Ryan P. McBroom (born April 9, 1992) is an American

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for the

Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks are an American professional minor-league baseball team based on Long Island in Central Islip, New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent "partne ...

of the

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. He has previously played in

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(MLB) for the

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

and in

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(NPB) for the

Hiroshima Toyo Carp The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...

Career

Amateur career

McBroom attended Holy Cross Academy in Fredericksburg, Virginia during his formative years of elementary and middle school. He attended

Courtland High School Courtland High School is a public high school located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Founded in 1980, Courtland currently has 1,174 students (2021-2022 school year). History Courtland High School was founded in 1980 as Spotsylvania County's s ...

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, and later

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

. The

selected McBroom in the 36th round of the

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, but he did not sign and returned to finish college.

Toronto Blue Jays

The

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selected McBroom in the 15th round of the

2014 Major League Baseball draft The 2014 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was held from June 5 through June 7, 2014, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The first two rounds were conducted on June 5, followed by rounds three through ten on June ...

, and was assigned to the

Vancouver Canadians The Vancouver Canadians are a Minor League Baseball team located in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are members of the Northwest League and are affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Canadians play their home games at Nat Bailey Stadium. ...

of the

Northwest League The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Pacific Northwest, Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Maj ...

. In 70 games, McBroom batted .297 with 11 home runs and 59 RBI. His 11 home runs tied for the league lead. McBroom began the 2015 season with the

Lansing Lugnuts The Lansing Lugnuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Lansing, Michigan, and play their home games at Jackson Field (Lansing), Jackson Field. The Midwe ...

. On June 5, he was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. At that time, McBroom was batting .307 with 16 doubles. On August 24, McBroom was named the 2015

Midwest League MVP The Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual award given to the best player in Minor League Baseball's Midwest League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers. League broadcasters, Minor League ...

, becoming the third Blue Jays prospect to win the award after

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and

Brian Dopirak Brian Allan Dopirak (born December 20, 1983) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Early life High school Dopirak attended Dunedin High School. He was originally selected by Chicago Cubs in the second round (56th overall) ...

. McBroom played in 127 games in 2015 for Lansing, and batted .315 with 12 home runs and 90 RBIs. He was assigned to the Advanced-A

Dunedin Blue Jays The Dunedin Blue Jays are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and are the Single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball club. They are located in Dunedin, Florida, and play their home games at TD Ballpark, ...

to open the 2016 minor league season. McBroom played in 119 games for Dunedin in 2016, as well as nine games with the Double-A

New Hampshire Fisher Cats The New Hampshire Fisher Cats are a Minor League Baseball team based in Manchester, New Hampshire. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays major league club. During the team's first seas ...

. He would bat a combined .266 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs. After the 2016 season, the Blue Jays assigned McBroom to the

Mesa Solar Sox The Mesa Solar Sox are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League. They play their home games in Mesa, Arizona, at Sloan Park, which is also the spring training facility of the Chicago Cubs. The team was established ...

of the

Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season sports league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are fill ...

. He appeared in seven games for the Sox before being removed from the roster due to injury. He began 2017 with

New York Yankees

On July 23, 2017, McBroom was traded to the

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for

Rob Refsnyder Robert Daniel Refsnyder (born Kim Jung-tae; ko, 김정태, March 26, 1991) is a Korean American professional baseball second baseman and right fielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for t ...

. The Yankees assigned him to the

Trenton Thunder The Trenton Thunder are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Trenton, New Jersey, and play their home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. From 1994 to 2020, it was a Minor League Baseball team of the Doub ...

, where he spent the remainder of the 2017 season. In 134 total games between the two teams, he batted a combined .247 with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs. He split the 2018 season between Trenton and the

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (often abbreviated to SWB RailRiders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Moosic, Pen ...

, hitting a combined .302/.348/.458/.806 with 15 home runs and 60 RBI. He returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2019.

Kansas City Royals

On August 31, 2019, McBroom was traded to the

in exchange for international bonus pool allotments and cash considerations or a

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. On September 3, 2019, the Royals selected McBroom's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his debut that night versus the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

, recording his first major league hit off

Daniel Norris Daniel David Norris (born April 25, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers ...

. He hit .293 in 23 games for the Royals. McBroom hit his first career home run on July 31, 2020. In total McBroom hit .247 with six home runs in 2020. McBroom spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A

Omaha Storm Chasers The Omaha Storm Chasers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. They are located in Papillion, Nebraska, a suburb southwest of Omaha, and play their home games at Wer ...

and the Royals. He only had eight at-bats with Kansas City, recording two hits (.250). McBroom played in 115 games with Triple-A Omaha, hitting .261 with 32 home runs and 88 RBIs. On November 1, 2021, McBroom was released by the Royals to pursue an opportunity in Asia.

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

On November 5, 2021, McBroom signed a $700,000 contract, that included a $300,000 signing bonus, with the

. In 128 games for Hiroshima in 2022, he batted .272/.352/.442 with 17 home runs and 74 RBI. In 2023, McBroom played in 70 contests for the Carp, hitting .221/.305/.354 with 6 home runs and 31 RBI. On November 16, 2023, Hiroshima announced that they would not offer McBroom a contract for the 2024 season, and he became a free agent.

Long Island Ducks

On May 8, 2024, McBroom signed with the

of the

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