Rockies reportedly pulling All-Star trade candidate off market

The Colorado Rockies are drawing a line in the sand less than three weeks before the MLB trade deadline.

Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports this week that the Rockies are telling interested teams that third baseman Ryan McMahon is not going anywhere. As a result, those hoping for help at the hot corner ahead of the July 30 trade deadline will have to look elsewhere.

McMahon, 29, just made the first All-Star team of his MLB career. It comes on the strength of a superb 2024 season in which McMahon is hitting a career-high .272 with 14 home runs and 45 RBI over 92 games.

The lefty-hitting McMahon has always been a strong power bat, already submitting four seasons of 20 home runs or more. While the hitter-friendly Coors Field may aid that, McMahon is also under contract with Colorado through the 2027 campaign.

At 33-61, the Rockies are not going anywhere this season. But it appears that they view McMahon as a continued long-term building block (alongside this fellow infielder to whom Colorado recently gave a sizable extension).