In a recent episode of The Drew Goodman Podcast, Goodman asked Ryan McMahon about playing shortstop. After saying this was a question better directed to Bill Schmidt, McMahon said:
I’ve messed around taking some reads — it feels so weird. It’s so much different than third and second. It feels like you have so much more ground to cover. So I don’t know. We’ll see. I go out there, I’ll try my best, but I’m not I’m not begging for it.
McMahon last played shortstop his freshman year of high school.