A lot has happened since Shane McClanahan last threw a professional pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays. It’s been nearly three years since the native of Maryland was healthy and dominating on the mound.
The Rays announced that they’ve signed left-hander Shane McClanahan, who’d been arbitration-eligible, to a contract for the 2026 season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are going to be incredibly busy this offseason when it comes to potential arbitration cases with players on their roster. They have 17 eligible players, which is the most for a single team heading into the winter.
The Tampa Bay Rays have felt snake-bitten for an extended period. Stadium issues notwithstanding, the club has long been plagued by injuries, and now the rotation loses a crucial leader of the staff.
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Tampa Bay Rays southpaw Shane McClanahan will miss his second consecutive season after undergoing a surgical procedure on Monday to attempt to repair a nerve problem in his pitching arm.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
2025 will go down as another lost season for one veteran pitcher.
The procedure officially closes the book on whatever chance there was that the southpaw could return to the majors before season’s end.
For a player who has yet to throw a single pitch in the regular season, Shane McClanahan deserves attention. The former All-Star has been recovering from injury throughout the Tampa Bay Rays’ regular season.
In their last 10 games, the Tampa Bay Rays have gone 4-6 and watched the Toronto Blue Jays overtake the New York Yankees atop the American League East Division.
TAMPA, Fla. — it was Aug. 2, 2023 when Shane McClanahan last pitched in a major-league game. And nearly two years later, the All-Star's return to the Tampa Bay Rays' rotation has been pushed back again.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
Shane McClanahan made a rehab start for the Triple-A Durham Bulls on Friday and didn’t get the results that neither he nor the Tampa Bay Rays wanted to see.
The Rays stumbled into the All-Star break. The Red Sox swept them in a four-game set at Fenway to conclude the first half. Tampa Bay has dropped 11 of their past 14 games.
Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Shane McClanahan is taking a significant step in his return to a major league mound while rehabbing from his second Tommy John surgery.
Two-time All-Star and Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Shane McClanahan returned to the mound for the first time since spring training and worked one hitless inning on Tuesday in a Florida Complex League game.
Updated July 8, 2025, 3:40 p.m. ET A long-winding and challenging path to recovery for Tampa Bay Rays' lefty Shane McClanahan experienced another positive development.
The Rays signed infielder Ha-Seong Kim to a two-year, $29MM contract back in February but he has yet to play a game for the club after undergoing shoulder surgery late last year.
The Houston Astros enter Friday atop the American League West standings. Owning a 4.5 game lead over the second place Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels, the Astros look primed for another postseason appearance.
Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Shane McClanahan left his final spring training start against the Boston Red Sox with an apparent injury to his pitching arm.
McClanahan's anticipated return may now be on hold.
Shane McClanahan hasn't thrown a big-league pitch in over 18 months, but he has already earned the start for the Tampa Bay Rays' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on March 28.
After over a year of waiting, the Tampa Bay Rays are finally getting their ace back. Yahoo Sports' Jordan Schusterman compiled a list of 20 players who missed all or most of the 2024 season due to injury, with each of their returns standing out as key storylines for their respective teams in 2025.
Shane McClanahan may not have pitched in 17 months, but the hype around him is still real. The Tampa Bay Rays left-hander underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2023, costing him the entire 2024 season as well.
According to Tampa Bay Rays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander, the team expects ace lefty Shane McClanahan to throw somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 innings this season as he returns from Tommy John surgery.
The Tampa Bay Rays are looking for a bounce back season after an uncharacteristically poor year in 2024. The Rays need to fill plenty of their holes on the roster in order to get back into the playoffs and in contention for the America League pennant, and one of those pieces will be back in star starting pitcher Shane McClanahan.
The Tampa Bay Rays have endured a forgettable 2024 season. They are currently hovering around the .500 mark. The Rays traded star pitcher Tyler Glasnow to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the season, and they have been without ace Shane McClanahan for the entire year due to Tommy John surgery.
It’ll buy out the left-hander’s first two seasons of arbitration.
The 2023 Major League Baseball season is not even finished yet and the Tampa Bay Rays already got some brutal news for the 2024 season. Manager Kevin Cash told reporters on Tuesday that ace starting pitcher Shane McClanahan will be undergoing Tommy John Surgery on Monday and is likely to miss the entire 2024 season.
If he is unable to pitch again this season, that would be a crushing blow to the Rays rotation.
The Tampa Bay Rays got some good news on injured ace Shane McClanahan Friday morning.
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