Shane McClanahan Stats: Pursuing 12th Win for Tampa Bay Rays

McClanahan and Fellow Cy Young Candidate Gerrit Cole Set to Square Off

Expectations were high for Tampa Bay Rays lefty Shane McClanahan coming into the season after he lowered his ERA by nearly a run from 2021 to 2022. The Shane McClanahan stats are impressive once again in McClanahan’s third season.

McClanahan is tied for second in wins and is sixth in ERA, as Tampa Bay has the best record among the non-division leaders. The Rays are 15-5 in games started by McClanahan. He is set to make his 21st start of the season when the Rays face the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

McClanahan trails only Gerrit Cole of the Yankees and Toronto‘s Kevin Gausman in the odds to win the American League Cy Young Award. The Cy Young Award odds for McClanahan have moved from +1400 to +450 since the start of the season. McClanahan and Cole are set to be the starting pitchers on Wednesday. Among the baseball games that day, that will be a showcase event.

McClanahan is 11-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 118 strikeouts. He joins Nathan Eovaldi of the Texas Rangers, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Justin Steele of the Chicago Cubs as the only pitchers with at least 10 wins, an ERA of 3.00 or lower, and 100 strikeouts.

Tampa Bay has fallen a bit in the MLB power rankings since the impressive start to the season. The Rays have even odds to win the American League East Division and are priced at +300 to win the American League pennant. Both of those numbers lead their division and AL rivals. Only the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers have better odds of winning the World Series than the +650 number for Tampa Bay.

Not Bad For Starters

McClanahan climbed to the top of the pecking order in the CY Young race when he allowed two runs or less in 12 of his first 13 games.

Shane McClanahan’s stats show that he had a 2.57 ERA in April and a 2.02 mark in May. He also won his first eight decisions of the season. When looking at the Major League Baseball scores, his lone loss came when McClanahan allowed two runs in 5.2 innings only to be on the wrong side of a 2-1 score against the Chicago Cubs.

He was 8-0 with a 1.97 ERA after his first 11 starts.

Not Being Rewarded

McClanahan has finished without a decision in each of his last five starts, and an injury also forced him to miss a couple of spots in the Tampa Bay rotation.

He could still make as many as 11 more starts, so a 20-win season is not out of the question, so keep that in mind when it comes to Shane McClanahan’s stats.

McClanahan has pitched at least six innings in 12 of his starts this season, so if that continues, that increases the chance of McClanahan factoring into the decision.

Trying to Figure Things Out

McClanahan’s recent results are not at the same level as his earlier outings.

Regarding the MLB scores, McClanahan has allowed 21 hits and 14 runs in 18 innings in his last four starts. It will be worth watching as he takes on the Yankees in his next start on Wednesday. He did not get good results in his first outing of the season against the Yankees, as he allowed five hits, two home runs, and four runs with three strikeouts and four walks in four innings.

McClanahan has a 6.00 ERA in his last three starts.

A Look At the Numbers

McClanahan has been more efficient at home with a 2.61 ERA and opposing batting average allowed of .194. The numbers jump to a 3.34 ERA and a .241 average.

The OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage) numbers are almost identical to lefties and righties, with a .661 mark in 76 at-bats against left-handed batters and .665 in 335 at-bats against righties.

Opposing batters have a batting average of .147 when McClanahan gets ahead 0-2 in the count. He has been especially tough on No. 5 hitters, as they are hitting just .122 against him.

With runners in scoring position and two out, McClanahan has been light out, allowing five hits in 36 at-bats with 10 strikeouts. Overall, the batting average when runners are in scoring position regardless of the number of outs is .208, and it is a .215 mark with runners on base.

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