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The biggest concern when the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon from the Rockies prior to the trade deadline was whether his bat — inconsistent even with the benefit of playing half of his games in Colorado — would provide enough at third base.

After a solid start with the Yankees, those concerns have proven to be warranted.

Though the lefty-swinging McMahon went 8-for-20 with a pair of doubles in his first six games as a Yankee, the past few weeks have been significantly worse.

And while he made several fine defensive plays at third base in Sunday’s 7-2 win over the Red Sox , he also hitless in his la

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