | 32 | 97 | 16 | |||
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| Since 2022Home | 2.75 | 1.02 | 157.1 | 10.8 | 2.4 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.98 | 1.05 | 124.0 | 9.2 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.61 | 1.01 | 51.2 | 10.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.84 | 1.33 | 63.1 | 8.5 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.81 | 1.02 | 105.2 | 10.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.08 | 0.76 | 60.2 | 9.9 | 1.6 | ||||
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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.
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Facing hitters next week
McClanahan (elbow) is scheduled to throw live batting practice next Thursday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Throws off mound
McClanahan (elbow) threw from a mound Tuesday, MLB.com reports.
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Ups flat-ground throwing distance
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Monday that McClanahan (elbow) has increased his throwing distance to 135 feet, MLB.com reports.
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Throwing from 90 feet
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Friday that McClanahan (elbow) is "progressing well" and has ramped up his throwing off flat ground to 90 feet, MLB.com reports.
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Placed on 60-day IL
The Rays placed McClanahan (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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Monitoring workload?
McClanahan is nearing his career high in innings pitched and the Rays may monitor his workload down the stretch.
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McClanahan has tossed 128.1 innings this season, two outs shy of his combined workload between the regular season and the postseason a year ago. It will be interesting to see if Tampa Bay adjusts its ace's workload as the team pushes for a postseason run, knowing that it likely needs as many innings as it can get from the lefty to even make the postseason. After not giving up more than three earned runs in any of his first 19 starts, the 25-year-old has allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last two outings, including four runs to the Tigers, arguably the worst offense in baseball.
McClanahan has tossed 128.1 innings this season, two outs shy of his combined workload between the regular season and the postseason a year ago. It will be interesting to see if Tampa Bay adjusts its ace's workload as the team pushes for a postseason run, knowing that it likely needs as many innings as it can get from the lefty to even make the postseason. After not giving up more than three earned runs in any of his first 19 starts, the 25-year-old has allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last two outings, including four runs to the Tigers, arguably the worst offense in baseball.