The Giants launched outfielder Ryan McKenna, who’d been with their Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. He’s now a free agent.
McKenna joined San Francisco on a waiver declare earlier this season, coming over from the Orioles — the one group he’d beforehand identified. Baltimore chosen McKenna with its fourth-round choose (No. 133 total) again in 2015. He’s appeared in elements of 4 massive league seasons, tallying 523 plate appearances with a disappointing .221/.298/.323 slash in that point. The Giants handed him by way of waivers late in Could.
On the entire McKenna has higher manufacturing in elements of 4 Triple-A seasons, however a lot of his manufacturing there got here a number of years in the past. The righty-swinging outfielder ripped Triple-A opposition aside in his first run there again in 2021, hitting .307/.423/.683 with 11 homers in solely 123 plate appearances. He adopted that with a powerful 2022 exhibiting in solely 38 plate appearances there however spent a lot of the ’22 marketing campaign as a bench participant within the massive leagues. He’s posted below-average numbers in Triple-A over the previous two seasons as he’s often shuttled between the minors and the majors. General, McKenna is a profession .253/.348/.510 hitter in 80 video games on the high minor league stage.
Now 27 years previous, McKenna can play all three outfield spots. He’s drawn strong rankings throughout the board however graded out notably effectively in left discipline. The elite velocity he confirmed as a rookie has slipped a bit, however although he’s now not sitting close to the highest of the MLB scale, McKenna slots into the 74th percentile of runners within the massive leagues, per Statcast, averaging 28.1 toes per second. He’s additionally displayed above-average arm energy in every of his massive league seasons.
That profile ought to get McKenna a glance elsewhere, albeit on a minor league deal. He’s out of minor league choices, so if he’s added again to a brand new membership’s 40-man roster at any level, he’d must cross by way of waivers earlier than he’d be eligible to be despatched down.
