Breaking: The Yankees are acquiring 3B Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies, sources confirmed to Jeff Passan.
MLB Network was first to report the trade.
— ESPN (@espn.com) July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Jazz Chisholm started the season at 3rd base but after some below-average defense and squeaky wheels, complaining about how he’s a true second baseman, the Yankees hoped DJ LeMahieu would step in at third base.
LeMahieu was so bad they cut his ass.
But no worries.
They have a 25-year old prospect ready to step up at third.
According to FanGraphs, the Yankees have the 28th-ranked third base production.
There are only 30 teams. The Yankees are getting absolutely nothing from third base.
Oswald Peraza fucking sucks.
Let’s take a look at the abysmal year this bum is currently having:
- 69 games
- .147 batting average
- 3 homers
- 13 RBIs
- 23 hits
- 47 strike outs
- .208 on-base percentage
- .446 OPS
- 25 OPS+
- 21 Rbat+
My guy is an automatic out at the plate.
He’s also not that impressive defensively for a guy with no bat.
He’s fine.
Enter Ryan McMahon.
COL – Ryan McMahon 3-run HR (16)
📏 Distance: 410 ft
💨 EV: 106.8 mph
📐 LA: 25°
⚾️ 93.7 mph sinker (STL – RHP Erick Fedde)
🏟️ Would be out in 30/30 MLB parksSTL (0) @ COL (6)
🔻 3rd#Rockies pic.twitter.com/UUtKIlvnPB— MLB Home Runs🚀 (@MLBHRs_) July 23, 2025
Can we quickly look at how much better Ryan McMahon is than any third baseman on the Yankees?
- 100 games
- 16 homers
- 35 RBIs
- 76 hits
- .314 on-base percentage
- .717 OPS
- 92 OPS +
To give a fair, complete picture of McMahon, he’s leading baseball in strikeouts and doesn’t put the ball in play enough.
But as a lefty pull bat in a Yankee stadium designed from Jason Giambi’s wettest dreams, Ryan McMahon doesn’t have to put the ball in play.
Those pop-ups will land in a lucky fan’s glove most nights.
Oh, he’s also an astronomically better defender than most of the Yankees.
Most defensive runs saved at third base since 2021:
1. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 86
2. Ryan McMahon, 54
3. Matt Chapman, 48
4. Nolan Arenado, 38Most Outs Above Average at third base since 2021:
1. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 69
2. Nolan Arenado, 42
Ryan McMahon, 42
4. Matt Chapman, 39— Max Goodman (@MaxTGoodman) July 25, 2025
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Yankees dogshit defense following their mid-game collapse against Toronto. McMahon walks into the clubhouse with one of the best gloves. Day one.
Can Ryan McMahon save the Yankees?
The Yankees currently sit 4.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the AL East.
They lead the Wild Card but I don’t think a team with Aaron Judge and Max Fried, two of the best players in baseball, should even have to deal with that lame ass Wild Card round.
If Ryan McMahon can save runs at third while also adding runs with his bat, the Yankees just became exponentially better.
He’s a major league baseball player replacing an underachieving minor leaguer.
I also recognize McMahon is a huge step down from the rumors of Eugenio Suarez, who is leading the NL in homers and is in the midst of the best season of his career but again, anyone is better than Oswaldo Peraza.
But man, I would’ve loved Eugenio Saurez. Thank god we kept out prospects so they can get called up next year and play like Oswaldo Peraza.
Brian Cashman is such a great GM.
Glad he has this job for life because he knows Hal Steinbrenner is in the Epstein files.
Thanks for reading.
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