Chris McMahon


Christoper James McMahon is an American college baseball pitcher for the Miami Hurricanes.

Career

McMahon attended Rustin High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he played baseball and basketball. In 2017, his senior year, he went 8-0 with a 0.77 ERA over innings. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Miami where he played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes.
As a freshman at Miami in 2018, McMahon appeared in six games in which he went 1-1 with a 4.44 ERA over innings. He missed time during the season due to undergoing knee surgery. In 2019, his sophomore year, he made only 12 starts on the season due to an arm injury - over innings, he pitched to a 3-2 record and a 3.72 ERA with 67 strikeouts. That summer, he played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. As a junior in 2020, McMahon went 3-0 with a 1.05 ERA over four starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
McMahon was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.