Ryan McMahon vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto

The Almanac's Take

McMahon gets the left-on-right platoon edge here, but his season line makes that hard to lean on — a .200/.245/.596 OPS across 196 PA is a rough foundation against anyone. Yamamoto has been one of the sharper arms in the league this year: 2.85 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, and a 4.24 K/BB rate over 110.2 innings isn't giving hitters much to work with, and McMahon's 31.6% strikeout rate is a real concern against a pitcher working four distinct offerings. The head-to-head is just 10 PA — one hit, three strikeouts — which is noise, not signal. The platoon tag is real, but the rest of the board points toward Yamamoto here.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.100

1-for-10

PA

10

HR

0

K

3

BB

0

Pitches seen

47

Avg exit velo

89.0 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2025-06-25Field Out · Split-Finger 92.2 mph · 61.3 mph EV
• 2025-06-25Strikeout · Curveball 76.0 mph
• 2024-09-28Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 95.6 mph
• 2024-09-28Sac Fly · Cutter 91.6 mph · 93.8 mph EV
• 2024-09-22Field Out · Curveball 80.0 mph · 98.4 mph EV
• 2024-09-22Single · 4-Seam Fastball 95.0 mph · 79.1 mph EV
• 2024-06-01Field Out · Split-Finger 90.0 mph · 97.4 mph EV
• 2024-06-01Truncated Pa · 4-Seam Fastball 94.7 mph
• 2024-06-01Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.6 mph
• 2024-06-01Field Out · Split-Finger 90.9 mph · 103.7 mph EV