Ryan McKenna

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Baltimore Orioles

2024 Stats

AVG

.375

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

McKenna's 2023 campaign got off to a rotten beginning. In his first start on April 1 versus the Red Sox, he dropped a routine flyball which would've been the final out of the game and then watched the next batter hit a walk-off homer. It would be dramatic to say the 27-year-old's season never got better, but McKenna spent much of the year being shuttled back-and-forth between Triple-A Norfolk and the majors and posted just a .677 OPS with a 28.8 percent strikeout rate during his time with the big club. McKenna's best shot at playing time is in a short-side platoon role, and with a career .221/.288/.333 line versus left-handed pitching, it's difficult to have any confidence he'd be successful with that gig. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#601

ADP

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'9"

Weight 175

DOB 2/14/1997

Drafted 4th Rd 2015

Goes yard in win

OFBaltimore Orioles

May 5, 2024

McKenna went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and two total runs scored in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Reds.

ANALYSIS
McKenna has gotten into the lineup against the last three southpaws the Orioles have faced -- twice in center field and once in left. The outfielder has three hits this season, two of which have left the yard. He's still unlikely to see much more than a short-side platoon role, and McKenna's stay on the major-league roster is likely to end once Austin Hays (calf) is activated from the injured list.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+22%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+40%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+15%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+51%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.746	157	21	5	14	2	.261	.310	.437
Since 2022vs Right	.612	163	28	1	17	5	.236	.306	.306
2024vs Left	1.429	7	2	2	2	0	.286	.286	1.143
2024vs Right	2.000	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
2023vs Left	.638	81	10	1	6	2	.250	.291	.347
2023vs Right	.731	58	13	1	12	3	.260	.351	.380
2022vs Left	.794	69	9	2	6	0	.270	.333	.460
2022vs Right	.525	103	14	0	5	2	.215	.267	.258
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+4%

OPS at Home

2024

+106%

OPS at Home

2023

+26%

OPS at Home

2022

+22%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.692	149	24	3	18	6	.256	.308	.383
Since 2022Away	.667	171	25	3	13	1	.242	.308	.359
2024Home	2.333	3	1	1	1	0	.667	.667	1.667
2024Away	1.133	6	2	1	1	0	.200	.333	.800
2023Home	.753	71	11	1	12	4	.279	.343	.410
2023Away	.599	68	12	1	6	1	.230	.288	.311
2022Home	.565	75	12	1	5	2	.217	.260	.304
2022Away	.687	97	11	1	6	0	.253	.320	.368
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Stat Review

How does Ryan McKenna compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

1.00

BB Rate

11.1%

K Rate

11.1%

BABIP

.200

ISO

.750

AVG

.375

OBP

.444

SLG

1.125

OPS

1.569

wOBA

.642

Exit Velocity

85.3 mph

Hard Hit Rate

57.1%

Barrels/PA

22.2%

Expected BA

.335

Expected SLG

.873

Sprint Speed

25.7 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

28.6%

Line Drive %

14.3%

Fly Ball %

57.1%

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Reserve role likely

OFBaltimore Orioles

October 19, 2021

McKenna is likely to begin the 2022 season as the Orioles' fourth outfielder, Jon Meoli of The Baltimore Sun reports.

ANALYSIS
McKenna made his major-league debut in 2021 and bounced between Baltimore and Triple-A Norfolk. He didn't fare particularly well across his first 197 plate appearances in the majors, hitting just .183/.292/.558. Even so, Meoli expects McKenna to begin the year as the Orioles' fourth outfielder behind Cedric Mullins, Austin Hays and Anthony Santander. That could change if the team makes moves either via trade or free agency, though that may be unlikely given the status of its ongoing rebuild.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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McKenna has at least stuck around as a bench bat for the Orioles the last two years, but there's not much to like from a fantasy angle. He's hit just four home runs and stolen three bases in 195 career games, logging a mere 369 plate appearances. His slash line in that span is .209/.293/.302, and there's little reason to think he'll have a major breakout without claiming more playing time. A natural center fielder, McKenna is blocked at that position by Cedric Mullins, while a mix of Austin Hays, Anthony Santander and Kyle Stowers figure to be the preferred corner outfielders for Baltimore in 2023. McKenna has decent speed, but he's simply not utilized enough to challenge for the 15-20 steals that could make him a specialist in fantasy.

This player will receive an outlook for the 2021 fantasy baseball season.

The Double-A wall is real. McKenna has run into that wall since advancing past High-A and his stock has taken a hit as a result. After a blistering run in the Carolina League, McKenna moved up to Bowie in July of 2018. He was not great but at least was able to tread water in his first crack against Double-A arms. McKenna returned to Bowie to begin 2019 and ended up spending the entire year there, and while he was more active on the basepaths and slightly above league average by wRC+ when it was all said and done, he slugged just .365 with a 21.3 K% at that level as a 22-year-old. The batted-ball numbers, namely a 24.2 Hard%, do not portend more power to come. He needs to stick in center field as his bat will not play in the outfield corners. Speed is the only thing keeping him around as a blip on the radar in dynasty formats.

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